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‘Peter Parker: The Chiptacular Zdarsky-Man’ more clown than hero
There was a time not too long ago when I was excited about Chip Zdarsky’s take on everyone’s favorite wall-crawler. Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man gave fans hope that Marvel would get back to...
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Kaare Andrews, Marvel’s iron-fisted censorship goon, is ‘SJW 4 Life’ in...
There used to be a great show called Get Smart that aired in the 1960s. I used to watch reruns as a kid, and I think it’s safe to say that I had a crush Barbara Feldon… Regardless, there was a running...
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Heather Antos: Marvel’s manufactured milkshake drama for fragile tea cups
Those who follow the comic book industry witnessed a Marvel-wide “milkshake” meltdown over the weekend, which is emblematic of everything that is wrong with the company. The whole story is incredibly...
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Marvel’s Stephen Wacker weirdly claims victory over stated enemy — people who...
Many years from now there will be business courses on Marvel Comics’ bizarre decision to demonize large swathes of its fanbase as a means of securing sales. Common sense tells objective observers that...
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Marvel’s Slotto Blocktavius melds with Judge Dredd, hurts sales and industry
It was just one year ago that I made the leap to YouTube and began a channel with the intention of providing honest reviews of comic books and the industry at large. I met up with a small group of...
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Mister Miracle #1: Tom King’s gem for DC spotlights Marvel’s fall
It looks as though comic book fans have a frontrunner for the best story of the year: DC’s Mister Miracle, written by Tom King with art by Mitch Gerads. If you want to know why DC is churning out...
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Iron Man #10: Bendis’ Ri-regime change symbolic of hostile Tony takeover
Question: When is regime change acceptable in the Marvel Universe? Answer: When It’s a Ri-regime change written by Brian Michael Bendis, or a self-serving effort by Dan Slott’s version of Peter Parker....
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Marvel’s ‘Clerksification’: Dante Spencer’s and Randal Zdarsky’s effect on...
Over 20 years have passed since director Kevin Smith made Dante Hicks and Randal Graves famous. Clerks put him on the Hollywood map and endeared him to a generation of young writers, but there is no...
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Marvel’s Generations: Tony Stark fans face ‘death by 10,000 paper cuts’ approach
Marvel Comics released Generations: The Iron #1 this week, which theoretically should have excited fans of Tony Stark. The cover features old-school armor and it looks like writer Brian Michael Bendis...
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Marvel takes aim at Paul Reveres: King Alonso, redcoats must go
Regular readers of this blog know that I have chronicled the problems within the comic book industry for many years. Therefore, I hope I’m seen as a credible witness when I say that that things are...
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Dan Slott projects with ‘deceptive,’‘amoral’ charges after unprofessional...
One of the strangest things about covering the comic book industry — on this blog, YouTube, and Twitter — is the way that Marvel employees define words like ‘dishonest,’ “amoral,” and ‘deceptive.’ It...
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Marvel’s Spider-Joke: Predictable Chip Zdarsky makes critics look like...
Your friendly neighborhood blogger does not make predictions very often, but when I do they tend to come true. Take, for instance, the time I predicted that “Spider-Rockets” would grace the pages of...
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Marvel God Complex: Dan Slott says fans don’t know what they ‘need’
Some people are saying that “Comics Gate” is upon us. Others say that we’re in a “comic book culture war.” Whatever you decide, the bottom line is that Marvel writer Dan Slott gives bloggers and...
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Marvel’s Northrop mess: Confused and spineless a sad combo
New York Comic Con 2017 is over, but the After Action Report for Marvel Comics will not be a good one. Retailers exploded on the company behind closed doors early on, and then an event with defense...
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Marvel’s Tom Brevoort and ideologue pals blame “toxic” fans for comic woes;...
Thoughts become words. Words become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character, and character becomes destiny. Therefore, it’s incredibly sad that Marvel’s Tom Brevoort and his activist...
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Dan Slott acts like online psycho, anti-Christian bigot: Will Marvel step in?
Sometimes Marvel write Dan Slott tells Christians to go to “Christ-Land” after they win supreme court cases. Sometimes Marvel writer Dan Slott mocks prayer after terror attacks with “God isn’t fixing...
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