Big Hero 6 tells the story of a young robotics genius, Hiro Hamada, who, along with his robot companion Baymax, turns a group of techy college students into a team of superheroes. The mission? To take down a masked man who stole Hiro’s invention for Read More …
*insert breathlessly positive review of Guardians here, plus Rocket joke* There, that’s done with. It’s becoming more and more clear that the great mass of reviewers and fans have decided, yup, we like Guardians of the Galaxy. And that’s good. The film unquestionably earns it, Read More …
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. The Series The Immortal Iron Fist (2006-2009) Issues 1-14 co-written by Ed Brubaker and Matt Read More …
I didn’t like the new Godzilla. That’s how this started. I’ve personally never much cared for Godzilla as a pop cultural entity, outside of a fondness for the Diddy/Jimmy Paige music video from the 1998 version, and my recent interest only exists in relation to my Read More …
It’s been a decade and a half since Bryan Singer’s X-Men started the comic book movie boom that continues unabated today. The first film focused on clarity, economic storytelling and a streamlined structure to bend the unwieldy mythology of the fifty years old superhero franchise Read More …
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. closed up its tumultuous first season this week with a crowd-pleasing, action-packed finale. The series, which began with a string of poorly-received episodes that left the excitable Marvel fandom shaking its head, enjoyed a sizable spike in both viewership and quality Read More …
Summer blockbuster season is in full swing, and we’ve got a review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, the next installment in Sony’s ongoing venture to keep the wall-crawler away from his brethren at Marvel Studios. Read More …
Deadshirt Date Night is a monthly event on Twitter where the Deadshirt.net staff and friends sync up a movie on Netflix and try to entertain each other. This time, we set our sights upon the first Spider-Man feature film from director Sam Raimi. A lot Read More …
Dominic Griffin asks, “What’s so funny about not being a horrible, despicable person?” 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 a diverse array of comics, from name-brand cape titles to creator-owned books to webcomics. Joe Stando is reading… Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #200 Written by Brian Michael Bendis Read More …