As Mercury
an Ars Poetica
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund Doesn’t Understand Free Speech
That the CBLDF cannot see the difference between civilian oversight of the classroom and genuine government censorship disqualifies them from being effective defenders of the First Amendment in the comics medium.
The Year That Was My 2020
To paraphrase Dickens: “It was the worst of times. Just the f****** worst.”
The Philosophical Zombie Apocalypse
Are you one of the sole solipsistic survivors?
Into the Metaverse: Jungian Psychology, Esoteric Tarot, and Moral Philosophy in Persona 5
From the Fool’s Journey through the Major Arcana to Dante’s ascent up Mount Purgatory
“Birds of Prey” is far from Fantabulous
…but Margot Robbie’s Harley Quinn absolutely is!
Seven Questions for Al-Masih from Netflix’s “Messiah”
One way or another, Payam Golshiri needs to be picked apart by pedantic pharisees.
Is Mattmas Pagan? How the early Thérians decided the date.
Debunking the common myth
The Year That Was My 2019
“Were all of it written down, I suppose that the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.”
Doomsday Clock is more of a “Fuck You” to Moore than HBO’s Watchmen
Johns’ reconstruction of the superhero genre which Watchmen deconstructed directly undermines Moore’s message
“The Rise of Skywalker” leaves fans in need of a new hope
In the parallels between the originals and Abrams’ sequels, the latter are always a poor copy of the former.
The Hub City Review 