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Spiderman sitting looking out over a story.

Cancer, OCD, Spider-Man & Me

By Blake Hester • December 12th, 2018

Sometimes you just need a fucking break. Sometimes you don’t need to be challenged, sometimes you just need to drown out all the noise.

The Uncomfortable Thoughtlessness of Spider-Man

By David Shimomura • October 2nd, 2018

Spider-Man works hard to portray Peter as a guy good, but it fails to find nuance in incarcerated populations, foreigners and the ecosystem of New York itself.

Spider-Man moutned on the side of a wall in a slightly heroic looking pose. This is a promotional image for the 2018 game Spider-Man

Spider-Man in Arkham New York City

By David Shimomura • June 19th, 2017

In a way, it seems fitting that Spider-Man would find himself Batman-ing through his own game in 2018.

Does Whatever a Hacked Out Game Can – Spider-Man: Edge of Time Reviewed

By Ian Gonzales • November 1st, 2011

Ian Gonzales’ enthusiasm dissolves like hour-old web fluid as he plays Spider-Man: Edge of Time.

Spider-Man Isn’t Gay, He’s Just Miles Morales from Brooklyn.

By Peter Lang • August 4th, 2011

According to the Daily Mail, the new Spider-Man is gay. Yes, he’s from New York, but it doesn’t look like he has plans to marry there any time soon.

Ultimate Spider-Man Dead

Ultimate Spider-Man R.I.P. 2001-2011

By Ian Gonzales • June 22nd, 2011

Ian Gonzales laments the demise of Ultimate Spider-Man. Brian Michael Bendis, Mark Bagley gave us one of the best Spidey’s around, and now he’s gone.

Spider-Man Did Turn Off Some of the Dark – Part 2

By Carmen De Luccia • May 18th, 2011

Re-write of Spider-Man Turn off the Dark, while still lukewarm, had some good moments.

Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

Spider-Man Did Turn Off Some of the Dark – Part 1

By Carmen De Luccia • May 17th, 2011

Re-write of Spider-Man Turn off the Dark, while still lukewarm, had some good moments.

Spider-Man

The Unwinnable Spider-Man Broadway Saga

By Stu Horvath • May 17th, 2011

Unwinnable takes a look back at the horrors of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, as recounted by Carmen De Luccia, Brian “Bee Tee Dee” Daly and Ian Gonzales.

Delay: The Deadly Foe of Spider-Man

By Ian Gonzales • March 9th, 2011

Julie Taymor’s Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark is delayed while Justin Moran’s parody musical, The Spidey Project, is still a go.

Oh, It’s the New Spider-Man Costume. Yay.

By Ian Gonzales • January 14th, 2011

Unwinnable saw the promotional still of Andrew Garfield in the new Spider-Man costume and wonders about to Spidey’s eyes.

The Craptacular Spider-Man: Epilogue

By Carmen De Luccia • December 12th, 2010

Carmen De Luccia takes a final look at Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, & the reception it received elsewhere on the net, before closing the book on it forever.

A Mild Defense of Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark

By Bee Tee Dee • December 9th, 2010

Unwinnable presents a defense of the Julie Taymor musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, written by Bee Tee Dee.

The Craptacular Spider-Man: Turn Off The Pain Part 4

By Carmen De Luccia • December 3rd, 2010

Carmen De Luccia reviews Julie Taymor’s Disaster of a musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and its anti-climactic conclusion.

The Craptacular Spider-Man: Turn Off The Pain Part 3

By Carmen De Luccia • December 2nd, 2010

Carmen De Luccia reviews Julie Taymor’s Disaster of a musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and its bungling of Spidey’s villains – Carnage, Electro & Kraven.

The Craptacular Spider-Man: Turn Off the Pain Part 2

By Carmen De Luccia • December 1st, 2010

Carmen De Luccia reviews Julie Taymor’s $65 Million Disaster of a musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark and its bungling of Spidey’s origin and the Green Goblin.

The Craptacular Spider-Man: Turn Off the Pain Part 1

By Carmen De Luccia • November 30th, 2010

Carmen “Felicia” De Luccia reviews Julie Taymor’s $65 Million Disaster of a musical, Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark.

No Accounting for Taste
In a still from Evangelion: 3.0+1.0, a dark-haired boy stares longingly in front of a blue sky filled with fluffy clouds.

Everything Old is New Again. And Then Some

By Adam Boffa • April 12th, 2022

Thanks to one weird trick, the reboot has gotten a new lease on life.

I Played It, Like, Twice...

