‘Morbius’ – an exercise in pointlessness
Daniel Espinosa’s “Morbius” has no good reason to exist. Even if it wasn’t rooted in one of the most cynical cinematic universes yet created, Sony would still have to reckon with the fact that making […]
Articles by Sean Cabot
Kaguya-Sama: Love is War – a madcap minefield of passion
Aka Akasaka’s “Kaguya-Sama: Love is War,” is an award-winning romantic comedy comic that has sold over 15 million copies. Garnering praise for its art, humor, and surprisingly rich characters, the series soon found itself adapted […]
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ – More than the title implies
By Sean Cabot, Multimedia Critic Daniel Kwan and Dan Scheinert’s “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” is every turn of phrase meant to indicate weirdness that you’ve ever heard. It’s almost beyond any attempt at description, […]
‘The Batman’ – Darker than black, somehow
By Sean Cabot Multimedia Critic “The Batman” is a difficult movie to discuss. There have been so many iterations of the character that any attempts to leave one’s mark on him will inevitably attract the […]
‘The Legend of Vox Machina’ – From the tabletop to television
“Critical Role” is a series of livestreamed games of “Dungeons & Dragons” played by a group of professional voice actors. Spawning from a series of sessions organized by Matthew Mercer for his friend Liam O’Brien’s […]
‘Peacemaker’ – A taste of “peace”
By Sean Cabot Multimedia Critic Peacemaker is a DC Comics character formerly owned by the defunct Charlton Comics Company. His biggest claim to fame for many years was that the cavalcade of Charlton Comics pastiches […]
‘Hawkeye’ – A scattershot yuletide romp
When “Hawkeye” first dropped I was really enjoying it. The inspiration it took from Matt Fraction and David Aja’s character-defining run and the pitch of a Christmas-themed Marvel series was incredibly promising. But while it […]
‘Golden Kamuy’ – a mouth-watering motherlode of a manga
By Sean Cabot Multimedia Critic Satoru Noda’s award-winning “Golden Kamuy,” is an odd type of learning experience. What at first appears to be a historical action-drama comic quickly gives way to cooking tips and impromptu […]
‘Hell’s Paradise’ – A clump of charming contradictions
By Sean Cabot, Multimedia Critic “Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku” seems right at home among today’s most popular Japanese comics. It possesses haunting creature design based off of East Asian mythology like “Jujutsu Kaisen,” and its brutal […]
Your heroes are not dead
By Sean Cabot Staff Writer Kamala Khan – a.k.a. Ms. Marvel, is a Muslim-Pakistani American comic book superhero created by G. Willow Wilson. She is a notable legacy hero who inherited the Ms. Marvel identity […]