The Weirdest Batman Comic Book Stories of All Time: An Addendum, Part 2
That time Batman and Superman bonded over watching space-slug-screwing “Somehow” Superman senses Batman needs a…
The Weirdest Batman Comic Book Stories of All Time: An Addendum, Part 1
I recently wrote 4500 words on The Weirdest Batman Comic Book Stories Of All Time…
Year of the Month: THE STREET OF CROCODILES
Bruno Schulz’s The Street of Crocodiles was originally published in Poland as Cinnamon Shops. While…
Year of the Month: KING KONG
By all accounts, King Kong should not be a good movie, let alone one of…
Selected Shorts: THE SNOWMAN
Not every studio was as adept at melding cartoon silliness with sheer terror as Disney…
Selected Shorts: Mickey Mouse in THE MAD DOCTOR
Disney shorts were, for the most part, better crafted but safer and staider than the…
Selected Shorts: POPEYE
1933 was also the year the Flesichers introduced their biggest hit with their long-running adaptation…
Selected Shorts: More BETTIES
My assessment of the Fleischers as overrated earlier might seem harsh, but sampling five of…
Selected Shorts: SNOW WHITE
Snow White is a mind-boggling film…When Salvador Dalí and Luis Buñuel created Un Chien Andalou…
Year of the Month: The Incredible Power of IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
Roger Ebert ends his review of It’s a Wonderful Life with a story. “At a…