Year of the Month: Good Artists, Gilded Men, and Golden Helmets (Part 2 of 2)
I read Carl Barks’ work voraciously ever since I learned of the existence of the…
Year of the Month: The Happiest Comics on Earth (Part 1 of 2)
This is original artwork by Carl Barks, who created the Uncle Scrooge comics. He’s considered…
Year of the Month: SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
For a long time, I was sure I was a fan of Old Hollywood musicals,…
HITMAN: Blood Brothers and Blood Debts (Part 2 of 2)
Hitman’s balance of the silly and the deadly serious tipped more towards comedy in the…
Hilarity, Heartbreak, and HITMAN (Part 1 of 2)
A year ago, I talked about the paradoxes that drive The Boys author Garth Ennis’s…
Year of the Month: THAT NIGHT’S WIFE
Yasujirō Ozu has earned his place in film history as the most serene of directors,…
THE BURDEN OF DREAMS Version 1.0: THE BIG TRAIL
The Big Trail was the beginning and the end of a lot of things. It…
Sound-eo Killed the Silent-o Star: Harold Lloyd and FEET FIRST
The debate over the greatest silent comedian shows no sign of going away any time…
Year of the Month: LIVING WITH GHOSTS
1996 was one heck of a year for American roots music. You had Johnny Cash…
Year of the Month: BART ON THE ROAD
This episode is one of those episodes that people don’t often remember, but when they…