Darker

Matt Reeves’ The Batman feels like a movie out of time, a superhero epic wonderfully bereft of fantasy elements, superpowers and magical bells and whistles. It is the kind of comic book movie that people who do not really like comic book movies can love, a sumptuously languid crime procedural that is full of orchestral, spiky splendour and Gotham City grit. A superhero flick that is so different from the likes of The Flash or Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania that it might as well be from a different film genre…

If you’re in need of some entertainment right before the weekend, we've got you covered! We're serving up a dose of excellent, sometimes dark humor by none other than Sean Berthiaume and his series "Deliberately Buried Comics." If you missed our previous posts featuring this artist’s work, you should definitely check them out now.Sean is known for his peculiar sense of humor. As he told us during our interview: “I saved a magic goblin from a bear trap in the woods and as a reward, he promised me modest cartooning…

From the first trailer alone, I could tell Halo season 2 would go in a different direction than the first. Where season 1 was bogged down in strange storytelling choices that didn’t leave much room for its characters — namely, the Spartans — to do what they do best — namely, kick Covenant ass — season 2 feels more in line with what a Halo show should be about.According to Pablo Schreiber, the difference mostly comes down to tone. “The biggest place where we succeed on a level that we didn’t quite reach in season 1 is that…

My earliest reading memoryThe first book I read by myself, rather than at my mother’s proverbial knee, was The Coral Island by RM Ballantyne. I was around six and I’m fairly sure it was on loan from my teacher, Miss Meade, as our house contained no books other than the Bible. I remember nothing of the plot, but I do recall the vivid sense of a Pacific landscape that it brought to our little prefab in Cowdenbeath, the sense of a wonderful elsewhere, untainted by coal dust or smoke.My favourite book growing upLewis…

The Last Of Us Part 2 Remastered‘s dev commentary has revealed a completely different ending for the game that could have been. As noted by Kotaku, narrative lead Halley Gross and game director Neil Druckmann revealed several elements of the game that never came to fruition. The title would have killed off Lev, a child that Abby finds in her travels, at the same time as his sister, Yara, during the third day in Seattle, which would have led to a darker ending for the game overall. The original ending for The Last Of Us…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A new study examining the music people listened to during the pandemic has revealed a taste for more downbeat and darker music—in direct contrast to music recommended to raise the spirits. James Cook University psychology lecturer Dr. Amanda Krause and Ph.D. student Kaila Putter, along with colleagues from The University of…

Derek Evernden, known for his work on "Bogart Creek," stands out in the art world with his exceptional single-panel comics and illustrations, known for their rather engaging and humorous style.The artist has a rather distinctive approach to dark, gallows humor, usually offering a fresh and quirky perspective in contrast to traditional comics.More info: bogartcreek.com | patreon.com | Instagram | twitter.com | Facebook Derek Evernden, known for his work on "Bogart Creek," stands out in the art world with his…

Although Pepe Larraz initially was thinking along the lines of a sports car when he first began designing Tony Stark's new Iron Man armor, he said on X that he quickly pivoted from that idea after getting some guidance from a friend. "My first drafts were headed in that direction until my friend @davizlopez told me that it looked like a Transformer." He also discarded a black faceplate for Stark's suit, saying it veered too close to the mask worn by War Machine. Larraz admited that he had no previous…

If you ask me, 2003’s Elf is hands down one of the best Christmas movies of the last two decades. Although it was an unlikely hit for New Line Cinema, it has become a seasonal classic, bringing joy to audiences of all ages during the most magical time of the year, in no short part due to the fantastic ensemble cast, which includes Zooey Deschanel, James Caan, Bob Newhart, Peter Dinklage, and the late Ed Asner. Even 20 years later, I can give you all kinds of reasons why I still think it's one of the greatest holiday…

Jimmy Craig is a very well-known artist in the comic community for his hilarious "They Can Talk" comics. However, some of Jimmy's ideas didn't fit into this format, and therefore a new Instagram account called jimmytried was created. In an interview with Bored Panda, the artist explained that "the humor will be familiar to They Can Talk readers, but these ones feel a little more offbeat and unchecked."So whether you've been a long-time fan of Jimmy's or if this is your first time seeing his work, we are sure you will…