"...Yes. Father. I shall become a bat."
‘Fandom has toxified the world’: Watchmen author Alan Moore on superheroes, Comicsgate and Trump
Enthusiasm can be a productive force for good, but our culture has rapidly become a fan-based landscape that the rest of us are merely living in
What Is It Like to Be a Bat?
"What Is It Like to Be a Bat?" is a paper by American philosopher Thomas Nagel, first published in The Philosophical Review in October 1974, and later in Nagel's Mortal Questions (1979). The paper presents several difficulties posed by phenomenal consciousness, including the potential insolubility of the mind–body problem owing to "facts beyond the reach of human concepts", the limits of objectivity and reductionism, the "phenomenological features" of subjective experience, the limits of human imagination, and what it means to be a particular, conscious thing.
The best comics of 2022
Not all heroes wear capes, and not all great comics star Batman
Superheros are Reactionary | The Paper Pilot
The Paper Pilot's digital garden of thoughts on philosophy, politics, and sociology
13 Best Marvel Comics You Should Be Reading - IGN
From big names heroes to some little guys you might have never heard of, these are Marvel's must-read comics.
The Not-at-All-Funny Life of Mark Twain
Ron Chernow’s biography dwells more on the wreck of a man than on his sublimely comic work.
Parenting - An SMBC comic collection
A collection of comics about parenting, compiled from over 20 years of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal, and also from experience.
The Oatmeal - Comics by Matthew Inman
I've been publishing comics on this website since 2009. Every few years, I compile these comics into books, such as How to tell if your cat is plotting to kill you. I also make card games, such as Exploding Kittens and Horrible Therapist.
It’s Stan Lee’s Universe
He built Marvel Comics and laid the foundation for today’s blockbuster superhero movies, and has changed pop culture as we know it. Here’s how.
Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises is a camp masterpiece
The dark conclusion to Nolan’s Bat-verse gets ... campy?
Elon Musk’s superhero influence chronicled his journey from a hero to villain
From Iron Man to Venom’s Carlton Drake
How Elon Musk Went from Superhero to Supervillain
Walter Isaacson’s new biography depicts a man who wields more power than almost any other person on the planet but seems estranged from humanity itself.
Amusing Ourselves to Death comics reflections - Stuart McMillen blog
Why was the Amusing Ourselves to Death comic by Neil Postman removed from the internet by cartoonist Stuart McMillen? Reflective essay on this comic.
The sad, stupid rise of the sigma male: how toxic masculinity took over social media
His heroes are Patrick Bateman, John Wick, Tommy Shelby and Walter White. He follows Andrew Tate and idolises wolves. And he has quickly become a laughing stock. Welcome to the world of the sigma male
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