Category Archives: Comic Books

Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. – Video Essay (Series Consideration)

Posted on November 13, 2019 by Nick C. Piers

The next episode of Series Consideration is up! Watch it, like it, comment on it, share it, discuss it. Whatever you please! And as usual, the text for the essay itself is behind the cut for your reading pleasure.

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Avengers: ENDgame – A.k.a.: My First Comic Collaboration

Posted on May 21, 2019 by Nick C. Piers

Back in March, I was chatting with my friend Alan about the upcoming Avengers: Endgame. As conversations can go sometimes, we got silly. I suddenly threw out the idea of taking the scene with Hawkeye and Ant-Man in Captain America: … Continue reading →

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The Death of Superman (Video Essay) – Series Consideration

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Nick C. Piers

I finally finished and published the next video essay in my series, Series Consideration. I just realized that when I had my friend take that photo, I was still rocking the bald for the summer. Anyway, as usual, here’s the written essay … Continue reading →

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Locke & Key – Series Consideration

Posted on July 16, 2018 by Nick C. Piers

I’ve greatly neglected this blog. I can’t guarantee that’ll change, but I’ll try. In the meantime, I released the second installment of my video essay series, Series Consideration. This time, I’m covering LOCKE & KEY, by Joe Hill and Gabriel … Continue reading →

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The Sculptor – Series Consideration

Posted on April 25, 2018 by Nick C. Piers

Welp, here we go! The debut episode of Series Consideration, a video essay series where I study and discuss graphic novels and completed comic book runs. This episode, I look at Scott McCloud’s THE SCULPTOR. And don’t forget to see … Continue reading →

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10 Things I’d Do If I Ran DC or Marvel Comics

Posted on March 20, 2017 by Nick C. Piers

Welp, I’m branching out a little, kiddies. The Casual Geekery invited me to write articles for them. For my first article, it’s a 2-parter called 10 Things I’d Do If I Ran DC or Marvel Comics. Here’s Part One. And … Continue reading →

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Why I’m Not a Big Spider-Man Fan

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Nick C. Piers

Before that title gets webheads all strung up, let me be clear: I like Spider-Man. I own some of his comics. Not many, but some. I liked the movies, but I didn’t go crazy for even Sam Raimi ones like … Continue reading →

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Books & Comics Read in 2016

Posted on January 1, 2017 by Nick C. Piers

I’ll get to my list in a moment, but I want to talk about my ridiculous backstock of books. This post is largely self-indulgent and probably of little interest to anyone else.

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Theo Moudakis’ Fort McMurry Cartoon: A Criticism

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Nick C. Piers

As of this writing, it seems the massive fire in Fort McMurray is dying down. 80,000 people in the area were evacuated while the town was decimated. It’s fortunate – and a little amazing – that no lives were lost … Continue reading →

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Regarding The Punisher

Posted on April 18, 2016 by Nick C. Piers

Ever since his debut in the second season of Netflix’ Daredevil, I’ve been thinking a lot about Frank Castle; a.k.a.: The Punisher. So much, in fact, that I broke down and bought the first complete collection volume of Garth Ennis’ … Continue reading →

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