Critic for 2017 & 2018 winners of the Eisner in Best Comics-Related Periodical/Journalism / Writer of Fantasy / https://t.co/KEIEM9jqy6
Feb 20, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
holy shit I just got some new followers, fuck, I should remember I have a Patreon at some point
writing has ... tentatively ... been placed on the front burner, for my own mental health if nothing else ... semi-regular reviews are in the process of becoming a thing again ... the machine lurches back into motion ...
Feb 20, 2021 • 21 tweets • 6 min read
on a very basic level it is astounding to me that seemingly half the country is hooked on the adventures of The Vision & Scarlet Witch, whose last series together was a precise contemporary of Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns, and which was quarter box fodder for decades
in hindsight, of course, the idea of framing a superhero story as a suburban dramedy seems novel and fresh to people, but that’s only because other people spent literally three and a half decades sleeping on it
Feb 19, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
so my friend just texted me to say they are doing the World’s Strongest Man competition in Sacramento this June ... even if I were vaccinated at an outdoor venue, that feels too soon
plus I don’t think they even do the girl lift anymore, so 🤷🏻♀️
in case you need a reminder about the greatest athletic event,
when I was a kid my parents made me watch tons and tons of old movies and documentaries, they considered it a part of my education, didn’t want me growing up an uncultured boob ...
that wasn’t a thing for other people so much? I guess I grew up thinking all parents did that 🤷🏻♀️
did I necessarily *want* to be watching all those black & white films with subtitles when I was, like, ten? 😅
I’ve never regretted it since, certainly ...
Dec 29, 2017 • 30 tweets • 5 min read
You know, in all seriousness I’ve been trying to avoid thinking about Marvel in any capacity. Every bit of news is just - so incredibly depressing.
Even I - never one to shy from criticizing the company - have been *shocked* by the speed of their institutional decline.
All the rot was already there, it’s not like any novel depravity burst on the scene - but it seems like 2017 represented a kind of watershed in terms of the tsunami of awful press.
