Tracing the Lineage of Bojack Horseman
Bojack Horseman owes a lot to Cerebus the Aardvark – whether he knows it or not
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Posts by Richard Rosenbaum on Overthinking It
The Freedom of Other Worlds
We read and analyze three of this week’s comics, which all have something to say on the subject of alternate timelines and parallel universes. Featuring Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Spider-Man, and Back to the Future!
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I Peed Next to Captain America: Conventions and Cosplay as Crux of Modern Theory of Mind
Why is cosplay so compelling? Like, from a neurophilosophical perspective.
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Are We Living in a Simulation?
Elon Musk says: almost certainly yes. I say: who cares if we are?
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Suicide Squad: A Typology of Character Alignments
How do the “heroes” of Suicide Squad fit in DC’s moral continuum?
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Daredevil vs Spider-Man vs the Chinese Mafia
We read and discuss Charles Soule’s Daredevil #9, in which Spider-Man starts putting the pieces together
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Is Pokémon Go a Malevolent, Superintelligent Artificial Consciousness from the Future?
My sources say yes.
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Existentialism at the End of the World
Fallout Shelter, Walking Dead, and the failed absurdism of postapocalyptic fiction
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Three Swings and Three Hits for New DC Comics
We read and analyze the recently restored Detective Comics 934, Titans: Rebirth, and The Dark Knight: The Last Crusade. Spoiler Warning – they’re good!
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Out of the Shadows is the TMNT sequel we all wanted (in 1991)
The new Turtles movie solves many of its predecessor’s problems and energizes the franchise with sensitivity and fun.
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