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Joe Pace

Mar 7, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #67: Tony Stark/Iron Man

With other comic characters, I usually simply refer to the costumed name, but so much of what makes Iron Man compelling is the man behind...

Joe Pace

Mar 6, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #66: Diane Court

Say Anything is a seminal movie for folks of my vintage. For the most part, it's a formulaic teen love story, a Cameron Crowe...

Joe Pace

Mar 5, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #65: Mark Watney

There are two reasons I love The Martian. First and foremost, it's a great story. Fresh, original, somehow weaving dense science into a...

Joe Pace

Mar 4, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #64: Groo the Wanderer

Sergio Aragone's Groo is a childish, ludicrous figure. He is irredeemably stupid, slovenly, and clumsy, an intentional homage to Conan...

Joe Pace

Mar 3, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #63: Ellen Ripley

Let's face it - Ripley is a badass. She's not getting rescued by the hero, she's the hero doing the saving and surviving. All of this has...

Joe Pace

Mar 2, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #62: Rhett Butler

My attachment to Gone With The Wind stems largely (though not entirely) from a 1989 viewing in the balcony of the late, lamented Ioka...

Joe Pace

Mar 1, 2016

Favorite Fictional Characters, #61: Papa Smurf

Let's face it, we all know Smurf Village is a Communist enclave. It's not even a Democratic Socialist society, with elements of regulated...

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