Craig BednarNerd Mecca: Gen Con 2024Last weekend I had the opportunity to attend Gen Con 2024 and it was a blast! Gen Con is a massive board game, miniatures games and…Aug 11Aug 11
Craig BednarSlick Adventure Romance: “Hellboy in Love”I love Mike Mignola’s Hellboy. Been reading it for years. It is a staple of genre comic books that so masterfully uses it’s minimalist…Jul 27Jul 27
Craig BednarThoughts on Suffering: Frankl’s “Man’s Search for Meaning”I finally read Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning (first German edition 1946, first English edition 1959), a book I had been referred…Jul 26Jul 26
Craig BednarGlobal Inspiration; Tanya Harrison and Danny Bednar’s “ For All Humankind”Rarely do events occur that inspire the whole world. In today’s media landscape, it seems less and less likely that anything could inspire…Jul 6Jul 6
Craig BednarA New Form: ‘Rise of the Dungeon Master’The first time I played Dungeons and Dragons I was nine years old. My older cousin was the Dungeon Master. I played as a paladin (a type of…Jun 1Jun 1
Craig BednarYou Are Not Your Movie Review: ‘Fight Club’ 25 Years LaterIt’s been 25 years since director David Fincher adapted the novel Fight Club into a slick, gritty and satirical film. I was 16 years old…May 7May 7
Craig Bednar5 Creepy International FilmsI have noticed talking to people about film, that there are film viewers who never watch international films. When I make a recommendation…May 1May 1
Craig BednarScience and History as Cosmic Horror: Benjamin Labatut’s “The MANIAC”“What if nature cannot be cognized as a whole? Our civilization had yet to come to terms with this terrifying possibility… it would be a…Apr 26Apr 26
Craig BednarThe King of Panel Layouts: Tom King’s “War of Jokes and Riddles”There is a problem I have found with many comic book series. When a new writer takes on an iconic series, such as Batman, the first…Apr 18Apr 18
Craig Bednar“We Are What We Do”: A Response to Ai Weiwei’s ‘Zodiac’Some comic books you just can’t put down until you finish. The autobiographical graphic novel Zodiac by Ai Weiwei was one of these…Apr 9Apr 9