POPEYE, Part Two: A Study in Segar-ian Storytelling
Popeye begins 1935 in Black Valley, investigating a gang of claimjumpers fed on tainted cactus…
POPEYE, Part One: A Study in Segar-ian Style
90-odd years after he first tromped onto the stage of Thimble Theatre, Popeye’s in a…
Introducing The Solute Book Club
Babalugats speaking: Welcome to The Solute Book Club! Each month one Soluter will introduce a…
Year of the Month: FLASH GORDON
Nowadays, newspaper comics are the lowest form of life — page after page of crotchety…
Freddy Got Fungooed: Widespread Panic by James Ellroy (with John “Son of Griff” Anderson)
For all readers and Ellroy fans out there: John and Grant co-hosted a LIVE reading…
My Time in the Trenches of TV Tropes
As you may well know, TV Tropes is a massive wiki dedicated to collecting examples…
The Unnecessary Immorality of Puzzlebox Storytelling
One of my favourite little things about the 2019 film Parasite is the reveal that…
SCENIC ROUTE: Twin Peaks, “A Vision, Fresh And Clear As A Mountain Stream”
In episode one of season two of Twin Peaks, Major Briggs (Don S Davis) sits…
Jerks & Saints, Episode Three, “Therum” or “Dr Liara, I Presume”
