MICHAEL DAVIS WORLD

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April 27, 2013

Government Center, by Martha Thomases – Brilliant Disguise | @MDWorld

This has been something of a Bizarro week, at least as far as the news goes.  I would love to use the opportunity to make a bunch of mean-spirited jokes,...

April 26, 2013

Eulogy For The Sacrifical Negro: Danger Word (A Short Horror Film), by Steven Barnes and Tananarive Due – The Guest Spot | @MDWorld

When is making a short zombie film an act of protest? When the heroes and heroines are black. When there is no Sacrificial Negro to fulfill the fantasy that our...

April 22, 2013

The Point Radio: Life On The Bubble For HAPPY ENDINGS | @MDWorld

We’ve all heard TV shows described as being “on the bubble” when it comes to this time of year, but what is it like for the cast of one of...

April 22, 2013

Terrorism is As Terrorism Does? by Mike Gold – Brainiac On Banjo #323 | @MDWorld

When the bombs went off last week, former George Bush spokesman Ari Fleischer gave an interview saying this wasn’t the time for partisan posturing, it was a time for coming...

April 21, 2013

Touching Evil #1, by Marc Alan Fishman – Snarky Synopsis | @MDWorld

Written and Drawn by Dan Dougherty, Colors by Wesley Wong I have come to relish the independent scene recently. It is because of books like Revival, Nowhere Men, Clone, and...

April 20, 2013

April Come She Will, by Martha Thomases – Brilliant Disguise | @MDWorld

So Thursday, my deadline day, I was all set to write about the situation in Boston, and how these things always happen in April.  I take these events quite personally, because...

April 18, 2013

Hell Froze Over, Pigs are Flying and a Monkey Just Flew Out Of My Ass, by Michael Davis – Straight No Chaser #309 | @MDWorld

 I’ve always hated Boston. As a Yankee and Knicks fan, it is my god-given right and the law in New York State to hate all things Boston. It starts with...

April 18, 2013

Boston, by Arthur Tebbel – Pop Art #219 | @MDWorld

I had something else this week.  It was about jet lag and income taxes.  I liked it and was pretty happy to get it up as a return to Pop...

April 17, 2013

I Can Get It For You Wholesale, by Christopher Derrick – Sympathy for the Devil #33 | @MDWorld

Three distribution models recently come on the scene that are essentially no-brainers and should have been employed at least three if not five years ago. They are all digital distribution...

April 15, 2013

Jewish American Hypocrisy, by Mike Gold – Brainiac On Banjo #322 | @MDWorld

There’s a substantial theological college in New York City redundantly named Yeshiva University where, according to yesterday’s Jewish Daily Forward , a great many of its charges are pissed that...

April 14, 2013

Thanos Rising #1, by Marc Alan Fishman – Snarky Synopsis | @MDWorld

Written by Jason Aaron, Art by Simone Bianchi I freely admit my lack of knowledge with all things ‘Marvel Cosmic’ has led me to an odd impasse with Jason Aaron’s...

April 13, 2013

Johnny Angel, by Martha Thomases – Brilliant Disguise | @MDWorld

Wednesday, it will be a year. A year since my beloved John last slept in my bed.  A year since I had to give him any medications.  A year since...

April 12, 2013

The Point Radio: BATES MOTEL & DA VINCI’S DEMONS Reinventing Icons | @MDWorld

Television has been blessed with the reinvention of two icons. Carlton Cuse (LOST) talks about the choices he made in rebooting PSYCHO as BATES MOTEL, plus David Goyer (DARK KNIGHT,...

April 12, 2013

Remember When, by Michael Davis – Straight No Chaser #309 | @MDWorld

Rand Paul spoke at Howard University yesterday. He spent a lot of time talking about the rich history between Blacks and the GOP. The truth is there is a rich...

April 9, 2013

The Point Radio: Gearing Up For DEFIANCE | @MDWorld

The buzz on the massive third-person shooter video game and TV show, DEFIANCE, has been generating for almost a year. Now with the premiere days away (Monday 4/15 on SyFy), we...

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