Americans are obsessed with appearance. Our market is flooded with diets, exercise programs, magic pills and tummy teas that claim they are your key to a prettier, thinner you. You’ve tried them al…
Greetings, United States of Fucking Bullshit. I’m a big believer in books coming to you at the right time. Lucky for us, Boom! Studios’ "Evil Empire" starts right where we are, but 25 years later. …
If I love you, if I’m trying to keep you around in my life, then there’s a good chance I’ve dragged you into a comic book store. And I’ve talked incessantly about a title that you have no real conn…
"It's necessary to block out more and more things these days." -- Aaron Hawkins I voted early last week wearing a Black Panther hoodie and a scowl. the voting official gave me my “I Voted Today!” s…
"Trouble is, it's impossible to have a serious discussion about race without also mentioning class. And that's even more frowned upon 'round these parts. Rather than substantive debate, what's usually…
“Updates have become infrequent, and generally impersonal. Clearly, there's not enough fucked-up shit in my life to write about these days. And who wants to read ill-informed political rants?” --Aaron…
Think Scholastic Book Fair meets your black family reunion/block party. This month’s Soulful Chicago Book Fair promises to be a gathering of the griots. The fair, founded by Asadah Kirkland, will p…
"And, of course, they [Republicans] hate Hillary. Why she has this effect on some straight white males is beyond me. Some defect in them, I expect." --Aaron Hawkins if Donald Trump wins the preside…
I live in Vickery Meadow, a Dallas neighborhood of survivors. people taking the bus at first light to get to a job downtown. the clockwork 506 to Park Lane that you may or may not have to pay for d…
When I first heard, the thing I feared the most was what I’m about to write, but it seems I can’t properly go through this fall-on-your-sword metaphor that is the five stages of grief without it, so h…
