“…if only because it is a situation in which people lose their heads and act on instinct. Every such situation is full of hazards, no matter how much poetry may embellish it or logic justify it.“ Now, LINKS: Daniel Kalder: Bad Cars and Porn Stars, or a Few Words About Ladas INTERLOCKING MATRICES OF OPPRESSION! [...]
I’ve been reading comic books since I was a wee sprite. So I’ve been following the medium long enough to spot weird patterns and trends. Here’s one that continues to trouble me: The barely believable moral code of supervillains. Ever notice that — whenever a villain has a chance to kill his super-hero nemesis — the [...]
Coyotes in the City Daniel Kalder: “Stan Lee went to Hollywood where he spent three decades failing to score any big movie deals; Jack Kirby died embittered at his treatment by the firm; and Steve Ditko turned to publishing bizarre Randian tracts in tiny print runs. By the 1990s, Marvel was fuelling a weird spectator [...]