There’s a moment in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s new graphic novel Seconds, a fleeting gag really, that calls back to a particularly beloved line from his Scott Pilgrim series. Perhaps it was designed, like some background cameos from Scott and Ramona, as a friendly shout out Read More …
Since breaking into the comics scene with 2007’s Annihilation: Conquest – Starlord mini-series, colorist Nathan Fairbairn has worked as something of a silent partner with artists such as Chris Burnham on Batman Incorporated and Yanick Paquette on Swamp Thing (to say nothing of a host of upcoming Grant Read More …
From long-running soap operas to comedy-drama slices of life to daily gag strips, the digital comics scene has exploded over the last decade and readers have never had more options. Feeling overwhelmed? Christina Harrington and Joe Stando are here to take you on an expedition through 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. Julian Ames is living, laughing, and Read More …
Journeymen Deadshirters Mike Pfeiffer and Max Robinson are the Trash Boys. In TrashMall, they bring you the hottest products and apparel from thrift stores, vintage shops and other retail hotspots around New York’s five boroughs. For their inaugural column, the boys went to their friendly neighborhood Read More …
The original Planet of the Apes franchise is never truly given its due as a crucial evolutionary link in the history of the blockbuster. In many ways, Apes was the first true science fiction film franchise dynasty. The original 1968 film spawned four sequels and Read More …
This Thursday we’ll be hosting another Deadshirt Date Night, and this time we’ll be watching Steven Spielberg’s Hook. Between 1989’s crowd-pleasing Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and 1993’s immortal Jurassic Park, Steven Spielberg directed two films. The first was Always, a small period romance that nobody’s heard of. Read More …
From their perch in Sharkatraz atop the tallest apartment building in Astoria, Max Robinson and Mike Pfeiffer are The Trash Boys. In The Trashford Files, they investigate and review foods that are normally best eaten alone drunk in the dark after a breakup. THE YEAR IS 2069. THE INTERNET CONTENT WARS 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. Dylan Roth is reading… Star Trek #35 Written by Mike Johnson Art by Read More …
Diversity and representation have long been a serious issue in the film industry, and 12 Years A Slave winning some Oscars hasn’t exactly changed that. Outside of that prestigious anomaly, people rarely imagine black film to be much more than gangster movies, cookout comedies, and Tyler Perry. Our very own Read More …