I have always loved the Rocket Reds, and the reason is simple: they are the Barry Horowitz of the DC Universe. Barry Horowitz, for those not in the know, was a professional wrestler and probably the last truly great jobber – the designated loser, the one who showed up to get his ass kicked by […]

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So, you may have heard that Canada has an upcoming election! Or not. It’s entirely possible you didn’t hear about it at all. It’s understandable, what with Japan and Libya and Rebecca Black and all.1 Anyway, a lot of people have asked me to explain this election to them, as I am the only Canadian […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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I genuinely have every confidence that Zack Snyder will eventually make a classic for the ages – his technical skill is steadily improving with the addition of actual craft, and he’s learning to work with actors greatly – but lord, this ain’t it.

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Arguably, the measure by which any body that recognizes talent can be judged is to look at their track record over the years. Anyone can hand out an award (although it takes a very special type of person to get someone to hand one out to Pia Zadora…) but awards cannot dictate the judgment of […]

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I mentioned on Twitter recently1 that I liked FF #1, the newest iteration of Jonathan Hickman’s run on Fantastic Four, a hell of a lot. Other comic reviews were busy orgasming over the new issue of Batman Inc., which in fairness is quite good.2 But for me, FF was far and away the best comic […]

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Toby S.: What do you think the odds are that the shenanigans unfolding in Wisconsin will have any lasting effect on US internal politics? About even, I think. It’s still too soon to tell whether the uprising that’s begun in the midwest over anti-union shenanigans is going to have staying power. If it does, you’ll […]

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In the Gerstein Science Information Centre at the University of Toronto. I think “your dick’s a circle?” is going to become my new all-purpose sarcasto-question.

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Have you ever read one of those novels that makes you angry? I mean, angry in the sense of decrying the utter waste involved; the waste of a good idea at the hands of an inept author, the waste of a publisher’s time and effort in cultivating such a novel through to publication (to say […]

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(What I hope is my final bar exam is today, so…) Many people suspect that death is not the end of things, and some of them are right. Others aren’t. Death, in the Marvel Universe at least, is a capricious thing. Most everything never comes back: the spandex set has gotten so used to the […]

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