Check Your Head: Sigils, Chaos Magick, and Death Toll Horror in Nameless [Advance Review]

I’ve theorized, for a while, that Grant Morrison really has two primary “tracks” of work, which developed almost simultaneously at the beginning of his tenure at DC, just as he was breaking into American comics. They certainly don’t encompass his entire oeuvre by any means, but Read More …

DC’s Gotham Academy is the All-Ages Romance-Adventure Comic We Need Right Now

From the second it was announced, the one thing everyone could say about Gotham Academy for sure is that it’s unlike anything else DC Comics is publishing, or has published for quite a while. Written by Becky Cloonan (Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales, East Coast Rising) and Brenden Read More …

Mind The Gap: You Haven’t Seen There Will Be Blood?

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 …