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 …
Fox’s “Batman-without-Batman” soap opera is the most amazing weird show on television. For every episode this season, Deadshirt’s own Sarah Register, Kayleigh Hearn and Max Robinson discuss the good, the bad….the beginning? of little Bruce Wayne, skinny Oswald Cobblepot and Jim Gordon sans ‘stache as 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. Robby Karol is reading… DuckTales #1 Written by Joe Caramagna Art by Luca Usai (“The Chilling Secret of Read More …
Star Trek: Discovery represents a lot of firsts for the 51-year-old science fiction franchise. It’s the first new Star Trek on television since the demise of Enterprise 12 years ago, the first produced after the J.J. Abrams films, the first that’s behind a paywall, the Read More …
The world is too messed up to obsess over bad movies as much as we do; isn’t it time we obsess over good ones? In his monthly column You Have To See This, Chuck Winters reaches into his pile of flawed, forgotten, or just plain Read More …
I believe it was “Stone Cold” Jane Austen who famously said “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a woman in possession of a professional wrestling championship, must be in want of a woman to challenge her for said title. And that’s the bottom line Read More …
Fox’s “Batman-without-Batman” soap opera is the most amazing weird show on network television. For every episode this season, Deadshirt’s own Sarah Register, Kayleigh Hearn and Max Robinson discuss the good, the bad….the beginning? of little Bruce Wayne, skinny Oswald Cobblepot and Jim Gordon sans ‘stache Read More …
Today, IDW begins its Hasbro line-wide crossover event First Strike, a spiritual sequel to last year’s Revolution series that brought each of the toy company’s intellectual properties into planetary alignment. It’s the second stage of the publisher’s trilogy of experimental blockbuster comics designed to appeal 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. Max Robinson is reading… Batman #31 Written by Tom King Art by Mikel Janin Inks by Mikel Janin Read More …
If there’s a future we want it now.” – Paramore, “Now” Let’s talk about the Mae Young Classic. Given an incredible field of 32 women, from rookies to indie legends, putting on competitive matches including some of the best we’ve seen this year, the actual Read More …