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Book Review

The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon

The Caped Crusade

For those of you who listen to NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, you know who Glen Weldon is.  He writes about “books and comics books for the NPR website,” per the intro, and he’s a giant comic book nerd. He’s been excitedly, in his Weldonian way, talking about this book for the past year or so – writing, editing, recording the audiobook, selecting the author photograph – and now it’s here. It is everything he … Continue reading The Caped Crusade: Batman and the Rise of Nerd Culture by Glen Weldon

Other Media Review

Movie Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice is the DC blockbuster that’s been hyped since forever it seems. Redheadedgirl and I went to see it and we had thoughts. Be warned, we spoil the hell out of this movie. Elyse: So that happened. RHG: Ugh. It really did. Elyse: I think this movie didn’t know its audience. We got a lot of backstory–Bruce Wayne’s parents getting killed, him falling into the bat cave as a kid, … Continue reading Movie Review: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice