In our literature and films, the term anti-hero has come to mean a fictional character with characteristics that are antithetical to those of the traditional hero. Anti-heroes perform acts that are ...
Marvel Comics' Punisher is the archetypal pop culture anti-hero, but the publisher actually set the precedent for characters like Frank Castle decades earlier with Namor the Submariner. Anti-heroes ...
When I first got into politics, one of the first things I was told was, “Don’t meet your heroes.” The implication was clear: Our heroes are only human — even in politics. But today, the problem isn’t ...
Mutants exist in a world where the people in power, and most of the public honestly, wants them dead. Many mutants still want to do good in the world, but they don’t buy into the ideals of the more ...
When I first got into politics, one of the first things I was told was, “Don’t meet your heroes.” The implication was clear: Our heroes are only human — even in politics. But today, the problem isn’t ...