VIDEO ESSAYS
A selection of videos that I have researched, scripted, edited, and produced for the YouTube channel For Every Kind of Geek. My videos and accompanying articles have been featured in Comic Book Herald.
HOUSE OF X/POWERS OF X | A New Dawn for the X-Men
A look back at Jonathan Hickman's House of X and Powers of X, and how he used these two intertwining stories to build an all-new grand design for the X-Men.
SUPERMAN'S PAL, JIMMY OLSEN | How Jack Kirby Re-Invented the DC Universe
A look at Jack Kirby’s complicated but influential run on Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen, and how it left a lasting impact on DC Comics and its fictional universe.
INVINCIBLE IRON MAN by Fraction and Larroca | Resilience and Reinvention
A critical look back at Matt Fraction's transformative run on Invincible Iron Man, and how he and collaborator Salvador Larroca tore down the character to reforge him stronger than ever before.
52 | The True Legacy of the DC Universe
A look back at 52, the collaboration that made it possible, the storytelling choices that reshaped an entire multiverse, and the lasting impact it left on DC comics.
OVER THE GARDEN WALL | Embracing The Unknown
A look back at the animated miniseries Over The Garden Wall, and how it used myth, mystery, and the Fear of the Unknown to craft a timeless story of self-discovery.
BATMAN: COURT OF OWLS | The Dark Heart of Gotham City
A look back at Batman: Court of Owls by Scott Snyder, Greg Capullo, FCO Plascencia and Jonathan Glapion, and how a new creative team left their mark on the larger mythos of Batman through a haunting new villain.
KLAUS by Grant Morrison and Dan Mora | Beautiful, Unstoppable Ideas
An analysis of Grant Morrison and Dan Mora's Klaus, and how the duo use the superhero genre to make commentaries on mythic storytelling, and how ideas can grow and endure.