J.R.R. Tolkien and History as the “Long Defeat”
“I do not expect ‘history’ to be anything but a ‘long defeat’— though it contains… glimpses of final victory”
Klaus and the Crying Snowman
Klaus is mythological enacting the same celestial beneficence our agrarian ancestors relied upon back when Yuletide meant something to someone for the very first time
“Christ and Culture” and Daredevil
Daredevil’s arc explores the paradigms for societal engagement by Christians laid out by Niebuhr in his classic tome
NYCC 2018 Part 1: Romantic Rendezvous
Not ten minutes after the convention started, it happened…
Lex Luthor and Lolita
Far from being a simple slugfest between gaudily garbed do-gooders, Snyder has created a true work of cinema that continues to reward careful rewatching
An Open Letter to IGN
The games industry needs a stalwart Fourth Estate to shine a light into its dark corners. IGN hire to individuals with a degree in journalism and several years experience in investigative reporting.
Juxtaposing the Mundane and Marvellous in Mister Miracle
Man is egomaniacally narcissistic, sacrilegiously so. King captures the admixture of mundanity and mythology that we imagine our own to be.
“Teen Titans Go! to the Movies” critiques the over-importance ascribed to film
Teen Titans Go! to the Movies rejects that cinematic adaptation offers validation for characters and storylines from “lesser” media such as comics and cartoons
“Lo, I teach You the Superman”: The Philosophy of Grant Morrison
On the Relation of Metafiction to Metaphysics in Sequential Art
Solo shows us the Dark Side to a Star Wars cinematic universe
Solo fails at being either a standalone story or an essential episode in the Star Wars saga
