POSTED // Sep 11,2012 - Every now and again, it’s important to broaden your horizons and pick up a comic book. And when that time comes, I hope I’m one of the few, the happy few, the band of brothers from whom you’ll accept comics recommendations.

POSTED // Sep 4,2012 - Every so often since 1999’s release of The Phantom Menace, Star Wars fans have been gathering at official Star Wars conventions called “Celebrations.”

POSTED // Aug 21,2012 - Every story is inspired by another. There are no original ideas, only fresh takes on tried-and-true genres and story flourishes.

POSTED // Aug 14,2012 - For as long as I can remember, the words “geek” and “nerd” have been synonymous with someone who likes science-fiction and comic books.

POSTED // Aug 7,2012 - I’ll be the first to admit that I don’t understand this generation of gamers’ focus on graphics and horsepower to make a first-rate video game.

POSTED // Jul 31,2012 - We all had high hopes for the final installment of Christopher Nolan’s Batman saga, but The Dark Knight Rises failed to live up to the promise of the previous two movies.

POSTED // Jul 23,2012 - San Diego Comic-Con is known the world over as the pilgrimage destination of popular culture, held annually in the temperate climes of the Southern California coast.

POSTED // Jul 9,2012 - In person and in this column, I always give sports fans a hard time for having such bitter rivalries. I mean, really, why does it matter what color jersey your team is wearing? You’re all fans of the same thing, right?

POSTED // Jul 2,2012 - I just got back from Denver, our cooler big brother of a city in the Rocky Mountains, where it held its first-ever Comic-Con.

POSTED // Jun 25,2012 - The movies based on Marvel properties are on top of the world right now. The Avengers is one of the highest-grossing films of all time—not counting for inflation—and deservedly so.