“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.” -Hunter S. Thompson Today marks the tenth anniversary of the death of one of the great American writers of the twentieth century and the Father of Gonzo Journalism. What better way to honor such a master of the craft than to focus on his exploits for our first “A Writer’s Tale” segment. Now the purpose of these posts is not to provide you with a general biography of a specific author, after all you have Wikipedia for that, but rather to tell you…
Month: February 2015
The Franchise- Spider-Man
Welcome the the first in my monthly series entitled “The Franchise” where I break down one of the major movie/comic/book/television franchises in Geekdom and examine what makes it tick. And with all the noise lately concerning the Sony-Disney deal to bring Spider-Man into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the talk of multiple spider-spinoffs, and the Spider-Verse event going on right now in the comics how could I resist starting this column off with everyone’s favorite web-head. Core Concept: “With great power comes great responsibility.” This is the crux of Spider-man. Every great story that can be told about him must start…