In my day, grandpa might say, things were different. We knew what we were about. Good was good, bad was bad.
Okay, Gramps, you salty old bastard, but it’s not like it was all black and white, nazis and nuns. Things are always simpler when they’ve already happened, when they’re history.
But Gramps might not relent–he […]
Invisible Man v Hawkman
This is the classic match-up. First conceived and told by John Hodgman on the Superpowers episode of This American Life (#178, thought by many, including this blog, to be perhaps the best episode ever), the question posited there is:
Which is better: The power of flight or the power of invisibility?
Hodgman, whose gloriously […]
For a second time, we’re drawing on the gold mine that is Gone & Forgotten (seriously, there’s so much there; it’s an epic collection of comic book recounts and interpretations). In terms of career path, longevity, benefits, etc, today’s pairing draws from two very different skill sets and overal ambitions:
Skateman v Prez
Skateman is a roller […]
