Chicago multi-instrumentalist and Reader contributor Luca Cimarusti is having a busy summer. In July his minimalist postpunk trio, Luggage, dropped the album Happiness, and now he’s about to put out the second full-length from his black-metal solo project, Annihilus. Cimarusti originally wanted to keep this project anonymous, but he dropped that idea after releasing his […]
Tag: Marvel Comics
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Annihilus uses black metal’s powers for good
Inspired by comic books and science fiction, the new Annihilus album Ghanima proves that negative emotions can draw people together, not just drive wedges between them.
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What we learned this weekend at the Chicago Humanities Festival
Jerry Saltz, Alex Ross, women’s anger, and why historians sort of miss Richard Nixon
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Deadpool 2: Not enough orgies
Marvel’s wisecracking antihero returns in a sequel that lacks the original’s agreeable excess.
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Weapon H smashes together two of Marvel’s most beloved heroes into a brilliant new series
What happens when you combine a Hulk and a Wolverine?
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Black Panther gets a fun fresh start in a new series about the world’s biggest superhero
Ta-Nehisi Coates and Evan Narcisse put a modern twist on the comic in Rise of the Black Panther.
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The secret politics of Spider-Man: Homecoming
Believe it or not, Iron Man might be the real villain in Spider-Man: Homecoming, a movie that has a surprising political commentary.
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The heartbreaking tale of the Visions was the best comic of 2016
Tom King’s crushing series shows the synthezoid trying to become a normal man.
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Deadpool leads in new GOP poll, plus more new reviews and notable screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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In Deadpool, superheroes are out and antiheroes are in
The central character of the latest Marvel adventure lives in a gray area.
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Polish Film Festival in America, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue
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A new bio takes a trip across the Whedonverse
Amy Pascale manages to strike a balance between fan and biographer in Joss Whedon: The Biography.
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Welcome to Godzilla land
The new Godzilla remake is a lesson in the lost art of mise-en-scene.
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CUFF, CLFF, and the rest of this week’s screenings
New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue