As someone who is a large fan of genre film and TV, and especially as someone who writes about them, I feel like somewhat of an ambassador to the rest of the world who only dabble in these things when the word of mouth is good enough. I feel protective about my adopted niche corner [...]

What exactly does Marvel have against Mary Jane Watson? It’s bad enough that Editor in Chief Joe Quesada mandated that poor Peter Parker end his marriage to the crimson-haired supermodel even if he had to go to the devil himself to do it (which, by the way, is kinda what he did). It’s bad enough [...]

I’m going to make a bold claim and say that 5.3 million people read my column. Or at least visit 30Ninjas for their daily dose of action. How else to explain that on Halloween night, after all the time we’ve been touting this show left and right, that just as many people tuned in to [...]

Happy Cosplay Christmas, everyone! Yes, it’s that time of year when everyone else seems to catch on to what we already know: Dressing up in costumes is fun! When else outside of a comic con can you walk down the street as Boba Fett, Cloud Strife, or even Snooki (aaaaah!) and no one looks at [...]

Geek comic icon Patton Oswalt has a somewhat famous track off his Werewolves and Lollipops album that perfectly sums up my issue with prequels. In it, he describes what it would have been like to go back in time to the mid nineties and run into George Lucas on the street. He’d most likely accost [...]

Now that my Comic Con hangover has let up, I can’t help but feel like New York didn’t get its due as the big entertainment center that it truly is. As awesome as it always is to mingle with fellow fans and see all the cool geek stuff I can’t afford, this year in particular [...]

Mark the day, my fellow ninjas! The word is official, coming straight from the mouth of one of the most prolific geek producers in Hollywood: “Zombies are better than vampires.” Hordes of NYCC attendees (I guess you could call them “un-undead”?) had to be specially herded into a vast, empty industrial room adjoining the IGN [...]

When I was a kid I was never a big fan of history class, and I’m sure I wasn’t alone. There were too many names, dates, and places to remember. The motivations of all the men and women who forged our past were too adult to understand and too boring for me to try. What [...]

Some come to the New York City Comic Con for the celebrities. Some come for the screenings, and some even come for the comics. But there are a rare few who come for information vital to the continued existence of the human race.

I was very fortunate tonight to get an extended look at some clips from two of DC’s upcoming straight-to-DVD animated projects, hosted by writer Michael Jelenic and legendary producer Bruce Timm. First up was Superman/Shazam: The Return of Black Adam, a new 24-minute story that’s to be the “anchor” of DC Showcase, a compilation DVD [...]

By now we all know the red, yellow, and blue, “S”-emblazoned Plinko chip has fallen into Zack Snyder’s slot (so to speak). The Dawn of the Dead, 300, Watchmen, Legend of the Guardians, and Sucker Punch director has won the coveted helm of the new Superman reboot, beating out several other directors in contention, setting [...]

It is not usually my policy to comment on speculation and rumor in this column. Actually, scratch that, it is always my policy to comment on speculation and rumor in this column. We’ve recently been getting little tidbits about the new Superman reboot from DC movie godfather Christopher Nolan, culminating in an interesting short list [...]

If you take a look back at the archive of my weekly columns (which you should, ‘cause, you know … awesome!) you’ll notice a somewhat disproportionate amount of Marvel love over the weeks. This doesn’t mean I’m a Marvel zombie, but merely that there hasn’t been as much DC news as far as branching their [...]

Those of you with DVRs are probably noticing they’re a little skittish this week; the air of mechanical surety and dispassion they exude might be giving way to a tinge of apprehension. Perhaps the time display is flickering. Maybe the program guide is slightly out of focus. But don’t worry, it’s only a temporary case [...]

The Watchmen comic by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons was considered a major turning point in modern superhero storytelling when it debuted in 1986, growing over time to become one of the most definitive and beloved stories of the medium. Fourteen years later, technology finally caught up with the imaginations of comic creators when the [...]