Michael S. Poteet is a teaching elder (ordained minister) in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) and a freelance writer-researcher and wordsmith. His most recent publication is the youth study guide for Half Truths (Abingdon Press). Follow him on Twitter (@WriterMPoteet).
Did I find anything of lasting value in the original Battlestar? Absolutely. There are good reasons many viewers welcomed the rag-tag fleet into their imaginations and their hearts. I think one is that Battlestar showed…
My mother was the first person to tell me about Battlestar Galactica. “You’d probably enjoy that,” she said, pointing to the ad in the newspaper’s TV listings for September 17, 1978. “It looks like it’ll…
In “Remember Me,” Dr. Beverly Crusher, usually so cool and collected under pressure, faces a severe test of her sense of sanity. As she struggles to make sense of the relentless disappearance of Enterprise crewmembers,…
I enjoy thrill rides about as much as Superman enjoys kryptonite or Klingons enjoy tribbles. Even so, I was determined to ride the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror during my family’s recent Walt Disney World…
Comic book superheroes are, by definition, better seen than described. Not even the best-chosen words can replicate the bright colors, bold lines, and action-packed panels of a costumed crusader’s latest monthly adventure. No text, however…
Superman and Batman are the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup of superheroes: two great tastes that taste great together. From the days of World’s Finest in the 1940s through Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness’ widely acclaimed…
Batman begins—again! DC Comics is filling in the gaps of the Caped Crusader’s past in the New 52, and Dan and Mike are here to talk about whether “Zero Year” achieves that goal. Does this…
With Man of Steel doing superheroic business at the box office and Superman in the public eye celebrating his 75th birthday, it’s a great moment for DC Comics to launch a new Superman book. Written…
In his afterword to Astro City #1, writer Kurt Busiek remarks that this issue is actually the sixtieth in the ongoing series, returning from a lengthy, sporadically interrupted hiatus. Busiek tells readers who may not…
I wanted to see Twilight Zone: The Movie when it premiered thirty years ago this week (June 24). I was eleven years old, and thanks to Saturday night reruns on my local PBS station and…
