Over-Explanation: A Special Temptation to Comics? (Inspired by Detective Comics #950)

The superhero Orphan in a dynamic pose with some other characters (Batman, Batwoman and Azrael) in the background

The medium of a story certainly does not determine either its content or its quality, but an individual medium offers opportunities and limitations that others don’t. This can create “temptations” to do things that might not be ideal for the story, because it’s easy to do in your chosen medium, or alternatives to doing it […]

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Superhero Animated Show Art Style Tierlist

Superhero Animated Show Art Style Tierlist. Not in order within tiers. S tier: Batman: The Animated Series. A tier: Superman: The Animated Series. B tier: Batman Beyond, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, The New Batman Adventures, Spectacular Spider-Man, Spider-Man: The New Animated Series, Static Shock, Young Justice. C tier: Spider-Man 1994, Superman 1989. D tier: The Batman.

I only included shows which I’ve watched what I feel is a significant enough amount of and whose art style I have a clearly defined opinion of. Chances are, I’ll make another version of this tierlist in the future with more shows. But for now, here are some more detailed thoughts on each of the […]

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The Batman Episode Review: Clayface of Tragedy

This episode directly continues from the last one and goes in a very interesting direction. I thought the different origin for Clayface was clever and I always admire when a TV episode takes risks as this one does – in this case, making a major supporting character into a villain. But I keep mentally going […]

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