Versus Mode: Batman: The Animated Series – Rogues Gallery x Sinister Six

By Orrin Grey • April 5th, 2022

To be honest, at the time I played Rogues Gallery, I had never so much as heard of Sinister Six. Once I had played them both, though, the startling similarity of their concepts was enough to make me briefly wonder if they shared a designer.

Vincent Price canoodles in fear with a lab skeleton.

Gimmicks Aside, The Tingler is Fucking Fantastic

By Ciara Moloney • January 21st, 2022

The Tingler is a gimmick movie: not (just) a campy bit of fun, but a genuinely scary, inventive and clever film.

Here's the Thing
A painting of Weird Al Yankovic, a man with glasses, a mop of curly brown hair, and a yellow and black 80s-patterned shirt.

The Lyrical Genius of Weird Al Yankovic

By Rob Rich • September 1st, 2021

Rob talks about how “Weird Al” Yankovic’s goofy image belies an incredible talent for writing.

Eyeing Elsewhere

Owning the Mask

By Phillip Russell • February 8th, 2021

I want Black stories to feel whole, to feel uncompromising and to take risks.

Traces

The Ones Who Understand

By Diego Nicolás Argüello • September 8th, 2020

“It turns out that no matter how much you’ve written in your lifetime, very few people will consider your work if it’s in a foreign language.”

Letter From the Editor

Unwinnable Monthly – August 2020

By Stu Horvath • August 17th, 2020

All the usual great stories, plus three new columnists!

Revving the Engine

Revoider: Chipping Away

By Stu Horvath • July 13th, 2020

“We want to encourage playfulness and evoke a sense of childlike wonder and curiosity…”

Musings

Concerts Suck, But Landon Tewers Doesn’t

By Blake Hester • November 11th, 2019

Blake sees his first concert in four years and it’s…weird.

Checkpoint

SMASH

By Corey Milne • August 7th, 2019

In Corey’s mind, Nintendo is only second to Disney when it comes to pure brand power. And he has the nostalgia to prove it.

No Accounting for Tastes

The More the Avengers Change, the More They Stay the Same

By Adam Boffa • July 4th, 2019

The Russo brothers told us Infinity War stood on its own. So what should we make of Endgame?

a cast photo of the avengers franchise

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is a Failure

By Amanda Hudgins • April 23rd, 2019

There is no real plotting across the arc of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. There is no arc of the MCU.

Backlog

Partial List of Reasons for Writing a List in Place of a Column

By Gavin Craig • March 7th, 2019

People love lists. See: the entirety of the internet.

The Best Games of 2018

By Team Unwinnable • December 31st, 2018

Too…many…games…

Best of 2018

The Best Movies of 2018

By Team Unwinnable • December 28th, 2018

This has been a weird year for movies. 

Backlog

What Matters and What Matters Last

By Gavin Craig • December 4th, 2018

It’s a difficult thing to write about videogames when one doesn’t play very many videogames.

On Voice Acting and Diversity

By Malindy Hetfeld • November 26th, 2018

Voice acting should be the great equalizer for diverse representation in games. It isn’t.

Stan: A Man

By Ian Gonzales • November 16th, 2018

A writer, an editor, a collaborator, an ambassador, a hero, a villain and everything in between.

Who’s Afraid of the Big Brand Wolf?

By Sean Donnelly • November 9th, 2018

Intertextuality is a weapon.

Last Week's Comics

Last Week’s Comics 2/7/2018

By Michael Edwards • February 7th, 2018

Team Unwinnable’s Michael Edwards shares his thoughts on Frankenstein Alive, Alive! Trio and Justice League International Omnibus Vol. 1.

Last Week's Comics

Last Week’s Comics 1/10/2018

By Sara Clemens, Michael Edwards and Ian Gonzales • January 10th, 2018

Team Unwinnable shares their thoughts on this week’s BSG Vs BSG # 1, Koshchei The Deathless # 1 and last week’s Paper Girls # 19.

Last Week's Comics
a couple of teenagers, a still from the Marvel run comic The runaways

Last Week’s Comics 12/20/2017

By Sara Clemens and Michael Edwards • December 20th, 2017

Team Unwinnable shares their thoughts on The Wicked + The Divine: Christmas Annual and the new classic, Runaways: The Complete Collection Volume 1.

Last Decade’s Quarter Bin

By Ian Gonzales • August 23rd, 2017

Ian Gonzales dives into quarter bins to find buried treasures in last decade’s quarter bins. This week, he fondly remembers Spider-Boy Team Up!

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