Joe PaceJul 23, 2019Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #377: Jake EppingPoint One: Stephen King is often dismissed as a mediocre wordsmithing machine, cranking out modest midlevel fare, a sort of literary Bon...
Joe PaceJul 22, 2019Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #376: R2D2By way of context, it's important to note that I was two when Star Wars was released in 1977. The first movie I really recall seeing at a...
Joe PaceJul 18, 2019Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #375: Kevin PearsonThis is Us is schmaltzy. It's treacly. It's saccharine mixed with honey poured over platitudes. It's a soap opera, an afterschool special...
Joe PaceJul 17, 2019Favorite Non-Fiction BooksFavorite Non-Fiction Books, #102: The Woman Behind the New Deal, the Life of Frances PerkinsWhen the ravages of the Great Depression swept Franklin Delano Roosevelt into the White House in the election of 1932, it was not...
Joe PaceJul 13, 2019Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Charatcers, #374: Eleanor ShellstropFirst things first: Kristen Bell's leading lady on The Good Place is a terrible human being. She's greedy, lazy, selfish, boozy,...
Joe PaceJul 3, 2019Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #373: Unus the UntouchableTop-shelf supervillains like Loki, Thanos, and Magneto are awesome, but a lot of the fun in comics comes from the deep roster of...
Joe PaceJul 1, 2019Favorite Fictional CharactersFavorite Fictional Characters, #372: Commander Kelly GraysonI've said it before: The Orville is the best Star Trek we've seen since the heyday of The Next Generation. Seth MacFarlane's passion...