Television Review – Star Wars: Visions (season 2)

A Note from the Author: I'm trying something different here, and doing a running review of this series as I watch through it. May the 4th is unofficially Star Wars Day. Part of that is because of the clever wordplay. "May the Fourth be with you," and "beware the Revenge of the Fifth," sound an … Continue reading Television Review – Star Wars: Visions (season 2)

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Department of Truth – Subjective Reality in the Modern Age

An FBI agent attends a Flat Earth Convention. He's a special agent who specializes in online conspiracy theories, so he's morbidly curious. He wants to see his subjects in their element. While he's there, he's spotted and recognized by one of the richest men in America who graciously invites him to a "private event" going … Continue reading Department of Truth – Subjective Reality in the Modern Age

The Nice House on the Lake – True Millennial Horror

The Theory of Generations is a term coined in a 1928 essay of the same name by Hungarian sociologist Karl Mannheim. The theory, which like any theory in sociology, psychology or...pretty much any social -ology, is limited but in brief it basically describes a "generation" as being a cohort of people who develop relationships and … Continue reading The Nice House on the Lake – True Millennial Horror

Scott Snyder, Best Jacket Press and the Future of Comic Books

I've mentioned before that the first comic I bought for myself was 2011's Batman #1, written by Scott Snyder and with art by Greg Capullo. What I don't think I've mentioned is that I bought that comic book on the shiny new Kindle Fire that I'd gotten as a Christmas present in 2011. I bought … Continue reading Scott Snyder, Best Jacket Press and the Future of Comic Books