Joe Pace
Favorite Fictional Characters, #213: Worf
I've mentioned before that it took Star Trek: The Next Generation a while to find its stride, and nowhere is that more evident than in...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 30, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #212: Lucky Eddie
Hagar the Horrible was a beloved comic strip in my family while I was growing up. Hagar's Gleason-esque Viking warrior and his sitcom...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 29, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #211: Minerva McGonagall
I love my wizards. Gandalf, Merlin, Dumbledore. I love the gravitas, the familiarity, the tradition. But sometimes you need a witch. And...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 28, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #210: Derek Zoolander
I don't care if Blue Steel, El Tigre, and Magnum are all the same look. All I know is that Zoolander is so hot right now. Just really,...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 27, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #209: Lightspeed
Power Pack debuted in 1984. I was nine, and so I was certainly the target audience for a comic book about a group of elementary school...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 26, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #208: Stuart McKenzie
So I Married an Axe Murderer is a hidden gem, one of those early-90s vheicles for a Saturday Night Live alum that actually worked. Coming...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 25, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #207: The Regent
With Omega Reign, Bill Coffin explores the superhero trope as only a true believer can, in a brisk and wonderful read that pays equal...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 24, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #206: Reginald "Red" Forman
Ah, Red. Perhaps the most realistic father figure ever depicted on television. Less henpecked and overtly vulgar than Al Bundy, less...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 23, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #205: Lemuel Gulliver
Swift's masterwork is a classic satire, full of social, political, and philosophical commentary both overt and subtle. Most readers are...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 22, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #204: Michelle Flaherty
For cheesy teensploitation sex romps, you could do worse than 1999's American Pie and its increasingly threadbare sequels. It's a pretty...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 21, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #203: Henry Pym
If the early Avengers were the Beatles, then Henry Pym was Ringo. You had Thor, Iron Man, and the Hulk, all big strong bruisers who would...
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Joe Pace
- Jul 20, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #202: Dr. Doug Ross
ER was an ensemble show, full of wonderful characters given life by talented actors and mostly great writing, especially during the early...
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