Perhaps you’ve noticed the onslaught of Batman merchandise lining store shelves right now. Need a Batman stadium cushion? They’re out there! I’m not sure where the Venn Diagrams cross for people who go to enough sporting events to need a stadium cushion and people who go out of their way […]
Comics
A Beautiful Gory Display: Gotham’s Least Wanted (Jul 18)
Nobody has better enemies than Batman. From icons like the Joker to compelling B-listers like the Scarecrow to cult favorites like Deadshot, he’s got a big enough rogues gallery to fill a dozen movies. But they’re not all winners. Every punch bowl has a turd or two, after all. (Not […]
A Beautiful Gory Display: The Animated Batman (Jul 16)
The new direct-to-DVD animated release, Batman: Gotham Knight, features six interconnected stories, each by a different creative team. Set in movie continuity, it bridges the gap between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, picking up plot points from the first movie, and introducing supporting characters from the second. Batman, of […]
A Beautiful Gory Display: The Joker’s Greatest Hits and Giggles! (Jul 15)
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. […]
A Beautiful Gory Display: Wanted (Jul 8)
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 […]
A Beautiful Gory Display: Iron Man from Page to Screen (May 15)
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 […]