JEFF (MY BROTHER): So I saw that you had good things to say about New Normal and Go On in your column this week. ME: Well, sorta. They’re both uneven. Comedies generally don’t bust out of the gate on all cylinders, you know? Like, you can tell when a show is just going to suck, […]

10 comments

Sep

Another open letter to Rob Ford

Posted by MGK Published in Canadian Politics, Politics, The Internets

Dear Mayor Rob Ford: Recently, Sue Edworthy wrote a thoughtful and friendly letter to you. It was a thoroughly positive letter, given that it was written in response to you skipping out on an executive meeting of city council so that you could go coach football. Ms. Edworthy has, very nicely I might add, suggested […]

13 comments

Sep

If I could find a way to see things straight I’d run away

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, I Should Write Dr. Strange

There’s an invisible prison, with invisible walls Invisible cells and invisible bars. On Wednesdays you’re allowed to exercise Under invisible guards’ watchful eyes. It’s not just a metaphor for mental illness, you see. Like most metaphors, it’s borne from something quite real. Unlike most metaphors, it’s not used in a way unconnected to the original […]

36 comments

Sep

Be forewarned that New Normal is by “guy who wrote Glee” and could go downhill reeeeeeal fast

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

12 comments

Sep

part five, page eleven

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Click on thumb to see full And if you like, you can also go to the dedicated Al’Rashad site.

1 comment

Sep

Adventures In Bad Media Design, WWE Edition

Posted by MGK Published in TV

The WWE, for all its flaws, is generally a company I think of as having a good visual sense when it comes to their product. They aren’t selling iMacs. They’re selling wrestling, and typically their sense of design works in conjunction with that to produce media that is designed to sell their product, which means: […]

14 comments

Sep

Democratic National Improved Archie

Posted by MGK Published in Archie (Improved Or Otherwise), Comics, Interactive Fun Time Party

23 comments

Sep

Nerd metaphor to make cunning point

Posted by MGK Published in Books, General Nerd Crap, The Internets

So this admittedly funny post is circulating around the internets, and while people are arguing whether or not Jimmy Carter is underrated (dude was Navy) or betting on whether Teddy Roosevelt or Andrew Jackson is the biggest ringer, the one thing they all mostly agree on is that Obama would get killed early on because […]

67 comments

Sep

Dialoguin’

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics, Writering

In email zzzThunk says First off, let me start by saying I like Al’Rashad. I enjoy it every week. But here’s what I don’t get: I know you’re capable of writing more sizzling dialogue than what makes it onto those pages. (It’s not bad dialogue at all, but…) You’ve shown us all that before, so […]

5 comments

Sep