Noirvember Volume 4: It Makes Sense in Context

There’s never been a better excuse to watch as many noir films as humanly possible than the cinephile community’s current favorite portmanteau. Deadshirt has decided to throw in with a month of essays highlighting some of our favorite works in the pantheon for Noirvember… We’ve been Read More …

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1 is All Work and No Play [Review]

Readers of Suzanne Collin’s Hunger Games trilogy have long been aware that the third installment of the series, Mockingjay, is a bit of a letdown compared to the electric first two. The disappointment lies mainly with the lack of the bloody tournament of the series’ title, the Hunger Games Read More …

Your Deadshirt New Comics Shopping List for: November 26th, 2014

It’s Wednesday and that means new comics. Let us steer your wallet in the right direction with reviews (and preview pages) of titles out today from Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Boom! Studios, Archie, MonkeyBrain, Oni, Fantagraphics, Top Shelf, Action Lab, and more! ODY-C #1 Written by Matt Fraction Art Read More …

Deadshirt Is Watching… Kids, Family, and Dark Magic

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, it’s Black-ish, Bob’s Burgers, Constantine, and Gotham. Christina Harrington is watching… Bob’s Burgers, Read More …

Stale Popcorn: Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

Film is an entertainment medium that, by its very nature, tends to reward the viewer in rewatch. Sometimes movies even reveal to us how we’ve grown or changed since we last saw them. Our own Max Robinson reassesses old favorites, seasonal classics and the occasional oddball lost under the couch in his monthly Read More …

Deadshirt is Listening… Being Broke, #TBT-ing, Not Dropping That Alcohol

Deadshirt Is Listening…Bringing you a rundown of our staff and guest contributors’ favorite new tracks released in the past week after they’ve had the weekend to blast them in their cars, in a club, alone in their rooms, etc. Dominic Griffin is not dropping that Read More …

Noirvember Volume 3: Fame, Pulp & The End of An Era

There’s never been a better excuse to watch as many noir films as humanly possible than the cinephile community’s current favorite portmanteau. Deadshirt has decided to throw in with a month of essays highlighting some of our favorite works in the pantheon for Noirvember… The Read More …

Deadshirt Is Reading… Randian Objectivist Assholes and an Off-Kilter Axis

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 …

The Rundown: Brian K. Vaughan’s Runaways is a Marvel Book with an Indie Heart

In The Rundown, Deadshirt dives into our cardboard long boxes to shine a light on important, unusual or otherwise remarkable comic runs (mainstream or otherwise) from a specific creative team. The Series Runaways #1-18 (2003-2004), Runaways #1-24 (2005-2007) Written by Brian K. Vaughan Art by Adrian Read More …