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Fantastic Four #48 is one of the most important single issues in comic book history. Kirby's splash page of Galactus towering over the Baxter Building defined what "cosmic" meant in comics. Nothing before it had that scale.

Todo trading his MEMORY to activate his technique one more time during the Shibuya arc is peak Binding Vow writing. The cost is real. The payoff is emotional. That is how you write a sacrifice.

Frieren is the closest modern anime has come to recapturing the Ghibli spirit. The scene where Frieren watches the sunset and reflects on Himmel — that is a Miyazaki moment in a modern anime.

"Look Back" made me cry harder than any manga I have read in the last decade. 140 pages. No dialogue for long stretches. Just two girls drawing manga together. Fujimoto is a genius.

Attack on Titan's "Ashes on the Fire" playing during the Rumbling sequence in the anime adds a layer of horror and grandeur that reading the manga panels cannot replicate. Music matters.

Texas Theatre in Oak Cliff is screening Spirited Away this month as part of their Miyazaki retrospective. Seeing it on the big screen is a completely different experience than streaming.

Backyard projector watch parties during DFW spring weather are unbeatable. 75 degrees, clear sky, a projector on the fence, and a cooler of Shiner Bock.

Better Call Saul's final season is as good as Breaking Bad's. The courtroom scene in Season 6 where Jimmy becomes Saul is heartbreaking. Bob Odenkirk was robbed of an Emmy.

Fleabag's fourth wall breaks make it feel like the character is confiding in you personally. When she stops looking at the camera in Season 2, it hits like a punch.

I am a 35-year-old engineer and I watch every season of The Bachelor. My wife started it. I stayed for the chaos.

The Last of Us Season 2 adapting Part II of the game is going to be divisive. That story broke the gaming community in half. The show adaptation will do the same.

If you work in a corporate office and watch this show, it will ruin Monday mornings for you. Every waffle party joke at my office now hits different.

Alamo Drafthouse popcorn with the seasoning salt is worth the $8. I will not be sneaking snacks into Alamo. They earned my money.

If you loved the movie, read Dune Messiah next. It is short (300 pages) and it is where Herbert fully deconstructs Paul. Villeneuve is adapting it as Part Three.

Nosferatu on IMAX at AMC NorthPark was one of the best theater experiences of my life. The sound design alone is worth seeing it on the biggest screen you can find.

Severance Season 3 is already the best show on television this year. The first two episodes are perfect. Do not look up spoilers.

If they tie it into Secret Wars, the multiverse jokes write themselves. Deadpool breaking the fourth wall about how confusing the MCU timeline is would be gold.

Saw it at Look Cinemas in Dallas. The Sentry horror sequences hit different on that screen. Legitimately creepy. Marvel needed this tonal shift badly.

My kid plays at a 5A school. His stadium has a better video board than some MLS stadiums. This is just normal here.

Allen Eagle Stadium is genuinely one of the most ridiculous things in America. $60 million for a HIGH SCHOOL. And nobody in Allen regrets it.

Denton deserves higher. The square is the best nightlife scene in DFW that isnt Deep Ellum or Uptown. And you can actually buy a house there.

The door-to-door electricity salesperson warning is REAL. They came to my door in Frisco offering "free electricity." Read the fine print — the rate was 18 cents/kWh with a $9.95 monthly fee.

From New York. The toll roads blew my mind. Get the TollTag and set up auto-pay. I got a $200 bill in the mail before I figured this out.

Wild fans at AAC are always respectful but intense. They travel well and they know the sport. It is the kind of rivalry where you can trash-talk and shake hands after the game.

The coaching alignment between the AHL and NHL is underrated. When a player gets called up, they already know the power play formations and defensive schemes. That seamless transition is a competitive advantage.

The odd-man rush vulnerability is the one thing that concerns me for the playoffs. Fast teams like Colorado and Edmonton can burn through the neutral zone trap. If teams figure out pace beats the system, we are in trouble.