Tag: history

Black! Lightning!

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Josh Stoodley

So today marks the beginning of the second Black History Month in Alberta. To honour that, I thought I’d do a piece on DC’s first black superhero: Black Lightning! (The fact that his show is on Canadian Netflix now helps,
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Today Is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

Posted on January 15, 2018 by Josh Stoodley

At least in the States, anyway. We don’t have this particular holiday in Canada. Now, American history is not my strong suit. I’m much more of ancient and medieval history kind of guy. So I’m not going to insult the
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Dracula (1931): An Analysis, Part One

Posted on December 24, 2017 by Josh Stoodley

Good day, everybody! How’s everybody doing? Freezing their buns off? Good. So today is the first day of my analysis of old Universal horror movies. And today we’re gonna start with the one that started it all: Dracula (1931), starring
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I was the conductor of the Underground Railroad for eight years, and I can say what most conductors can’t say — I never ran my train off the track and I never lost a passenger.

Posted on February 7, 2017 by Josh Stoodley

Good afternoon! So, this weeks update is going to be light, as I’m now in the middle of outlining and plotting, so there isn’t really a whole lot to, you know, update you on. It’s mostly just slog work at
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Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary Safety deserve neither Liberty nor Safety

Posted on January 31, 2017 by Josh Stoodley

Good morning. There are a few things I want to discuss today. The first is the delay in the next short story. It’s not coming out in January; it will, however, be ready for the end of February/beginning of March.
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