Home ownership is a key theme in one of my favorite movies, It’s a Wonderful Life, and as I called…
Category: Pop Culture
On comics and other pop culture topics, including archived Comic Book Commentary posts from 2005-2007.
I’m Not Dead
…but I certainly feel like I’ve been buried alive lately! [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdnljEV7MP4] Speaking, tangentially, of being careful what you wish for*, I’d totally understand if…
Bill Maher does journalists’ job for them
One of the more frustrating things about mainstream media coverage of this year’s Presidential primaries has been their short attention span and preference…
Monday Mash-up, 2/4/08
1) While a couple of good things happened in January (most notably an unexpected promotion at work to Online Ad…
Theme Song
Every superhero needs a theme song, and now Obama has one… [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHA_ZTvOgUM&NR=1] Yes We Can! (Via DipDive.com, with a hat…
MoveOn Endorses Obama
I honestly didn’t think either of them would make the 66% threshold but Obama nailed it: In a resounding vote…
On Comics, Pokémon and Storm Hawks
Other than the occasional review at Amazon — or even less frequently, at PopCultureShock — it’s been a while since I’ve written…