Is the Joker scary because people are afraid of clowns, or are people afraid of clowns because of the Joker? One of America’s most iconic, instantly recognizable fictional characters, the Joker’s been causing mayhem since 1940. He’s been Batman’s most popular antagonist in all of Batman’s incarnations throughout various media. […]

On the one hand, the movie version of Wanted has Morgan Freeman. On the other hand, it does not have a character made of “the collected feces of the six hundred and sixty-six most evil men on the planet”. Morgan Freeman is pretty awesome, but that’s not what I call […]

Iron Man is one of those characters who’s much better in concept than in execution. A billionaire playboy with a suit of armor should be the best character ever. Sadly, in the 45 or so years since Iron Man debuted, that potential has been largely unrealized. Unlike most of Marvel’s […]

In South Park’s “Imaginationland Trilogy”(That’s right, I’m linking to my own pieces now.), Kyle argues that some imaginary characters have more influence on our lives than real people. One of those characters he references is Superman, and as usual, Kyle and I are in complete agreement. In my life, I’ve […]

“She wasn’t very nice to me. I thought I could change her heart, because I saw something in her… hope. Hope that life was more than just staying alive, and that all this crazy stuff I do would be worth it. Because at the end of this… she’d be with […]

Welcome to the first installment of “A Beautiful Gory Display”. I’ll try my best to make you proud. With the cross-pollination between Hollywood and the world of comic books, and comprehensive pop-culture commentary has to include a look at comics. And given that I’ve spent approximately 10% of my life […]