Clark Kent

Man of Steel: Making Sense of All That Christ and Death Stuff

WARNING: This discussion is thick with spoilers

Superman Movies Matter More Than the Comics: A Film-by-Film Breakdown

Over the Weekend: Braid - Glass House - 8/17/12

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Braid Come Screaming Out of Retirement

The '90s post-hardcore act return with new music and the same ol' attitude

Post-hardcore Braid shout down obstacles to come out of retirement.

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Escape From Wonderland at the NOS Events Center in San Bernardino

​Escape From WonderlandOctober 29, 2011NOS Events Center If you came to the NOS Events Center looking for just another rave, you were in for a surprise. Insomniac's Inaugural self proclaimed "twisted sister," Escape From Wonderland, had carnival rides, haunted mazes and five massive stages featuri ... More >>

Shag and His Trend Chasers

The Grand Central Art Center's new show on the hipster fave unintentionally proves he's the new Nagel

'The Superheroine Monologues' Features Damsels in Distress

The Chance Theater production reduces the bad-ass women of comics into simpering wimps

Science Illustrated: Five Comics Featuring Nikola Tesla

Jeff Smith​Jeff Smith is best known for his seminal all-ages work Bone, a series he worked on for about 13 years and 55 issues. Readers still flock to Bone in its collected editions, and it's cemented Smith's reputation as one of the most creative talents in comics. Unfortunately, Bone has ov ... More >>

Aliso Black on Life and Death

The Aliso Viejo-based rapper rhymes about workin' the Great Recession

Dâm Funk? Damn Right

TOMORROW: Ninja Academy at DiPiazza's

In my ongoing quest to let readers know about things at least 24 hours in advance, one of my favorite local bands is playing at DiPiazza's in Long Beach tomorrow night. They're called Ninja Academy and they fucking rule.Imagine if you will...two guys dressed as ninjas playing ferocious instrumental ... More >>

Stan in the place where you live

As much as I've always loved superheroes, I've always felt there was something just a little off-putting about Marvel head honcho Stan Lee, the person. And it isn't a righteous indignation thing about not giving his collaborators their due credit; Stan has relented on that score in later years, and ... More >>

Nice Guys Finish Last

Poet Ben Trigg Begs to Differ

The Big Con

Out of the basement and into the spotlight, Comic-Con 2007 is the place to be

Polymorpous and Polyrhythmic

Three techno DJ mixes to dislocate your hips

Kneeling Before Zod

OnDVD: Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut and The Special Edition

Such a Nice Young Man

Super, even

It Ain't Easy Bein' Blue

Bryan Singer offers a loving homage to the ghosts of Supermen past

Five Days

Task me a freaking sandwich!

Best Politics, Art, and Outdoor Sports

Violently Unhip

Papa Byrd: From mild-mannered Midwesterners to lounge-funk superheroes!

Weezer, Thursday and Friday at the Warped Tour

Big-Ass Music Weekend!

45 rides. 16 hours. One man. Disneyland in a day!

Consider your origins: you were not made that you might live as brutes, but so as to follow virtue and knowledge.
---Dante