There was a timeโbefore algorithms, pop-ups, and corporations selling your private dataโwhen advertising lived peacefully inside comic books, wedged between superheroes and dubious moral lessons. These ads promised you could become wildly popular, inhale the newest sugary snack trash, or become the proud owner of a sea-monkey empire, all for a money order and handwritten …
Why Is Beetlejuice a Thing?
I was partaking in the mundane task of grocery shopping when something perked me out of my catatonic state of routine disinterest: right there in the middle of the dairy section was a themed display stocked with Keebler Beetlejuice cookies. A bevy of thoughts immediately entered my head all at once. Like when the Three …
Batman Zero: 17 Years Later
With yet another big budget reimagining of The Batman hitting theaters soon, it got me to thinkinโ about my history with the character. The file cabinet that is my mind popped out an idea I had at least 17 years ago. Reimagining characters is a favorite pastime of mine, and I recall furiously drawing a …
Ad Nauseam: Fangoria Spooky Spotlight
Welcome, my precious ghoulings, to a spooky edition of Ad Nauseam! As the Halloween season approaches, I ventured out from the usual comic confines and found frightening familiarity in Fangoria Horror Magazine! And thanks to my compulsive buying habits and decrepit interests, I couldnโt just keep to one issue either! Lucky you! First, some quick …

