The Condiment King: An Oral History

You think Batman's annoyed with the Condiment King? Try his writers.

Like a ketchup stain on your favorite pair of khakis, the Condiment King just won't go away.

Batman hates him for being a nincompoop who makes just enough trouble to distract from the true baddies. But DC writers hate him even more, for being a one-note bit that persists over the years, surviving deaths and reboots with a mind and agenda of his own.

Isn't this why we love the comics?

Hope in the Stars

How I Learned to Stop Worrying And Love New Star Wars Films

If you traveled back in time to 2012, I bet a Hollywood producer would have found the notion of an unprofitable Han Solo movie harder to believe than the Donald Trump presidency.

Star Wars has been, if not a Trojan gift, perhaps the quintessential good problem--it's given Disney a great return on its investment but also quite a few headaches.