Tag Archives: DC Comics

The 2025 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Cora

It’s the last day of the year, so we present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the winner of the 2025 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award. While I have been awarding the Darth … Continue reading →

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The 2025 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents

Posted on December 31, 2025 by Cora

It’s almost the end of the year, so we are proud to present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the 44th Annual Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents. Let’s have a bit of background: I … Continue reading →

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The Obligatory 2025 Dragon Awards Ballot Post

Posted on August 5, 2025 by Cora

I was planning to blog about something else, but as they usually do, when you’re busy with other things, the 2025 Dragon Awards decided to drop their 2025 ballot – after posting an empty ballot page for several days.  The … Continue reading →

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The 2024 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents

Posted on December 30, 2024 by Cora

It’s almost the end of the year, so we are proud to present to you, live from the Multiversal Nexus Ballroom, the 44th Annual Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents. Let’s have a bit of background: I … Continue reading →

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The 2023 Dragon Award Finalists: Mostly Good with a Oddities

Posted on August 10, 2023 by Cora

Does anybody except for me and Camestros Felapton and maybe Doris V. Sutherland still care about the Dragon Awards? I don’t know, but the 2023 Dragon Award finalists have been annunced today. The full list of finalists may be found … Continue reading →

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Oscars Everywhere All At Once – Some Thoughts on the 2023 Academy Award Winners

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Cora

I used to do an annual post commenting on the Academy Award winners, but a quick check of my archives reveals that the last time I did an Oscar winner comment post was in 2019. Of course, skipping the pandemic … Continue reading →

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Justice League or Sometimes There’s No Way to Salvage an Unholy Mess

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Cora

Last week, the news dropped that Warner Bros is planning to release the so-called “Snyder cut” of Justice League sometime in 2021. To recap, Zack Snyder, who had already directed Man of Steel and Batman versus Superman: Dawn of Justice … Continue reading →

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Chuck Wendig, James Gunn, Chelsea Cain and the Silencing of Creatives

Posted on October 16, 2018 by Cora

The following excursion into the past is going to be long, but bear with me, because there is a valid connection to what is happening today.

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Gotham, Agent Carter and expanding universes

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Cora

We’re currently experiencing something of a golden age of comic book adaptations both on the big and the small screen. As a longtime comic book reader, I’m thrilled about this, though I realise not everybody is. For example, I just … Continue reading →

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Constantine or when the imitators eclipse the original

Posted on November 5, 2014 by Cora

We’re living in a strange age where every American comic you ever read, no matter how obscure, is probably going to be a movie or a TV show sooner or later. Want proof? Look at Marvel’s massive line-up of upcoming … Continue reading →

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