Author Jed W. Keith

After being a part of the cultural zeitgeist for over 75 years, I don’t think it’s a stretch to say that we all have our own personal idea of who Batman is. And that’s no surprise, as the Caped Crusader...

Feeling like a stranger in your own land can be isolating, but find like-minded souls can ease that burden. In Amira & Sam, now in theaters and VOD, Martin Starr (Freaks and Geeks) plays Sam, a returning...

Celebrity and small-town living might seem diametrically opposed ideas, but they do have one key thing in common: You can’t really understand either unless you’ve experienced them. Writer Tim Seeley...

TV news and shake-ups have been coming fast and hard the past week like a circus strong man’s hammer to the face. Let’s check out what the cathode rays have to offer in this Tune-In Tuesday round-up. The...

Review: Darth Vader #1 "Darth Vader #1 is a testament to what the proper writing can do to erase mistakes of the past inflicted on a character. Gillen and Larroca show that Darth Vader is a character whose...

Back in the summer of 2011, writer Brian Michael Bendis killed off Spider-Man. And I was surprised how much it affected me. For the last two entries of Flashback Friday, I’ve touched on how tales of...

Readers often look to superheroes as models of morality and how to live an upright life. And, on the whole, most heroes from the four-colored world of comic books act as exemplars of how to treat our fellow...

Review: Henni "While it can be enjoyed for its story at face value, Lasko-Gross has proven with Henni that she is on par with R. Crumb in both content and execution of social commentary. That’s an...

"While you finish viewing Amira & Sam leaving satisfied for the experience and maybe even smiling, the real trick that Mullin, Starr, and Shihabi pull off is burrowing its messages of lostness, solitude,...

As I discussed in last week’s column focusing on the comic book series Preacher and the question of morality, comic books have a long tradition of examining what is the best way to behave both toward our...