[C2E2 2016] brought droves of Comic fans to Chicago

Chicago’s answer to San Diego’s Comic-Con and New York’s NYCC gets bigger each year. Chicago’s C2E2 (Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo), held over three days at McCormick Place, drew droves of fans eager to attend the star-studded panels and participate in cosplay showcasing. Guests arrived donning their best costumes, many of them homemade, embodying their favorite […]

[Review] Deadpool

Superhero fatigue: It’s a very real thing, especially at the beginning of a year in which we’ll see Deadpool, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Captain America: Civil War, X-Men: Apocalypse, Suicide Squad, and Doctor Strange representing the superhero film genre. By now, we’ve grown tired of the standard Marvel formula, as showcased by the less-than-stellar reviews of Ant-Man and Avengers: Age of […]

Red Band Trailer for Deadpool’s Deadly Debut

[youtube id=”FyKWUTwSYAs”] At one point, it seemed like Deadpool was forever going to be tainted and mishandled thanks to his “appearance” in X-Men Origins: Wolverine. It’s so hard to tarnish an insanely popular superhero, yet Fox found a way to do the Merc with a Mouth wrong in that film. Since then, Ryan Reynolds, who portrayed […]

Deadpool Finally Confirmed for 2016 Release

I don’t know how or when it happened, but Deadpool has been one of the most popular Marvel characters at every comic book convention I’ve been to over the past five years (and perhaps even longer). Given the post-modern, metafictional nature of the character, his sleek and modern character design, and all-around hysterical characterization, I […]