Boogie on the Wizards would have been so much fucking fun. I am so, so sorry, Albert. Stay strong, man.

Breaking News: Racist Invites Racist Onto His Television Show.

Same here. I should get to it in the next month or two. It’s on my list.

Not yet! He wrote a book about Mycroft Holmes that’s on my “to read” list, but I haven’t gotten to it yet. I’ve heard it’s pretty good, but my admiration for him is such that I’d read it even if everyone said it was terrible.

I said this in another comment, but I think he’s the greatest combination of physical talent and intellect America has ever produced. The man won six titles, fought Bruce Lee, speaks eloquently and passionately on civil rights, and in his spare time writes Sherlock Holmes novels. It isn’t even fair for someone to be…

I’ve said this for a while now, and I still believe it’s true: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar might be the greatest combination of physical talent and intellect America has ever produced. He is a brilliant man who also just happens to be arguably the greatest American athlete ever. If you’ve never read it, his review of Girls…

Yeah, when they lost Game 3 the way they did I knew they weren’t going to win another game. That series may have been the hardest I ever rooted for a team I otherwise didn’t care about. I wanted the Sixers to win so, so bad. Because I loved Iverson, and I wanted him to get a ring to piss off all the old people who…

Outside of the ‘07 Cavs, that Sixers team is the worst Finals squad ever. Iverson winning Game 1 on the road was a fucking miracle, and they probably win Game 2 if they didn’t miss 11 free throws. Even with a 2-0 series lead they still would have lost — this was peak Shaq — but God bless Iverson for briefly making us…

I will never, ever understand the hatred people have for Melo. Not only has he been a great player from his first day in the league, but as someone who has lived in NYC for over thirty years, I can’t think of a star athlete who handled the bullshit that comes with playing in this city better (people will say Jeter,…

He’s doing all of this, and yet he’s still somehow not even top 15 in the league in minutes per game. That’s a huge testament to Billy Donovan. Contrast that with LeBron, who has played more minutes in his first 14 seasons than anyone in the history of the sport, and he’s still second in the league in minutes per game…

I tend to find that, the larger someone’s cross is on their necklace, the more likely they are to do deeply non-Christian shit.

The last black artist to win Album of the Year was Herbie Hancock in 2008. The last black woman to win it was Lauryn Hill in 1999.

Also of note: today the official GOP twitter account celebrated Abraham Lincoln’s birthday by sending out a tweet with a picture of the Lincoln memorial and a quote they attributed to him. The problem? He never said this. It’s a fake quote.

I meant to read that in 2016 and never got around to it. Thanks for the reminder. And I think that’s a good point: is it that there are no cliches, or just that the cliches are new to Western sensibilities?

Hellblazer feels like it needs its own “best of” conversation, because there were so many creators who worked on it. I’d argue Jamie Delano’s run is still the best.

For the comic readers on staff, if there are any: what’s the best Vertigo series of all time?

Who’s your favorite new fantasy and/or sci-fi writer to debut in the last few years? I’m not sure if she still counts as “new”, but N.K. Jemisin is so fucking good.

I’m not sure any song or work of art could ever be perfect, but “Tracks Of My Tears” comes about as close to perfect as you can get.

It says something that the NBA and NCAA, which are dominated by black players, didn’t say a word when North Carolina was trying to restrict voting rights for black people. HB2 is abhorrent and North Carolina deserves all the shit they’re getting now and more, but why didn’t these organizations threaten to pull games…

This came up yesterday, so I thought it would be worth asking here: how many of you were incorrectly taught that Eli Whitney was black?