comics Archives - Justin Kownacki

The Story Problem at the Heart of The Snyder Cut

Why The Snyder Cut and The Whedon Cut of Justice League actually tell two different stories

A look at Neil Gaiman’s Masterclass: The Art of Storytelling — what does the course include, what are the highlights, and what’s missing?

A hero is only as good as his villain, and that’s where Shazam’s plot problems start.

Captain Marvel offers a smart answer to a hard storytelling question: how do you make a compelling movie about the world’s strongest hero?

From Superman to Iron Man, the difference between a hero and an antihero was always clear.. until now. Here’s what changed, and why it matters.

10 years after Marvel Studios released Iron Man, here’s how that movie’s success has been duplicated in every MCU film since.

How do the big differences between two of TV’s most talked-about prestige dramas reflect a vast gap in pop culture?

Thor: Ragnarok is basically a blueprint for how to make a Marvel movie… and that’s a problem. Here’s why every Marvel movie tells the same story.

The sexy absurdist hit TV series just did something no other CW show has done.

Every Marvel movie has a few problems, but Thor: The Dark World has some truly blockbuster-sized plot holes.