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Adam X. Smith
Adam X. Smith
Aug 24, 2018 · 6 min read

Batman White Knight, and Reinventing the Myth of the Dark Knight

By Adam X. Smith

For decades we have been in the grip of a pop culture obsession, passed down from the early days of pulp adventure through gold and silver ages of comics, spinning off into…

Adam X. Smith
Adam X. Smith
Sep 29, 2016 · 9 min read

Dangerous Days: The Search for the New Fringe in Pop Culture

By Adam X. Smith

Recently I wrote a piece for Electrolyte magazine about the nature of “fan entitlement”, that buzz-word that launched a thousand think-pieces and a legion of angry comments. Whilst I…

Adam X. Smith
Adam X. Smith
Mar 30, 2016 · 5 min read

The Tao of Pop Culture — Character, Storytelling and Theme through the Lens of Lao Tsu

By Adam X. Smith

First a question: what do Bruce Lee, Winnie the Pooh and Piglet, Son Goku from Dragon Ball, Han Solo from Star Wars, Luna Lovegood from the…

Adam X. Smith
Adam X. Smith
Mar 21, 2016 · 13 min read

Daredevil Season 2 Review: Guilt, Duty, Hope and The Monster Within

By Adam X. Smith

Author’s note: Okay, just so I don’t end up regretting it later, take this as a pretty clear indication that anything after this point goes into some varying level of…

Adam X. Smith
Adam X. Smith
Mar 6, 2016 · 13 min read

The Trump-Luthor Paradox, or How I Learned to Imagine Politics More Complexly and Love Comic Books

By Adam X. Smith

Some of you, like me, will have probably come across a lot of memes, posts and discussion online lately regarding…