Netflix’s The Defenders is a Mixed Bag Marvel Team-Up

After years of build up and anticipation, last Friday saw the batch drop of Netflix’s eight episode Defenders mega-series. Faced with a foe no one single series star could defeat (Sigourney Weaver and an army of immortal ninjas), Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Read More …

Deadshirt’s Top Ten TV Episodes of 2016

Every year, it feels like there are more and more “can’t miss” TV series, and ironically, more and more of them keep slipping through the cracks. We race to binge, stream, and catch up on every hot new show, to avoid spoilers and to keep Read More …

Deadshirt Roundtable: Found in Adaptation

With thousands of heroes and villains and decades of history, it’s easy for some comics characters to be forgotten, or underappreciated. Sometimes it’s a question of the right interpretation, or the right performance, in another medium to really make the character “click.” This week, Deadshirt Read More …

Deadshirt’s Top Ten TV Shows of 2015

There were a fair number of trends this year in Deadshirt’s TV lists. We like superheroes, we like drama and action, and we also tend to like shows we can binge watch in one sitting. But more than that, our contributors’ top picks revealed a Read More …

The Rundown: A Meditation on Masks, Madness and Morality in The Death of Jean DeWolff

In The Rundown, Deadshirt dives into our cardboard long boxes to shine a light on important, unusual or otherwise remarkable comic runs (mainstream or otherwise) from a specific creative team or teams. The Series Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man #107-110 Written by Peter David Pencils Read More …

Deadshirt is Watching… Delicious and Malicious

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: Hannibal, Silicon Valley, and Daredevil! Dominic Griffin is watching… Hannibal Season Read More …

Binge-Watch: Marvel’s Daredevil Opens New Doors for the MCU [Review]

So, I didn’t learn from my last binge experience and dove right into a new one. I’ve been up since 2 a.m. and, with the exception of two bathroom breaks and one quick run across the street for dumplings, have watched all thirteen episodes of Marvel’s Daredevil Read More …

Deadshirt Is Reading…Birthdays, Banks and Blood

Deadshirt Is Reading… is a weekly feature in which Deadshirt’s staff, contributing writers and friends-of-the-site offer their thoughts on a diverse array of comics, from name-brand cape titles to creator-owned books to webcomics. Dylan Roth is reading… Lazarus #7 Written by Greg Rucka Art by Michael Read More …