Comics
Are We Not Supergods?
Comic book writer Grant Morrison's psychedelic history of the medium and its heroes
Corpses, Crimes, and Comic Books
Old Testament justice in the horror comics of the '50s
A Superhero For Mayor?
Brian K. Vaughan's Ex Machina chronicles the perils of power-political and otherwise.
Briefly Noted Books, Movies, and More
The rise of the parking garage, James Ellroy's pulp fiction, Michael Moore's Capitalism: A Love Story, why you shouldn't buy Christmas presents, and government-issued comics