Villains Month: The Wasp Empire
Evil empires in fantasy fiction are kind of a dime a dozen. While they do make for interesting vehicles through which to tell exciting stories, […]
Villains Month
Villains Month: The Mutants
Batman has one of those rogues galleries that is widely considered among the best by everyone who cares about such things. Whether it’s based on […]
Villains Month: Nyarlathotep
H.P. Lovecraft is widely regarded as one of the greatest horror writers of the 20th century, and his work has influenced countless authors so pervasively […]
Villains Month: Moebius the Timestreamer
The video game series Legacy of Kain is known for its moral ambiguity and operatic sense of tragedy, and while there is plenty of darkness […]
Villains Month: Brick Top
Some of my favorite villains are the ones it’s harder to see coming. For example, if someone in a story is covered in scars, wears […]
Villains Month: Dr. Destiny
Neil Gaiman’s comic series Sandman is not, on the whole, about good and evil. It relates much more to stories, mythology, beings tethered to ideas […]
Villains Month: The Mooninites
Okay, I am breaking my own rules here somewhat, since the Mooninites are not exactly serious villains. Still, based on the fact that I love […]
Villains Month: Yurimaru
Part of the reason that Ninja Scroll is my favorite anime of all time is because of its villains. The Eight Devils of Kimon are […]
Villains Month: Count Olaf
Villains in children’s stories often wind up played for laughs rather than menace. The idea, I think, is to teach children that being selfish and […]
Villains Month: Jan Valentine
Genuinely funny villains are probably more rare than they should be. I suppose it relates to the idea that villains are supposed to be scary […]