Category: Opinion
MARVEL LAKE HOUSE SPECIAL: From the Temporally Displaced Archives
Welcome to a MARVEL LAKE HOUSE SPECIAL: From the Temporally Displaced Archives! Found these bits...
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Tales from the Marvel Lakehouse: Doctor Strange by Mark Waid
It’s time for more Tales from the Marvel Lakehouse: Doctor Strange by Mark Waid! Lately, as...
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Through the Lake House Lens: Marvel Events
It’s time to take a look Through the Lake House Lens: Marvel Events! Of all books that we...
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Comics Under Trump
Bill Simmons once said this on his podcast: “I think having the conversations are really important...
Read MoreTHN Road Trip: Nashville Edition!
Nerd on the Road! Quick Intro: May turned into a busy travel month for me. Anytime I am visiting another town, I like to stop in to a local comic shop and spend a couple dollars. Yelp is pretty useless when it comes to reviewing...
Read MoreReplacing the “Big Three”
Who would be your “Big Three”? While listening to Joe and Matt on the Two Headed Nerd Answer of the Week podcast, they mentioned Thundarr the Barbarian. They chalked the reason that the series worked so well up to...
Read MoreKeith Silva is “Not for Everyone”
EDITOR’S NOTE: I’ve been sitting on this piece from THN Ombudsman Keith Silva for almost a month now, trying to figure out a way to respond that wasn’t simply defending against his points, but making points of...
Read MoreThe Best/Worst X-Men Time Travel Tales
The X-Men are committed to bringing about a world that treats mutants as equals instead of, you know, hating and fearing them. Charles Xavier’s dream and all that, right? Well, the X-Men are also committed to messing up...
Read MoreGet Your Hubris Outta’ My Chutzpah or How Matt Baum Was (Sort of) Right
To the ebullient Kacie Baum: I am sorry. I loathe admitting it, but that sly devil with the haircut somewhere between Alec Baldwin in Glenngarry-Glen-Ross and Mike Score from Flock-of-Seagulls, Matt Baum (pictured) … was right....
Read MoreHelpful Hints for the Superior Spider-Man
SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SPOILERS! SERIOUSLY…SPOILERS! So, Spider-Man is Doctor Octopus. Or Doctor Octopus is now Spider-Man. However you want to frame it, Otto Octavius – I like to...
Read MoreBe the Baum, Do the Patrick
I believe in comics. (Trust me) when forces conspire, take Lady Macbeth’s advice: ”… screw your courage to the sticking place, And we’ll not fail.” Wait! Wait! It’s my only Shakespeare reference,...
Read MoreThree Horrors for Halloween: Walking Dead, Session 9, and Severed
Not sure where you’re living, but where I’m at it’s going to be cold and possibly wet, so I plan on barricading myself inside for most of the weekend. Before you start in on me, it is completely sane if I am...
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