Dec

I Am Shocked, Shocked I Say

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Intellectual Property

What’s that, you say? A comic that moralizes against illegal downloading featuring Disney characters? Why, it’s almost as if Disney is an enormous corporation with a vested interest in maximizing its intellectual property rights and getting public opinion on its side! I, personally, am waiting for the day when Batman beats up a nest of […]

5 comments

Dec

Shamelessness

Posted by MGK Published in Nothing Else Fit

I put together a little Amazon.ca wishlist, for those inclined to buy me things for Christmas.Which, really, is just about none of you. There are times I briefly wish I was a teenaged girl. (But then I remember that, honestly, being a white male kind of rules! HOORAY FOR ENTRENCHED SOCIAL PRIVILEGE!)

2 comments

Dec

Oh, lord.

Posted by MGK Published in Politics

Whenever I get lazy and think Stephen Harper is the worst leader imaginable – I am reminded that things could be far far worse. To sum up, one of the following possibilities must explain this situation: 1.) President Bush was given all the relevant information about Iran’s nuclear capabilities (or, more accurately, the lack thereof) […]

10 comments

Dec

It’s the science of the seventies.

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

I was originally planning to Photoshop this, but I just kept looking at it, and eventually I realized that sometimes, you have to let true mastery stand upon its own.

10 comments

Dec

Post-Radio Debate Addendum

Posted by MGK Published in TV

Something I wanted to say during my bit on “Q,” but which I forgot to say because of stress and time constraints (and being amused by Denis McGrath, who is just as quickwitted as one would expect from his professional work and webpage), was this: Christmas specials basically divide into A Christmas Carol and It’s […]

14 comments

Dec

“The Black Dossier”: A (for real and much shorter) review.

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

I’ve never before bought anything Alan Moore has written and thought, “wow, that was a waste of my money.” So I guess that’s a new experience!

5 comments

Dec

Of Interest To Those Who Like To Shoot Things On Their Computer

Posted by MGK Published in Gaming

TEAM FORTRESS 2 CUSTOM MAP REVIEW: “Beach” Beach has its origins in two very popular areas of first-person shooter gaming: the original Omaha Beach map in Day of Defeat, and Team Fortress 2‘s progressive-attack maps like Gravel Pit where one team is on “attack and take control” and the other team is on “defend until […]

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Dec

I SHALL CONQUER ALL THE CIVILIZED MEDIAS

Posted by MGK Published in Nothing Else Fit

Barring major mishap, I’ll be appearing on CBC Radio 1’s “Q” program tomorrow afternoon to talk about Christmas specials and why they are all bad.

2 comments

Dec

A play, in one act.

Posted by MGK Published in Bad Comedy, Comics, Conversations

Enter TWO COMICS GEEKS. Each GEEK opens up a copy of All-Star Batman and Robin #1. They begin reading. GEEK ONE: This beginning is… GEEK TWO: Shit? GEEK ONE: Would Frank Miller and Jim Lee combined make shit? GEEK TWO: Surely this cannot be shit. GEEK ONE: Perhaps we should read some more, to make […]

9 comments

Dec

More From Me Elsewhere

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

As usual, my weekly TV column is up at Torontoist, which you should read because I am clever and funny and, let us be honest, devastatingly handsome.

2 comments

Dec

Do Not Fear The Huckabee

Posted by MGK Published in Bad Comedy, Politics

Lately a lot of people have started to get worried that Mike Huckabee, suddenly the dark horse candidate for the Republican nominee for President of the United States, is going to win the nomination and then the Presidency because he actually manages to seem occasionally human and warm-blooded, and exudes “I would love to have […]

9 comments

Dec