The image was drawn as part of the DC Fifty-too! blog from a few years ago where a range of artists were asked what the cover of their first issue of a relaunched DC book might look like. http://benjaminmarra.blogsp…

Weird to go with a Benjamin Marra drawing of Jack Kirby's New Gods.

The Elliott Smith Grand Mal: Studio Rarities collection—8 CD's worth of outtakes, demos, alt. versions, etc. is pretty amazing.

This review is based on the assumption that Steven Moffat is the devil, and that all the show's sins can be placed at his feet, yet the series was co-created by—and this particular episode was actually written by—Mark Gattis. So why does it harp so exclusively on Moffat? Is it all about Doctor Who?

Eclipso as God's wrath was an early 90s retcon—the original series from House of Secrets in the 1960s didn't have any of that, just Bruce Gordon who was stabbed by a tribesman with a black diamond that turned him into a supervillain during eclipses—which conveniently happened every month. Given that the creators of…

Eclipso as God's wrath was an early 90s retcon—the original series from House of Secrets in the 1960s didn't have any of that, just Bruce Gordon who was stabbed by a tribesman with a black diamond that turned him into a supervillain during eclipses—which conveniently happened every month. Given that the creators of…

I realize Van Zant name checks the song, and that Al Kooper supposedly was dicking around in the studio by singing "Southern Man" as a counterpoint under Skynyrd, but why does everybody always claim that 1974's "Sweet Home Alabama" is only a response to "Southern Man", a song released in 1970, when Young put out the…

I realize Van Zant name checks the song, and that Al Kooper supposedly was dicking around in the studio by singing "Southern Man" as a counterpoint under Skynyrd, but why does everybody always claim that 1974's "Sweet Home Alabama" is only a response to "Southern Man", a song released in 1970, when Young put out the…

Not only is the character of Ray a reference to Roy Thomas, but the plot of the episodes is a direct lift from Thomas' scripts for Marvel Comics series The Avengers #85 and #86 from 1970, in which The Vision, Goliath, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are transported into a world featuring the Squadron Supreme, thinly…