Spider-Man: Power and Responsibility

The beginning of the saga that rocked the Spiderverse! And by that I mean it pelted it with rocks.

NOTE: Due to a change in how That Guy With the Glasses videos are scheduled, new episodes of Atop the Fourth Wall will debut Monday morning instead of the afternoon. An exact time has not yet been set.

200th Episode

It's Atop the Fourth Wall's 200th Episode! What comic could be heinous enough for the position?

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Amazing Spider-Man Discussion

Pat the NES Punk and I discuss the Amazing Spider-Man film!

Marvel Team-Up #74

Live from New York, it's a really bizarre team-up!

The Amazing Spider-Man on Bullying Prevention #1

Somehow, becoming a bully yourself doesn't seem like the most effective way of preventing bullying...

Spider-Man: Planet of the Symbiotes

A terrifying story of bodily possession, invasion, and alien menaces! It's a pity THAT story couldn't be the plot for this one.

NOTE: This episode, due to its length and because it's in HD, is also available in standard definition and a version split into two parts.


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Feeling like Spider-Man

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Things are happily hectic these days. Consider this a report-card on my independent commission-career.

My wife is awesome, our baby is happy (except for the teething) and we've managed to spend some really good times with our nephew this summer.

Career-wise, thanks to Symbiartic on Scientific American, I've interviewed a ton of really fascinating people involved in the art+science intersection and have no end in sight to new posts for that blog. It's a real science-art movement, and I'm lucky enough to be a part of it.

I've been attempting to be less precious with my artwork, and dive into more sketches. The Flying Trilobite has been great to just put up my little scratches.

Lately the thing I'm most excited about are the opportunities that are popping up from so many unexpected places. Thanks to everyone who's thinking about me and my artwork for being inspired enough to want to work with me.  It keeps me going.

Like Spider-Man, I've recently begun meeting and collaborating with more and more super-people in the arts and sciences.

I have to be careful though.

Some exhaustion is setting in.  4 part-time jobs. I'm currently working an entry-level retail position with a lot of part-time hours to help pay the bills. I'm still doing social media (Twitter) work for a major national retail brand and hoping to add more clients like that so I can potentially stay home with the baby and work from home. Symbiartic is a blast, and I'm giving that my all. I have a couple of exciting science-art commissions right now. And I'll be giving another talk on science-art and blogging at Harbourfront here in Toronto next month.

Like Spider-Man, I have the ability to do some spectacular things, but the fridge is all-too often empty since spectacular abilities don't always pay the bills.

Despite the 4 part-time jobs, money is really tight at home and each month is a challenge. It's easy to lose focus on what's next. My big hope at the moment is to take on 3-4 new social media clients like the one I'm already doing, and let go of the retail. Then, evenings and weekends open up for Symbiartic and commissioned illustration.

Recently, a good talk with my wife's uncle let me really step back and look at the big picture again, which is why I'm excited for the future. I've been so focused on the immediate need to literally feed my family and keep the lights on, I was losing sight of how far I've come. Thanks to everyone for your support.

I'm expecting amazing things from myself in the near future, so you can too.


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Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four in... Brain Drain!

Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four in... an advertisement for OfficeMax!

NOTE: I'm testing out a microphone with this review. Tell me what you think!

Comic Book Issues: One Moment in Time

I may never review One More Day, but the Last Angry Geek and I will take a look at One Moment in Time, it's craptastic follow-up.

Marvel Team-Up #127

Let's watch the Watcher waste our time!

EDIT: With apologies to Fantastic Four and Uatu fans - his first appearance was in Fantastic Four #13, not #48 as I say in the video. Not sure how I screwed that up, so just sorry.

Amazing Fantasy #15

Does whatever a spider can! ...which is apparently to be mopey and depressed.

Spider-Man: The Greatest Responsibility

Melodrama about genetics and virtual reality? This can only be the clone saga!

Top 15 Comics I'll Never Review

15 comics that I refuse to review!

WARNING: Episode is 35 minutes long and flash file is 400 megs.

EDITED TO ADD:

Many people have tried to tell me that Mephisto isn't responsible for everyone forgetting Peter is Spider-man, that it's the Marvel Illuminati (Dr. Strange, Reed Richards, Tony Stark, etc.). Yes, I have read that recent issue... except the only reason that that chain of events occurs is because of Mephisto's intervention. They are living in an altered timeline where apparently not being married results in this. Mephisto had to have known that. None of that would have happened without Auny May being brought back to life. Therefore he is still responsible.

Subsequently, "One Moment in Time" is coming off more and more like Marvel teasing us and saying, "Yeah, we know this is how it SHOULD HAVE gone down, but instead he still made a deal with Satan, SUCKERS!"

Amazing Spider-Man: Skating on Thin Ice #1

Learn why you shouldn't use drugs from Spider-Man! It's because... uhh... well... look! Supervillain fight!

Spider-Man, Storm, and Cage

A comic that may make you give up cigarettes... but not your matches and lighters.

Maximum Clonage

Maximum Clonage! Maximum Chaos! Maximum Stupidity! Maximum boredom!



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