Hello and welcome back to Last Week’s Episode! Congrats for surviving another week of 2020 and–because you’re here–for wearing a mask and keeping those around you safe! We appreciate you. As we move steadily through Fall there’s plenty of wild Hollywood news to keep us entertained as well as the usual shutdowns and hubris from…
REVIEW: Wolverine #3: And It Was All For Naught
It’s been literal months since Marvel released Wolverine #2, which probably doesn’t help make the final issue in Percy’s questionable “War on Drugs” story any easier to understand.
Gamal Hennessy on The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing
The world of comics is changing. With DC suffering mass layoffs shortly after separating from Diamond distribution and Marvel struggling to find a brand outside of their brilliant X-Books, there is an industry wide reconsideration of the publishing landscape. Outside of the world of the big two though there is a thriving world of independent…
Last Week’s Episode: A Global Pandemic By Any Other Name
As we head into the seventh month of the COVID-19 crisis the general vibe (in some countries at least) seems to be, “well this is just how we live now.” Deaths are rising, so are cases, but also in a strange and seemingly bad trend so are movie news, announcements, and film production. All of…
REVIEW: Empyre: X-Men #1 Brings the Weed Whacker
The Cotati are on Earth! Worse than that: they’re on Genosha! Somehow this all leads to [Alien] Plants versus [Mutant] Zombies versus Old Ladies, and with a three-way fight like that, we need three writers to review Empyre: X-Men #1!
Celebrating Vivica A. Fox and David DeCoteau’s B-Movie Empire
In honor of Vivica A. Fox‘s birthday, I wanted to take a deep dive into her Lifetime movie catalogue with director David DeCoteau — because why not?
ComicCon@Home: Disney’s New Mutants Panel Sent Us to Limbo
In the face of the global pandemic, Comic-Con International has put together what seems to be a near-overwhelming selection of panels and programming that anyone with an Internet connection can enjoy. Alas, the reality of the virtual con has been a strange, sometimes surreal selection of what feels like Zoom work meetings, with some not…
Last Week’s Episode: And the News Start Coming and It Don’t Stop Coming
It’s 2020. It’s July and there is still a global pandemic. Not that Hollywood that bothered anymore. After a couple of months of COVID-impacted news we’re back to a lot of renewals, announcements, and plenty of things to be both overjoyed and annoyed about. So without further ado please get comfortable and enjoy this entry…
Last Week’s Episode: What is a Week Anyway??
As the world continues faces a long overdue reckoning with uprisings around the globe against anti-Black racism and white supremacy, the entertainment world is trying to return to some semblance of normal. Of course, the big question is what will that look like? And in the face of current conversations, protests, and civil unrest why…
Last Week’s Episode: We’ve Hit Peak 2020
Every week seems to bring more madness, death, and harrowing news. So why not distract yourself with a week filled with nigh unbelievable announcements, cool reveals, a Fortnite trailer launch, and of course… the dreaded Snyder Cut. Welcome to Last Week’s Episode!
Last Week’s Episode: Furloughs, Delays, and Corporate Devilry
It’s hard to know what’s going on at the moment. The COVID-19 crisis has most of the world in a state of self-isolation and the entertainment industry is trying its best to chug along. This week has been a strange mix of studios furloughing hundreds of thousands of people and delaying movies until next year,…
How to Make a One-Page Zine
Life is rough at the moment. With everything that’s going on it can be tough to find ways to distract yourself. That’s why I recently started a personal project making one page zines about films that I’ve watched during self-isolation. It’s been giving me a lot of joy, so I thought I’d share this little…