I have experimented with different columns and different formats over the five or so years Iāve been writing about comics, but you, Loyal Content Consumer, donāt necessarily care about that; no, you care about the comics, and I want to care about the comics with you. When Iām curled up in my big ratty office…
Everything is bad. And there are a few people to blame. The Splash When Iām good and angry and I want to wreck someone and the facts fit the moment, I reach for something special. Itās not āassholeā (vague, common), nor ābastardā (weak) nor āmotherfuckerā (got a nice sound to it, but itās not angry…
Beyond this point lie spoilers for āCrossoverā #1. Ye be warnedā¦ The Splash āCrossover,ā the meta comic-book-about-comic-books from the mind of writer Donny Cates and artist Geoff Shaw, has a heap of stuff to talk about ā the merits of which have already been ably discussed by Big Boss Zack and Dan āthe Manā McMahon….
Itās Joe time. The Splash Hereās the deal: I could tell you that voting is a sacred democratic obligation, that so many before you have fought and died for the franchise that to simply pass on it as if it was some inconvenience is an insult to say the very least. But we are too…
Stop booking terrible, stupid finishes, Vince. The āRasslinā Report: Your āRasslinā Dictionary When you know your babyfaces (good guys) from your heels (bad guys), you can impress the smarks (the āsmart markā internet fans). fuck finish (noun): a contrived finish that serves only as a workaround for bookers and fails to answer the kayfabe question…
Building a wrestling promotion around being cute is not. The āRasslinā Report A wrestling promotion ā like many other fallible human enterprises, really ā is a lot like a sandcastle. It can be intricate. It can be sloppy. It can be impressive. It can be the product of hours of hard work, or it can…
You got me, Robert Kirkman. The Splash There is something so unabashedly commercial in re-releasing āThe Walking Deadā in color that I canāt help but like it. Tellinā fans it wonāt be collected and makinā āem snap up those floppies? For a series thatās already made dump trucks of television and licensing* money? Itās so…
Itās all true. The Splash Tuesday was not a good day. And while none of you came here for presidential debate analysis, itās worth noting that what was once a sacrosanct observation in our national political tradition became so messy and vapid that CNN personality Dana Bash called it a āshit showā only minutes after…
Because we canāt start with wrestling *every* week. William C. Nevin Memorial Pick of the Week Bourbon. Comics. Whatever. Itās my pick. This week? A big-ass IDW sale at comiXology. In prepping for our next āAssigned Readingā piece here at Xavier Files, I hit up comiXology to grab the first trade in the IDW TMNT…
The Best Man Miro might be in trouble. The āRasslinā Report If I owned stock in Miro ā which I donāt, because heās the professional wrestler formerly known as Rusev ā Iād call in a hold or maybe even a sell order into my broker, because Iām down as hell on his AEW debut, primarily…
When even low expectations canāt save a thing. A Short Review of āMarvelās Avengersā (PS4) It aināt great. The āRasslinā Report AEWās āAll Outā was a middling affair, but thereās only so much you can do when half your main event participants are either too old (Jericho, and I am sorry, but he canāt keep…
The mailbag? Yeah, itās full as hell. And Now, Your Questions Tweet me (@willnevin) or just scream at me with some stupid thing you want answered. If you donāt ask me questions, Iāll find you and beg you for them. Donāt make me beg. @BigDadEnergy_: What lessons from pushing the Inhumans can Marvel apply to…
If youāre going to do a thing ā any stupid thing at all ā it should be done right. The Splash I donāt know who runs social media for IMDb (which, by the way, is one more part of the Amazon empire if you didnāt know), but they should be fired ā preferably into the…
Nothing is so important that we must sacrifice decency or respect for others. Last Time on āWhy, Willā Imagine this conversation 50 years from now: āPep Pep, was there *really* a coronavirus pandemic? And more than 150,000 people died? And the United States kinda did nothing?ā āThatās all true, kiddo. It was a nightmare. Daily!ā…
Heroes die. We must be ready to let them go. The Splash Stanley Martin Lieber was born Dec. 28, 1922. He died Nov. 12, 2018. In the 95 years in between, Stan Lee was an entertainer, a creator, a publisher, an entrepreneur, a charmer, a bit of a grifter, a figurehead, a lovable scamp and…