X-Men and the Other: The History of Marvel’s Mutants as Minority [Part 1 of 2]

The X-Men are one of the most unusual success stories in comics history. Initially the black sheep of the original 60’s Marvel offerings (there was a five year period where Uncanny X-Men solely published reprints of older stories), they wouldn’t find success until writer Christopher Read More …

In-Game Cinematic: John Carpenter’s Arcade Legacy

If you’re reading this article, it’s extremely unlikely you aren’t at least passingly familiar with John Carpenter, a director/screenwriter/composer whose film resume includes seminal cult classics like Halloween, Escape From New York, and The Thing. If you watched a scary movie from the late 70’s/early Read More …

The Deep-Fried Hate of Image’s Southern Bastards #1 [Advance Review and Preview]

It feels like we’re in the midst of a transitional period for Jason Aaron. His first original series, the hardboiled Native American crime noir Scalped, finished in 2012 and, although he’s turned in some excellent work at Marvel recently, the debut of Southern Bastards from Aaron and Read More …

RUMOR: Who Is Bendict Cumberbatch Playing This Time? [April Fools]

On April 1st, 2014, Deadshirt.net became Pants Alive, our mirror universe counterpart, publishing unfounded rumors, lazy listicles and fierce negativity. According to confidential shadowy sources, PantsAlive has learned that Elementary star Benedich Cumberbatch will be playing the highly coveted role of Idris Elba in the Read More …

RUMOR: Sam Worthington Could Get Crabby for Seapunk: The Movie [April Fools]

On April 1st, 2014, Deadshirt.net became Pants Alive, our mirror universe counterpart, publishing unfounded rumors, lazy listicles and fierce negativity. BREAKING Aussie actor and Avatar star Sam Worthington better polish up those pincers and hit the beach; a little birdie at Warner Brothers tells PantsAlive Read More …

PANTSALIVE PRESENTS: The 7 Worst COMIC BOOK COVERS Of All Time (Today) [April Fools]

On April 1st, 2014, Deadshirt.net became Pants Alive, our mirror universe counterpart, publishing unfounded rumors, lazy listicles and fierce negativity. 1. haha nice bird IDIOT. 2. Wow just…speechless 3. More like super-not good (as in this is not good) 4. can you believe this was Read More …