Thanks for the kind words about the new episode, everybody. I put myself out there a little more than I’m normally comfortable with on this one, and I’m glad it’s resonating with y’all
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Профиль VivelyPodcast exploring history, politics, philosophy and more through Batman’s greatest stories. https://open.spotify.com/show/0g0eISbWRkv01Xig3bmw5X
Post inspired by The Dark Knight Returns, naturally. A text I engage with in a completely different way from when I first read it as a teenager
The Black CasebookOne of the best defenses against ennui is the way your relationship with art—even favorite works you think you understand comprehensively—changes as you age and your perspective shifts. A text is completed by its audience; as long as you can change, it can change
It brings me no pleasure to report that this and Bill Skarsgard as Professor X are both excellent castings deadline.com/2026/07/x-me...
New 'X-Men' Movie Casts Samara Weaving As Emma FrostSamara Weaving is set to play Emma Frost in Marvel Studios' new X-Men movie.deadline.comHave you heard the good news? Have you told five of your closest friends? Have you formed a revolutionary cadre to uphold Black Casebook Thought?
The Black CasebookNEW EPISODE! The Black Casebook returns with a suitably epic analysis of perhaps the single most influential story in Batman's history. Frank Miller and his collaborators called down the lightning to make this book; four decades later, we're still interpreting the thunder. pod.link/1618791941/e...
ICYMI: The Black Casebook is back and bigger than ever, baby. We're examining the good, the bad, and the ugly of Frank Miller and The Dark Knight Returns, a document of the '80s that still resonates profoundly with the way life feels in 2026.
The Black CasebookNEW EPISODE! The Black Casebook returns with a suitably epic analysis of perhaps the single most influential story in Batman's history. Frank Miller and his collaborators called down the lightning to make this book; four decades later, we're still interpreting the thunder. pod.link/1618791941/e...
The Man Of A Handful Of Voices strikes again this episode
Manscape: Torment@blackcasebook.bsky.social I love your Stan Lee impression. Please either never do it again or narrate the entirety of Marvel Comics: The Untold Story where you have to do the voices for everyone.
AKA the "Is Batman fascist?" episode
The Black CasebookNEW EPISODE! The Black Casebook returns with a suitably epic analysis of perhaps the single most influential story in Batman's history. Frank Miller and his collaborators called down the lightning to make this book; four decades later, we're still interpreting the thunder. pod.link/1618791941/e...
NEW EPISODE! The Black Casebook returns with a suitably epic analysis of perhaps the single most influential story in Batman's history. Frank Miller and his collaborators called down the lightning to make this book; four decades later, we're still interpreting the thunder. pod.link/1618791941/e...
Casefile #20: The Dark Knight ReturnsListen to Casefile #20: The Dark Knight Returns from The Black Casebook wherever you get your podcasts!pod.linkI do indeed—there's a works consulted list at the end of every episode script, which are available for free on my Patreon: www.patreon.com/collection/7...
Casefile Scripts | Collection from The Black Casebook | 20 posts | PatreonGet more from The Black Casebook on Patreonwww.patreon.comgokuinheaven1Mr. Casebook, do you maintain a list of non-comics reading material you use to help build your eps? I'd be keen to see if posssible.
Every two decades, someone asks “What if X-Men was good instead of bad?” Just 13 years to go
Jonathan Loves X-MenWanna feel old? House of X 1 released 7 years ago today.