Uprising: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is Marvel’s Comeback Kid

Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. closed up its tumultuous first season this week with a crowd-pleasing, action-packed finale. The series, which began with a string of poorly-received episodes that left the excitable Marvel fandom shaking its head, enjoyed a sizable spike in both viewership and quality Read More …

In-Game Cinematic: John Carpenter’s Arcade Legacy

If you’re reading this article, it’s extremely unlikely you aren’t at least passingly familiar with John Carpenter, a director/screenwriter/composer whose film resume includes seminal cult classics like Halloween, Escape From New York, and The Thing. If you watched a scary movie from the late 70’s/early Read More …

Deadshirt Is Listening To… XSCAPE

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. Deadshirt decided to do something a Read More …

The Kids From Yesterday Go Ink and Paper: Gerard Way’s The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys [Review]

Grab your friends And hold them close. ‘Cuz we got no time for heroes And no room for ghosts. So sayeth colorful radio personality Dr. Death-Defying, our de facto narrator and first introduction into The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys, a fantastic comic adventure Read More …

In This Very Ring: The Five Star Standard

Pro wrestling is a weird bastard art, and if you’re unfamiliar with its intricacies, the hordes of people in your social media circles obsessively pontificating about it every Monday night must be a truly confounding experience. Let our very own Dominic Griffin, lifelong wrestling enthusiast, Read More …

Geeking Out in Public: Rakkasah Spring Caravan 2014

Presenting Geeking Out in Public, a series about what happens when individuals whose passions fall outside of mainstream popular culture gather in person to share in their common fringe obsession. Introduction: All that Glitters is Literary Journalism I’ve been seriously studying the art of belly dance Read More …

Deadshirt Is Reading…Dumb Robots and Good Lawyers

Deadshirt Is Reading… is a weekly feature in which Deadshirt’s staff, contributing writers, and friends-of-the-site offer their thoughts on a diverse array of comics, from name-brand cape titles to creator-owned books to webcomics. Jason Urbanciz is reading… Future’s End #1 Written by Brian Azzarello, Jeff Lemire, Read More …