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Jon Stewart tapes The Daily Show at the University of Denver on Aug. 26, 2008. Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters Seventeen years ago, The Daily Show was a forgettable late-night lark on a little-watched cable channel. Today, after covering seven elections and countless scandals, controversies, and local quirks, the show Jon Stewart built is an institution…
story by Meghan Stewart, art by Kelsey Bell Whether it’s your own guilty pleasure or caving to the desires of a significant other, chances are good that you’re going to see the 50 Shades of Grey movie at some point after it premieres on Valentine’s Day. Chances are also fairly high that going to see…
I’m a good reporter but a lousy journalist. I know how to write, but I have no clue what people want to read. It’s taken me a long time to admit that. I owe this sudden clarity to 50 Shades of Grey – both the book (which I haven’t read) and the movie (which I…
Every year, the cartoonist Boulet makes an entire webcomic story in just 24 hours, and every year, it’s incredibly fun. This year, Boulet spins a tale about an elderly widow who finds herself doing Zeus a favor, and doesn’t much like how the king of the gods tries to repay her. Boulet celebrated 24-hour-comic day…
He argues that Homer has been in a coma for the past 22 years of the show – and that everything that has happened since has only occured in his head. 3. OK, hear him out. The theory goes that in October 1992, the episode “Homer The Heretic” first aired, a key scene of which…
This post is in partnership with Time. The article below was originally published at Time.com By Nolan Feeney, TIME Scribd, an e-book and audiobook subscription service that has been likened to a “Netflix NFLX for books,” is now expanding to comic books. Subscribers will have access to more than 10,000 comic books, in addition to…
Here’s how Marvel should introduce Peter Parker to the Marvel Cinematic Universe: by killing him off. They’ve done it in the comics. And that development in Marvel’s Ultimate Universe resulted in one of the freshest narrative branches of its Spider-Man mythos, the introduction of Miles Morales, a Black and Latino teenager who becomes an all-new…
Spider-Man is coming to Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, Sony Pictures and Marvel Studios announced today, meaning the web-slinger will make an appearance in an upcoming Marvel film. The deal is a confirmation of long burning rumors that Marvel and Sony were working together to bring the iconic Spider-Man into Marvel’s hugely successful film franchises. The new Spider-Man…
You may have read The Lord of the Rings and/or seen the movies, but do you understand what’s going on with those titular pieces of jewelry? This video offers a quick explanation of the various rings in J.R.R. Tolkien’s universe, especially the One Ring. After giving his quick and dirty lowdown on the mythology of…
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