Dan Slott is incredibly proud of the Superior Spider-Man, both as a hero and in regards to sales. And why not? It’s his creation. And to top it all off, he has plenty of fans who tell him at comic conventions how much they love the book. But that still doesn’t change the fact that […]
Iron Man 3: Americans will love it, but so will moviegoers who hate America
May 5, 2013 By 17 Comments
The good news about Iron Man 3 is that it’s a sharply written, well-directed movie. The bad news is that while some of the messages it conveys to the audience hold incredible truth (e.g., “we create our own demons”), it might just be the conspiracy-theorist must-see blockbuster of the summer. Do you have any friends […]
Chris Evans: Ben Shapiro is like a mirror that reminds me I’m not a real hero, so I dislike him
May 4, 2013 By 44 Comments
Piers Morgan has a weird thing going, where he engages Ben Shapiro in debate, Ben makes a fool out him, and then like a gambler who convinces himself that it’s only a matter of time before he comes out on top, he goes back for more. Chris Evans (aka: Captain America) has decided he doesn’t […]
Dan Slott used anger to sell Superior Spider-Man 9, but people are really just sad — for him
May 3, 2013 By 90 Comments
If you’ve read Spider-Man comics for years, you’ve likely felt as though the character of Peter Parker was growing and maturing with you. Time in a comic book doesn’t correlate to time in the real world, but it was fun to see Peter go from being a naive young kid into a responsible adult. Each […]
Dan Slott’s moral relativism killed Spider-Man: One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter
April 6, 2013 By 24 Comments
Imagine if you will, a scenario where a thin-skinned comic book writer goes off on a tirade laced with ad hominem attacks on blogger who was simply putting forth a straight-forward critique of his work. Imagine that online outburst setting off a chain of events in which another fan ends up introducing the blogger to […]
Dan Slott goes nuts over sales because he knows Spider-Man fans don’t respect him
April 3, 2013 By 28 Comments
There’s an old saying that goes something like this: “He who thinks one man can’t be effective has never slept in bed with a mosquito.” And so, it is with that mentality that I blog away, whether it’s something as important as exposing the truth behind North Korean gulags or the small stuff like Dan […]
Superior Spider-Man: Everyone but Dan Slott knows it’s inferior to its predecessor
April 3, 2013 By 15 Comments
It was only months ago that Marvel and Dan Slott gave Amazing Spider-Man fans a radioactive middle finger by giving the iconic character a send off only a villain could love. As Dan Slott explained to CNN at the time: For all intents and purposes, [Otto] was the adult Peter could have become, Spider-Man’s dark […]
Marvel to release second version of ‘Iron Man 3′ to appease China’s censorship cop overlords?
April 1, 2013 By 3 Comments
It wasn’t long ago that Marvel changed the name of Captain America to The First Avenger in places like Russia to make a few million extra bucks. Who needs artistic integrity when something as “meaningless” as the title can be fudged and fiddled with to appease fickle Commies on the other side of the globe? Well, […]
Iron Man 3′s ‘ultimate terrorist’ created by America: Shane Black provides liberalism on stark display
March 6, 2013 By 89 Comments
The new Iron Man 3 trailer is out, and it looks amazing. But looks can be deceiving, can’t they? What appears to be one hell of a movie might also be incredibly maddening, when one realizes that once again the bad guy — the “ultimate terrorist” to quote writer/director Shane Black — is really a […]
Dan Slott stalks comic fan, gets intellectually body slammed
February 1, 2013 By 6 Comments
It was only weeks ago that Marvel’s Dan Slott “killed” off Peter Parker in Amazing Spider-Man #700 and handed the hero’s mantle to a villain who wanted to transcend Hitler and Pol Pot in terms of evil perpetrated upon the world. It was only a few weeks ago that Dan Slott thought long-time Spider-Man fans […]
