25-ish years ago, Nirvana was in the midst of becoming the biggest rock band in the world, influencing their contemporaries and future generations of musicians. At the heart of their short-lived success were the band’s lyrics; plucked from Kurt Cobain’s tortured mind, their strange yet Read More …
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 …
Deadshirt is Playing brings you a look at the best, newest, and strangest of what the wide world of video games has to offer. What are our staff and contributors playing this month, you ask? Julian is a Crystal Gem… Steven Universe: Attack the Light iOS/Android Read More …
In a piece I wrote last year with Dom, we talked about how the Mission: Impossible series is just about the closest thing America has to its own homegrown Bond franchise, an odd bunch of films that are unified by the fact that they’re just as Read More …
It’s Wednesday, and that means new comics. Let Deadshirt 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! Jem and the Holograms #5 Story by Read More …
The last days of high school are upon us. Senior Prom is fast approaching. The band geeks yearn to lose their virginities, and the popular girls pine to be seen as more than pretty faces. Adults are all but invisible as an indie pop soundtrack swells over a panorama of suburban Read More …
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: Knock Knock Live and The Strain! Haley Winters is watching… Knock Knock Live Read More …
The Metal Gear video game franchise has a reputation for excellence in storytelling and innovative gameplay. It is also comically difficult. Join Deadshirt Editor-in-Chief and absolutely terrible video gamer Dylan Roth as he plays through the entire Metal Gear canon in anticipation of the long-awaited Metal Gear Solid V: The Read More …
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. Mike Duquette is beaming to… “A Read More …
Star Trek is an enormous and complex cultural entity whose impact on politics, technology, and storytelling are undeniable. It’s also as flawed and problematic as any other massive media franchise. Lifelong Trekkie and Deadshirt Editor-in-Chief Dylan Roth attempts to make sense of it all for die-hards and outsiders Read More …