Dr. Strange, as previously noted, is the guardian of this entire universe from other dimensions and realities that would do it harm. Traditionally this ends up being things like Dormammu or somebody, because other dimensions are traditionally the source of most hostility towards Universe-616. Of course, there are also parallel realities, and it’s rather silly […]

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Magic in the Marvel Universe tends to be Earth-centric. This isn’t just a bias towards storytelling convenience, either; the Nexus of All Realities’ waypoint into this universe is located on Earth, as is the Bridge To The World of Waking Dream (more on that later). Earth is just a more magical part of the universe […]

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A quick and dirty ambient music melody generator. (Well, it’s a Flash-app tenori-on, to be specific.) Seriously, all someone needs to do is hook up a beatbox of some type to this and it is on.

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FIN FANG FEAR! The ultimate ancestor of Fin Fang Foom! The First Giant Monster To Stride ‘Pon The Earth! Each of his knucklebones is the size of a Buick! His rearmost left canine fang could be turned into a house, assuming you dislodged it from him, hollowed it out and didn’t mind walls made of […]

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Dormammu is a joke. Seriously. He’s a joke. His existence at this point is to be really powerful so that Dr. Strange can kick his ass to show how powerful Dr. Strange is. And given that Dr. Strange’s existence at this point is essentially justified only to get his ass kicked so that other heroes […]

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So You Think You Can Dance Australia‘s second season has been quite possibly the best single season of any SYTYCD in any country, anywhere; the level of dance on this season has been absolutely phenomenal, easily outstripping not just the second season of the American version (still the best of the four American seasons so […]

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I figured the swarm of “Dr. Strange can do anything and that’s why he sucks” comments would be reaching critical mass about now, but instead it happened, oh, three or four days ago. But doing these things mostly in advance means just that, so if you got impatient about having a chance to really discuss […]

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Over at Pajiba, Dustin Rowles calls out Gore Verbinski for booting out of the fourth Pirates of the Caribbean flick to instead direct the film adaptation of Bioshock. Leaving aside the question of whether it is a good idea for Verbinski to jump ship, so to speak – and I would say “hell yes,” given […]

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Once, shortly before his death, the Ancient One sat Stephen down and told him some things that he figured Stephen would eventually have to know. Some of it was pretty straightforward. (“Wear socks. You ever go to the frozen dimension of S’tohr, you’ll understand about the socks.”) Some of it was not. (“I know you […]

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Vermont legislature overrides governor’s veto to legalize gay marriage. Particularly notable because this didn’t involve a judicial ruling; it’s the first recognition of same-sex marriage rights entirely initiated by the legislature. Well done. (This should not be considered a rebuke of “judicial activism,” because that would be idiotic.)

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A brief history, for those who are not longtime Dr. Strange readers: Vincent Stephens was one of two magical avatars created by Dr. Strange a few years back when Strange needed to hide out and recuperate while preparing to defeat a particular enemy but couldn’t leave Earthly affairs alone for that time. Along with the […]

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I know the season has already (only just) started, but whatever, I figure I might as well set up a fantasy baseball league because I likes me some fantasy baseball, and who better to trounce than my loyal readership? So if you are a baseball fan like me, go here. ID: 311479 League Name: MGKBL […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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It takes the governments of the world a few days to realize it, because it’s in the Mongolian province of Khovd, which is some of the emptiest land in the world (Khovd has less than a third of the population density of Canada, which is pretty damn empty). Nobody really looks there, because why would […]

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Astral traveling is Dr. Strange’s Batmobile if Batman used the Batmobile to do absolutely everything.. Need to see something in a hurry? Astral travel! Need to scout a dangerous area safely? Astral travel! Need to go to the store to get some milk? Astral travel there, then teleport your body, then buy the milk! It’s […]

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