Feeling Nostalgic for Nolan’s ‘Batman Begins’
Unless you were living under a rock (or fell down a well and got trapped inside a cave) yesterday, you’re
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Batman
Think I’m Coming Down with a Case of Bat Fever
Against my better judgement, I’m starting to get excited for more live action Batman stuff. I’m bound to be disappointed,
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Is a Show Without Batman Still Must-See TV?
On Monday night, during the broadcast of the much-hyped return of Jack Bauer in 24: Live Another Day, the Fox
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Bruce Lee on Broadway is Not Your Asian Sidekick
I just got out of the Signature Theatre on 42nd and 10th in New York City where I got to
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Storm: An Excerpt from Diary of an AfroGeek
What follows is an excerpt from my new book, Diary of an AfroGeek. It will be released later this year. I’ll let
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The Live Action Superhero Costume Problem
I’ve already written about how my love of G.I. Joe and Batman comics informed my entry into NOChood. But I’d
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Tunde Adebimpe Talks New Projects, Comics, and TV on the Radio
Originally posted on Hi Wildflower Calling TV on the Radio’s Tunde Adebimpe a vocalist is a good start. Turns out,
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Pip and MJ: Dynamic Duo or World’s Finest?
As you can see on the blogroll to your left, Dat Winning and The Nerds of Color are going to
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Superheroes and Their Oscars — DC Edition
File this under “Things You Didn’t Know You Needed.” Since another Oscar season has come and gone, and since —
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Why ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ is Better in English
Yeah, I said it. Look, like any good nerd, I normally prefer watching a foreign movie as it was originally
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Beware the Batman is on Blu-Ray, Just Not on TV
In a surprise press release last week, Warner Home Video announced a blu-ray and DVD release for Beware the Batman,
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The LEGO Movie’s Lessons for Raising NOCs-In-Training
I took my 9- and 5-year-old daughters to see The LEGO Movie on the second day it was out, and all
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Wednesday Comics: Special Greg Pak Edition
It’s a special all-Greg Pak edition of Wednesday Comics as two — count ’em TWO! — of Greg’s Superman titles
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Happy Holidays from Gotham City and The Nerds of Color
Before I ring in Christmas 2013 with a traditional viewing of my favorite Holiday film, Batman Returns — this year
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UPS Loses Valuable Denys Cowan Artwork
I recently wrote about the wonderful time I had at the opening gala for the “Milestones: African Americans in Comics,
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I Needed a Hero
Originally posted at SuperJusticeForce.com True story: several of the rejections that I got for Super Justice Force made mention of
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How Avengers is Ruining the Superhero Movie
As of April 2013, The Avengers had grossed more than $600 million dollars in the US, a box office performance that has
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Wednesday Comics Rewind: The Ideal and the Infinite Batman
When this site was in its early stages, each of the contributors told an “origin” story about how they came
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Nolan’s Batman Should Be in the Man of Steel Sequel
Let me start by saying that this post is not intended to be a rant against Batfleck. I’m actually on
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Comics are for Children
I don’t remember the wonder anymore. As a child, I did not collect comics weekly. At ten, I lacked the
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The Many Faces of Robin
Last week, twitter was all, well, atwitter when artist Sean Murphy tweeted out a loose pencil sketch of Robin —
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Breaking Bats and Monkeys
Earlier I wrote about the endless narrative possibilities available in the superhero comics genre. Of course, comics are not the
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Boom! Pow! Smash! Adam WarRock Raps About Batman
This morning, Newsarama debuted the video for “B.S.F.X.,” the lead single off Adam WarRock‘s forthcoming studio album The Middle of
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