Ask a crowd of geeks who their favorite D.C. superhero is, and you’re bound to receive a flood of diverse answers. But ask who’s the most popular, and they’d be hard-pressed to name anyone other than Batman. For 75 years, the Caped Crusader has been cultivating a loyal global fan base, owing in no small part to medium-defying […]
There’s no shortage of science fiction and fantasy movies to look forward to this year, many of them based on some of our favorite books and graphic novels. In fact, we won’t have to go much more than a month between adaptations, and these movies are not, as a rule, being done on the cheap. The directors […]
After months of speculation and rumor-mongering, Warner Bros. finally sated our thirst for more Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice footage at San Diego Comic Con. Now, armed with over three minutes of adults in strange costumes fighting one another (and Jesse Eisenberg doing his best “creepy Uncle Paul Revere” voice), we can finally start making […]
A Spy Among Friends: Kim Philby and the Great Betrayal, by Ben Macintyre, author of Operation Mincemeat, bills itself as the true story of one of the 20th century’s longest-running acts of espionage: at the height of the Cold War, Ray Philby, head of MI6, was one of the most trusted men in Britain, but […]
Geeks are my people. Book geeks, mostly—spastic, obsessive, all-in types. Literary superfans know everything (about their chosen reads), and it’s an honor to geek at their feet. If you don’t have any superfan friends, pencil in making some as a New Year’s res—there’s nothing like a discussion with someone who truly cares about and knows […]
