In The Rundown, Deadshirt dives into our cardboard long boxes to shine a light on important, unusual or otherwise remarkable comic runs from a specific creative team. The Series Supreme and Supreme: The Return (1996-2000) Supreme Issues 41-57 Supreme: The Return 1-5 Written by Alan Read More …
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, MonkeyBrain, Oni, Fantagraphics and more! Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #1 Written by Tom Scioli and Read More …
Almost all genre shows today stand to some extent in the shadow of LOST. Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse took what might have been a simple story of plane crash survivors and turned it into one of the most watched, most talked about television series Read More …
Last year’s The Purge was one of the biggest unfulfilled promises in recent memory. “What if, for twelve hours, crime was legal?” is a premise you could tell new stories with for the rest of your life. Instead, we got a relatively by-the-numbers home Read More …
“What if?” is key to this book of otherworldly terrors. The world of Through the Woods is of fairytale, of olden times when the dark was more unknown and more fearful, full of spirits and danger. Carroll’s characters go knowingly into danger, because they have no choice, or they find danger, incidentally, then have no power to ever escape it. By being smart and prepared they do not avoid their fate but delay it. Reason may allow you to live a life without fear, but by filling the darkness instead with terrors you acknowledge your mortality, and you prepare. 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. Sam Paxton is shimmying to… “God Read More …
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 …
Look, let’s get this straight: Girl Meets World is not for you. Yes, you, the all-knowing twentysomething who grew up on the hit 90s ABC sitcom Boy Meets World, to which this new series is a loose sequel. I know how much you loved that show–how 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 a diverse array of comics, from name-brand cape titles to creator-owned books to webcomics. Kayleigh Hearn is Reading… The Shadow Hero (OGN) Written by Gene Luen Yang Read More …
Taking a break from committing suicide with food, Mike Pfeiffer will absolutely answer your questions on anything you put in the digital mailbag of justdandy@deadshirt.net. Regardless of whether or not you think Mike is a mature adult, this column is probably best for Mature Adults. As a Mature Read More …