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Superheroes are huge, not just in comics but in movies and novels as well. So there's nothing more exciting than the idea of creating a new superhero from scratch. But aren't all the good ideas taken? Not necessarily. More »
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Is escapism the enemy of smart science fiction? Are stories that let us escape reality always inconsequential fluff? That's what people argue — but the reverse is true. Escapism is a literary impulse, and escapist art is the highest art. More »
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If you've been having Middleman withdrawal, now that it's the middle of the week, we've got the perfect antidote. Satirists Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones have been uploading chapters of their superhero satire My Pal, Splendidman to their blog every other Sunday, and two chapters are up now. It's the funniest superhero satire I've read in ages. More »
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Movies just aren't doing a good enough job of pandering to our escapist wet dreams. A nerdy guy who turns into a green destructo-ape when you fuck with him? An MIT engineer who builds the ultimate super-armor? A clerk who turns super-killer? Bah! Hollywood could do a much, much better job than that of channeling our dreams of escaping from tedium and having everybody recognize our nerdy greatness. We'll tell you how, after the jump. More »
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