How Did Jonathan Kent Last as Long as He Did? – Smallville Comedy
Monday, October 6th, 2008Poor Jonathan Kent. Sure, Clark Kent’s dad’s maladies over the five seasons he spent on Smallville didn’t quite approach the variety, quantity, and potential lethality of the injuries suffered by Lex Luthor. But everyone knows that a diet high in moralistic platitudes is the third-biggest cause of heart disease after (1) smoking and (2) bodily [...]
Lex Luthor and his Long, Ridiculous History of Violent Injuries – Smallville Comedy
Monday, September 22nd, 2008Good thing Lex Luthor lives in the detached-from-reality comic book world of Smallville. Otherwise, by now his shiny, tender head would have roughly the consistency of chewed-up veal flank. He collects critical injuries like investment bank CEOs run their companies into the ground; that is, without any apparent long-term personal consequences. This kicks off a [...]
Five Pieces of Bad News Clark Will Get from the Future when the Legion of Super-Heroes Visits Smallville
Friday, September 5th, 2008The new producers of Smallville will clearly grasp at any fodder from the Superman mythology to fill the space left by recently-departed cast members. (No news yet on whether they’ll act on my five suggestions for handling the absence of Lex Luthor. But their obvious desperation can only work in my favor.) A panel at [...]
