Joe PaceDec 7, 2016Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #342: Lowly WormRichard Scarry's Busytown can be a bewildering place, full of vaguely continental anthropomorphic beasties doing all sorts of things -...
Joe PaceDec 6, 2016Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #341: ColossusWhen I was a kid, I found Colossus to be the most boring of the X-Men. He was a big guy who could turn into steel, giving the team some...
Joe PaceDec 5, 2016Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #340: Jeremy GrayVince Vaughn, like so many other modern comedic actors (Will Ferrell, for instance), plays one character. When the material is good and...
Joe PaceDec 4, 2016Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #339: PygmalionOvid first tells us of Pygmalion a classical sculptor so disgusted by the Propoetidian whores that he swears off women. He then crafts an...
Joe PaceDec 3, 2016Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #338: Invisible WomanThe Fantastic Four are a unique bunch in comic history. The first collaboration of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the team's debut is generally...
Joe PaceDec 2, 2016Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #337: Crash DavisTo be honest, I'm not a huge fan of Bull Durham. But then, I don't really like Field of Dreams, either. (The Natural and Major League...
Joe PaceDec 1, 2016Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #336: Wadsworth1985 was in many respects a silly time. And one of its silliest products was a movie about a board game, armed with the inventive conceit...