Horror Month: In the Mouth of Madness

This October, Deadshirt staff revisits some of our favorite horror movies from a variety of subgenres and breaks down what makes them so memorable, so clever, and so terrifying. Our final installment: John Carpenter’s Lovecraftian horror film In the Mouth of Madness. The specific brand of cosmic Read More …

Deadshirt Is Reading… Fast Times at Mutant High

Deadshirt Is Reading… is a weekly feature in which Deadshirt’s staff, contributing writers, and friends-of-the-site offer their thoughts on Big Two cape titles, creator-owned books, webcomics and more. For more of our thoughts on this week’s new comics, take a look at Wednesday’s Deadshirt Comics Shopping List. Read More …

Michael Keaton Gets Meta in Birdman [Review]

The premise of Birdman is such that autobiographical suppositions are pretty unavoidable. Michael Keaton plays washed up movie star Riggan Thomson, an actor most known for playing the superhero Birdman. He’s trying to mount a Raymond Carver adaptation on Broadway he penned himself (and is starring Read More …

Yusuf Islam’s Tell ‘Em I’m Gone Shows You Can Teach an Old Cat New Tricks [Review]

Ever since Yusuf Islam returned to the pop music scene in 2006, his music has contained a sense of freedom that wasn’t present back when he recorded under the name Cat Stevens. He’s no longer writing songs questioning his place in life or his spirituality. Read More …

Your Deadshirt New Comics Shopping List for: October 29th, 2014

It’s Wednesday and that means new comics. Let Deadshirt steer your wallet in the right direction with reviews (with preview pages) of titles out today from Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Boom! Studios, Archie, MonkeyBrain, Oni, Fantagraphics, Top Shelf, Action Lab, and more! Rasputin #1 Writer: Alex Grecian Artist: Riley Read More …

Deadshirt Is Watching… Cops, Spies, Kids, and Spacemen

Deadshirt Is Watching…is a weekly feature in which Deadshirt staff, contributors, and guests sound off on the television shows we’re tuned into, from intense dramas to clever sitcoms to the most insane reality shows. This week: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Steven Universe, Gotham, and Star Wars Rebels.  Dominic Read More …

American Horror Story Gets its Weird Groove Back with Freak Show [Review]

By Kate Collison Only three episodes into the fourth iteration of American Horror Story, and I am already 1000% more invested in these freaks than I ever was in the lackluster characters of Season Three’s Coven. Writer/Producer Ryan Murphy is at his best when portraying the struggles of the Read More …