Villains Month: Metal-Masked AssassinOctober 11, 2012-While the animated series Metalocalypse is first and foremost a comedy, it has a fairly dense and complex mythology (which I may have written about [...]
Villains Month: Psycho MantisOctober 10, 2012-The Metal Gear video game series is famous for both its experimental, genre-breaking gameplay as well as its rich, complex cast of characters. Series creator [...]
Villains Month: ChernobogOctober 9, 2012-Disney’s musical Fantasia is mostly a collection of animated music videos long before there were music videos, setting gorgeous animated vignettes to pieces of classical [...]
Villains Month: JodyOctober 8, 2012-The father/son relationship in fiction tends to be complicated. There is often a sense of competition between the two, of the new versus the old, [...]
Villains Month: AngelOctober 7, 2012-Ever since vampires received the humanizing treatment in fiction, the idea of vampiric guilt has been used to the point of cliche. This doesn’t mean [...]
Villains Month: XykonOctober 6, 2012-The webcomic Order of the Stick is known for its complex villains and somewhat muddied take on the normally objective and quantified morality of Dungeons [...]
Villains Month: Megatron(s)October 5, 2012-In some famous franchises, characters recur across timelines. Sometimes this is intentional, like with Black Adder and Baldric, and others it’s driven by popularity, such [...]
Villains Month: DemonaOctober 4, 2012-One of the problems that often seems to creep up with female villains is that so often their creators attempt to “redeem” them. I’m not [...]
Villains Month: GriffithOctober 3, 2012-There is no hatred stronger than that which starts as love, and no enemy more detestable than one who was once a friend. It’s easy [...]
Villains Month: MaleficentOctober 2, 2012-Disney movies are often known for their iconic villains, but even among that impressive rogues gallery, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty takes the cake. Or, perhaps [...]
Villains Month: Metal-Masked Assassin October 11, 2012 - While the animated series Metalocalypse is first and foremost a comedy, it has a fairly dense and complex mythology (which I may have written about [...]
Villains Month: Psycho Mantis October 10, 2012 - The Metal Gear video game series is famous for both its experimental, genre-breaking gameplay as well as its rich, complex cast of characters. Series creator [...]
Villains Month: Chernobog October 9, 2012 - Disney’s musical Fantasia is mostly a collection of animated music videos long before there were music videos, setting gorgeous animated vignettes to pieces of classical [...]
Villains Month: Jody October 8, 2012 - The father/son relationship in fiction tends to be complicated. There is often a sense of competition between the two, of the new versus the old, [...]
Villains Month: Angel October 7, 2012 - Ever since vampires received the humanizing treatment in fiction, the idea of vampiric guilt has been used to the point of cliche. This doesn’t mean [...]
Villains Month: Xykon October 6, 2012 - The webcomic Order of the Stick is known for its complex villains and somewhat muddied take on the normally objective and quantified morality of Dungeons [...]
Villains Month: Megatron(s) October 5, 2012 - In some famous franchises, characters recur across timelines. Sometimes this is intentional, like with Black Adder and Baldric, and others it’s driven by popularity, such [...]
Villains Month: Demona October 4, 2012 - One of the problems that often seems to creep up with female villains is that so often their creators attempt to “redeem” them. I’m not [...]
Villains Month: Griffith October 3, 2012 - There is no hatred stronger than that which starts as love, and no enemy more detestable than one who was once a friend. It’s easy [...]
Villains Month: Maleficent October 2, 2012 - Disney movies are often known for their iconic villains, but even among that impressive rogues gallery, Maleficent from Sleeping Beauty takes the cake. Or, perhaps [...]