Wonder Woman is such a hard character to get right, because on the one hand, "superhero", and on the other hand, "boobs". Right? So tricky. — Andrew Wheeler (@Wheeler) July 30, 2013 I retweeted Andrew Wheeler’s rant about how sexism plays a role in people saying Wonder Woman is hard to write well (there’s more […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Mark Gruenwald was one of those wonderful, mad, quixotic people who actually wanted the Marvel Universe to make sense. Obviously, he was aware that there were limits to this dream; in the real world, people cannot turn into solid steel simply by willing themselves to do so, or stick to walls with their bare hands […]

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Somebody asked the chief a rather loaded question about Lobo and Deadpool being “overplayed, really-limited-joke” characters. And frankly, I don’t think that’s fair to Deadpool. Let’s set aside the tragic aspects of the character here–that Wade Wilson has a lot of emotional baggage that he can’t escape because he can’t die, that sort of thing. […]

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From last week’s open house: Mike From Nowhere: 2 Man 2 Steel is going to feature Lex Luthor and they’ve talked about businessman-genius Luthor. (It’s not official, but come ON.) How best to translate Luthor to the big screen? I endorse the Luthor-as-super-Renaissance-man concept that works the best. Luthor is a super-genius scientist AND a […]

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A few people both in last week’s open call and subsequently via email asked me for my opinion about Superior Spider-Man, and I think it’s probably one of the best comics Marvel’s put out in years,1 if only because it’s really incredibly daring on a number of levels and directly in opposition to much of […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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There’s nothing comics fans love like “badasses”. Wolverine, the Hulk, the Punisher, Batman…all of these characters’ popularity depend on their ability and willingness to kick ass in a fight. Anytime someone wants to take an obscure character and make them into a fan favorite, their first step is to give them a “take no prisoners” […]

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It’s been a while since we did an “ask me anything/make requests” post, so here is one. (Requests for “more original comics” will be noted in the “are you an artist if not then learn to draw” file.)

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Sorcerers Supreme, as a rule, do not retire. “Defender of all reality” is not a job that is particularly conducive to packing it all in and moving to a condo in Florida, in the first place, because it has a remarkably high dying-on-the-job rate. People who become Sorcerers Supreme are disinclined to retire anyway; the […]

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My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist. (This week’s Al’Rashad page will be up later this evening; server was acting up this morning.)

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