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.

POSTED // Jun 11,2012 - I’m slowly learning that not everyone has the affinity that I do for playing card games. When I was young, just about the only thing my family ever did together on a regular basis was play cards.

POSTED // Jun 5,2012 - It’s always been fascinating to see what pieces of comic-book culture find their way into the mainstream media.