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 …
Aubrey Sitterson is a writer, editor, and broadcaster, best known as the host of the online wrestling talk show STRAIGHT SHOOT. Aubrey’s a busy guy—he’s recently launched his new fantasy storytelling podcast SKALD, and he’s the writer of the back-up story found in today’s issue of Hulk. I had a Read More …
While this summer’s Avengers: Age of Ultron and Ant-Man wrap up Phase Two of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, next year’s Phase Three will rocket the MCU toward a tumultuous new status quo, one in which the superhero community will be cracked in half. Captain America: Civil War promises to adapt the popular Read More …
Introducing F2P Arcade, a new review series centered around free and freemium video games for consoles, desktops, and mobile devices. I tend to get grumpy when I hear people complain about things that are free. With the wealth of music, videos, and games available online Read More …
NEW STAR WARS. Sorta feels like a trap, doesn’t it? We’ve been here before, and it ended horribly. For the first time in decades, we, the adoring viewing public, are being promised new Star Wars. And we are so damn excited. Again. Have we learned nothing? Read More …
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt is the new sitcom from the mind of comedy goddess Tina Fey (30 Rock, Saturday Night Live, Mean Girls) and her longtime collaborator Robert Carlock that was produced last year for NBC, who ended up losing the project to Netflix when the latter offered Fey Read More …
Deadshirt is looking for talented and enthusiastic writers and editors to join our merry band of pop culture critics and commentators. While we’re always on the lookout for new contributors, right now we’ve also got some editorial positions opening up, so there’s never been a 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! Curb Stomp #1 (of 4) Written by 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 …