Last night, May 21th, 2015, David Letterman is retired from The Late Show. A 33-year legacy has come to a close. Almost everybody is publishing stories and retrospectives and tributes about what Letterman meant to them and the medium. Of all the ones I’ve read, perhaps the best – and certainly the Read More …
I said I was out, but fuck it. I dunno if I’ll do this for every issue (actually, I already did it for #2…), but I think this one warrants it. Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic’s Secret Wars is the conclusion not only of Hickman’s expansive Read More …
The life of a television enthusiast isn’t all sunshine and couch-lounging. Every year around this time, we are forced to confront an awful truth: not all our shows will make it to a new season. In this postmortem, our staff reflects on the cancelled TV Read More …
Comic books are a huge, sprawling medium, with all kinds of formats, genres and series. While longtime fans can easily walk into a comic book shop and pick out exactly the issues or graphic novels that suit their precise tastes, casual readers might have a Read More …
Mad Max: Fury Road has a lot going on in it. Dominic Griffin has already written a fantastic review of the film for Deadshirt, but a movie like this deserves a much bigger conversation. In that spirit, most of the female editors and contributors of Deadshirt 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! Wytches #6 Written by Scott Snyder Art 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: Mad Men, Adventure Time, and Veep! Max Robinson is watching… Mad Men 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 pained by… “This 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 …
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 …