Never Had A Friend Like Him: A Memorial for Robin Williams

When celebrities of any sort pass away, we have a tendency to react in two divergent ways. One: we maybe connect ourselves to these complete strangers we never knew on a personal basis, over-identifying with their death and perhaps perpetuating the ongoing cult of fame Read More …

Listen Here: Road Trip!

Listen Here is a monthly playlist picked and curated by members of the Deadshirt staff around a certain theme. This month’s theme is “Road Trip,” with a playlist selected by several Deadshirt staffers and curated by music editor Julian Ames. Did somebody say “road trip”? August is here, Read More …

BIFF! KRANG! POW! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is Just For Kids [Review]

Deadshirt’s very own Trashboys-in-residence Max Robinson and Mike Pfeiffer attended the New York premiere of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and discussed their thoughts on the film in the review below.  Mike: Max, I gotta tell you, when we got the invite to the red-carpet star-studded Read More …

Deadshirt Is Reading… Silence and Violence

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 …

Deadshirt Is Reading… Magical Girls, Meta-tations on Old Superheroes and Sergio Aragones

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 Read More …

Your Deadshirt New Comics Shopping List for: July 23rd, 2014

It’s Wednesday and that means new comics. Let Deadshirt steer your wallet in the right direction with reviews (with preview pages) of titles out today from Image, Dark Horse, IDW, Boom! Studios, MonkeyBrain, Oni, Fantagraphics and more! Transformers vs. G.I. Joe #1 Written by Tom Scioli and Read More …

The Trashford Files: 7-Eleven‘s Loaded Doritos

From their perch in Sharkatraz atop the tallest apartment building in Astoria, Max Robinson and Mike Pfeiffer are The Trash Boys. In The Trashford Files, they investigate and review foods that are normally best eaten alone drunk in the dark after a breakup. THE YEAR IS 2069. THE INTERNET CONTENT WARS Read More …

30 Purple Years: Walking Through The Cinematic Thunderstorm of Purple Rain

Wednesday, June 25th, marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Prince and The Revolution’s Purple Rain. In honor of this, Deadshirt presents an entire week of art and essays that explore and celebrate one of the greatest albums of all time. Dig, if you will.  [EXTERIOR: Deadshirt Read More …

Deadshirt Is Reading…Science, Sex and Treks

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. Kayleigh Hearn is reading… Sex Criminals #6 Written by Matt Fraction Art by Read More …

“Fuck You, Sequels!” A Bro-on-Bro Deadshirt Team Up Review of 22 Jump Street

For our review of 22 Jump Street, we partnered up Trash Boys Mike Pfeiffer and Max Robinson for a conversational back-and-forth analysis of the film. Mike: You do realize that this is a sequel to our smash-hit tag team review of Pacific Rim? Max: A spiritual Read More …