Author: Dorian Reyes Black

Dorian Reyes Black is a writer, filmmaker, and geek blogger based in Los Angeles.

Like his arch nemesis, the Joker has gone through many live-action incarnations, each one a unique take on the Clown Prince of Crime. But despite terrorizing Gothamites since April 1940, filmmakers continue to find fresh new takes on the enigmatic Harlequin of Hate; from Cesar Romero’s silver-age pop-criminal to Jared Leto’s flashy urban gangster. Ever since news broke of Joaquin Phoenix starring in an upcoming standalone Joker film produced by Hollywood titan Martin Scorsese, the internet has been tearing its figurative hair out trying to figure out what to expect out of this unexpected film. With much of the details…

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Streaming services have exploded in popularity over the past decade, promising to dwarf the basic cable market in the years ahead. Made into a household name courtesy of Netflix, streaming exists in the limitless world referred to by the entertainment industry as “new media,”  AKA the internet. As scheduled programming ages into a relic of the past like the Nielsen Box and Blockbuster Video, more and more studios are looking toward the future and starting streaming services of their own. Few were surprised when Disney announced plans to create a streaming app for their content, but when news broke that…

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Header Photo: by Dan Ethan As a child of the 90s, I grew up with the unique experience of watching comic book and pop culture conventions evolve from stigmatized gatherings often referred to as “dork parades” by my peers in school to Hollywood-funded powerhouses everyday people yearn to one day attend. It was not until just after high school that I attended my first convention; Anime Expo in Anaheim, California. There I donned my first cosplay, Nicholas D. Wolfwood from the show Trigun, and I immediately fell in love with “con culture” — the comradery among cosplayers, the overwhelming love…

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