This 2008 post combines a few of my favourite things: relationship troubles, a visit to a winery, and American Thanksgiving…
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Author: Shawn Conner
Freelance journalist and author (Vengeance is Mine: The Secret History of Superhero Movies, 2023 from McFarland Books). Publisher/editor of thesnipenews.com.
In 2008, while writing a blog for Lavalife.com, I discovered that comedian Maria Bamford was doing the online dating thing. (I think she talked about it in her stand-up, or one of her comedy shorts.) Naturally, I wanted to know more…
From the don’t-look-for-it-it-isn’t-there-anymore-files… Miraloma on the Cove
Questionable Christmas gifts from my mom, who excels at such things.
Guided by Voices and Soul Asylum at the Hilde Performance Center, Plymouth, Minnesota, Aug. 19 2017
Steve Barron loved The Jam. He ended up directing ‘Burning Up’ (the music video) & Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Disney marketed the 1991 superhero movie to kids. But that’s not what killed it.
… to hold onto the rights to the character
In 1991, dressed in a slinky vinyl outfit and Catwoman mask, Sean Young went on The Joan Rivers Show. The Blade Runner actress was lobbying…
Did a ’70s pornographer save the only known copy?
In 1989, fans were up in arms about the casting of Michael Keaton as Batman. So producer Jon Peters cut a trailer.
The Collected Neil the Horse revisits one of the craziest comics published during the eighties black-and-white boom
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace may have a higher Rotten Tomatoes score than Supergirl, but this final entry in the first modern superhero franchise is the series’ absolute nadir
An existential, cigar-smoking anti-hero was the first Marvel comics character to make it to the big screen. Take that, Spider-Man!
Nine things I loved about the 1984 Supergirl movie How do you like your bad superhero movies? Competently made but ultimately misguided? Or full-on crazy?…
Superman III—an even-handed, totally non-biased review
Interview—Chip Zdarsky Chip Zdarsky is the nom de comics of Toronto-based writer/artist Steve Murray. Under the Zdarsky name, Murray’s work includes Image Comics’ Sex Criminals,…
We had less than 24 hours to take in Bellingham Beer Week 2017. Here are some highlights.
Batman Knightfall and more—reviews of new Dark Knight stuff After reading four recently published collections, this writer is ready for Bat-detox. But I did discover…
