There’s a powerful vignette in the opening pages of March: Book One, the autobiographical graphic novel from Congressman John Lewis, that depicts a moment from the Selma voting rights march, beat for beat presaging an identical moment in Ava DuVernay’s acclaimed film Selma. In the film, as lensed by Read More …
Joe Stando is watching… Broad City, Comedy Central Season 2, Episode 1: “The Heat” Wednesdays at 10:30/9:30c The best show on TV is back. Broad City, which follows fictionalized versions of comedians Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer living in Brooklyn, possesses a specificity of voice, Read More …
Folk-rock icons The Decemberists have a well-earned reputation for melancholy. They’re best known for their musical brand of Dickensian tragedy, The Smiths by way of Fairport Convention. The short stories found on a Decemberists album frequently involve murder, rape, revenge, war, ghosts, and the occasional 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 starting over to… Read More …
Agent Carter is among the most anticipated shows to premiere this year, and not for the same reasons as a lot of others. Fans anticipated the show with a mix of excitement and dread. Was it going to be a worthy spin-off to one of 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 …
We at Deadshirt like to fancy ourselves pretty dedicated to popular culture with a combined knowledge of all things media that borders on the encyclopedic, but no one is perfect. There’s just too much music, too many films, too many comics, and way too many Read More …
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace premiered on May 18th, 1999. I was twelve years old. To give you the full picture, twelve-year-old me wore long cutoffs, black Airwalks, and Peace Frog t-shirts. She devoured The Animorphs and once tripped onto her face rushing Read More …
I watched all of The Newsroom. All of it. Every single episode. Why, you ask? Isn’t it the general critical opinion that Aaron Sorkin’s days as an important voice in television ended the day he wrote the “Isaac & Ishmael” episode of The West Wing? Hasn’t this 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! Adventure Time: Marceline Gone Adrift #1 Written Read More …