Are you scared about the future? Scared about the present? Scared there’s no future? Let the past reassure you, thanks to the most devoted* adaptation of the DC Universe ever put to film. Over at 1-900-HOTDOG I reviewed Legends of the Superheroes: The Challenge and The Roast, and found them strangely wonderful? They do exactly … Read more
After the last couple of heavy, verbose satirical bits, I thought it would be fun to just chew on something we can all agree on: people will break your heart. Kidding! Our universal maxim is thus: Batman always wins. That’s a given. But if you want to know the string theory underlying the particles of … Read more
The internet runs on two things: GIFs and Batman (strangely, not so much on GIFs of Batman). So instead of Batman, here are some skateboarding tricks, which, since Batman isn’t real, are the second most awesome thing in the universe. (The first is dames!) And keep searching for GIFs of Batman on a skateboard. This … Read more
The greatest general of all time, according to the actual greatest general of all time, is mistakenly regarded by most people as synonymous with loss. In Hannibal’s opinion, the greatest general of all time–and he ought to know even if he’s being modest–was Pyrrhus of Epirus. We tend to think of Pyrrhus as a loser … Read more
Here’s my very first Asylum article, followed by some bonus material. Happy birthday, President Washington! What made Ol’ Wooden Chompers the Father of Our Country (besides spending all of mom’s money on drink), was his sheer will to make the army function. When the Pennsylvania Line mutinied, Washington did the unexpected: He took their grievances … Read more
