A while back someone, I don’t remember who, asked me how I could possibly be an academic, let alone an English teacher, given the way I write — the topics, the humor (or attempts at it), the constant swearing like a sailor. I don’t remember who asked… but you know what? FUCK THAT GUY! The…
Now that my class on comics is over, I can get back to focusing on some of my own work. It’s another one of those times where I am doing some research for a comics paper and so it’s totally useful for me to just outsource some of my research to the internet. In this…
(This is a review of the Batman: The Killing Joke animated movie adaptation that was just released. I’m going to mostly avoid spoilers if I can, but they will be there. But the book is from 1988. Honestly, there isn’t much to spoil… but if you’re worried about that… well, i guess that’s your damn fault for waiting…
I am not a parent. I don’t have children. I don’t have a daughter. As a non-parent that means that I am lucky enough to have gone through life without hitting that little bit of brain damage that makes you forget everything you thought as a teenager so that you can feel comfortable lying to…
The world is not perfect. Neither is the justice system in this country. Sometimes, guilty or innocent, people go to jail. Sometimes, guilty or innocent, people go free. What I’m looking to do here is address everyone in the latter group, guilty or innocent, and in particular you, Mr. CeeLo Green. Now let me preface this…
Oh for fuck’s sake… I know I don’t really do daily wistful career change decisions anymore, but I have one anyway. I’ve decided that I want to be a Washington Post Opinion column editor, because really it appears to be a job that requires doing nothing whatsoever but just printing anything handed to you by…