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Making a Story Visual UPDATE: Behind the Scenes of the Animal Eye Comic

The Animal Eye comic, based on the novel Animal Eye, has been an education in how to make a written story visual. This post shares details. · Travis Perry

Terraform Comics: Changing the Landscape of Comics

Terraform comics seeks to produce high quality stories that are mostly stand-alone and are not limited to superheroes. They treat contributors well and are accepting submissions! · Cindy Koepp

The Joker in Film: A Case Study in Evil

Joker, the movie, has 11 Oscar nominations. How does it compare with other portrayals of the Joker in film? Which is a “greater evil” and what real-world evil people are they most like? · Travis Perry

2020 Science Fiction Predictions

Science fiction in many forms laid down predictions for what the year 2020 would bring. What did they get wrong? What’s close to being right? · Travis Perry

Bad Seed

Why are the origins of evil so fascinating? Why do we crave stories about corruption? · Mark Carver

Two Kinds of Heroes

Would you be surprised to discover that heroes have been studied–and have been found to come in two distinct types? · Travis Perry

Are All Fandoms Created Equal?

How are sports and fictional fandoms alike? How are they different? · Mark Carver

The Lesser of Two Evils?

Evil cannot defeat evil; it can only replace it. · Mark Carver

Why Bill Maher and Mark Steyn are (Mostly) Wrong about Stan Lee and Superhero Fantasy

Why did two pundits condemn superhero stories because they’re not “sophisticated literature”? · E. Stephen Burnett

Why We Need Superheroes

Christians aren’t being silly to compare superheroes to biblical truth, because that’s exactly what the storytellers often intend. · Jason Joyner

The Metaphysics of Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War

Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War isn’t preachy about any particular worldview, but still reflects a near-ubiquitous belief in a self-generating universe, a universe with no God in control. · Travis Perry

Have Comic Books Taken Over Speculative Fiction?

I have to wonder if people like these superhero movies made from comic books primarily because they do NOT say anything particular about society (and therefore are not in danger of offending anyone) · Rebecca LuElla Miller

Justice League v The Legion of Doom, part 2

Kerry Nietz, Austin Gunderson, and E. Stephen Burnett explore our favorite and not-so-favorite moments of “Justice League.” · E. Stephen Burnett

Remembering Adam West: The Joy Of Batman

Far from being the destroyer of superheroes, Adam West’s Batman may have been their unlikely savior. · Adam Graham

Mediocre Times

“These are mediocre times…People are starting to lose hope. It’s hard for many to believe there are extraordinary things inside themselves as well as others.” · Mark Carver

Mega City One

The innocent exist only until they inevitably become perpetrators…Guilt and innocence is a matter of timing. · Mark Carver

The Once and Future Fan: Rediscovering My Love For Superheroes

I couldn’t keep up with the proliferation of tie-ins, comic books, the “expanded universe” and all the cartoons and fan fiction. What happened to the good old days, I wondered. A slow disenfranchisement set in, where I went from being a Star Wars expert to a true fan to a fan, and from a fan to a guy who liked some old movies. · Matt Mikalatos

Some Jokes Are Not Funny

The way I see it, the Joker is a very good allegory for the human soul and psyche stripped of God’s grace. Man’s fallen nature doesn’t just wallow in sin; it runs headlong into sin’s arms · Mark Carver

Storytelling With Faith and Free Will

Fantasy novelist R. J. Anderson shares her conversation with author and artist Stephen McCranie. · R. J. Anderson

Heroes, Protective Tendencies, and Moral Dilemmas

We’ve all heard the line, “I was only trying to protect you,” mainly used by a various assortment of heroes (aka ALL-OF-THEM) when explaining why they kept their identity a secret from their closest friends and family. On one hand, […] · Zac Totah
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