The Umbrella Academy unfurled on Netflix earlier this month, spreading itself out on our screens with bombast. Based on the quirky graphic novel series by Gerard Way and Gabriel Bá, the show explores what it might truly mean to grow up with super powers, mixing slick ultra-violence, childhood drama, and absurdist humor with impeccable style. It […]
There’s one Spider-Man, right? Peter Parker’s alter-ego? The product of a radioactive spider? The bane of J. Jonah Jameson’s existence? Some of these variations on a web-slinging theme have been around for decades, and some are newer. Many of them are featured in the new animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which isn’t a direct adaption of […]