Well, who didn't see this one coming?I thought about making this write-up a simple "'nuff said" but that didn't seem fair. Marvel Comics revolutionized the way stories in comics were told. Taking the approach of throwing everything at the wall and seeing what actually stuck, Stan Lee would go on to co-create some of America's [...]
Say what you will about this entry, (I know I'm no huge fan of his) but his creation of Star Wars completely changed Nerdom. Not only were special effects pushed to the limit like never before, but merchandising the property alone had a huge impact. Nerdom became mainstream in a way like never before. With [...]
His most well-known work is the TV series that began in 1959, The Twilight Zone. In a time when most science fiction for the screen were campy, hacked out B-movies, Rod Serling put thought into the 92 scripts he wrote for the series. Modeling intelligent science fiction for the screen, Serling's series was critically successful [...]
While Elves, Dwarves, and Trolls have long been a part of mythology and fables, it was Tolkien who took them in 1954 and gave them a place in Middle-Earth that would prove to have a lasting impact on the fantasy genre like no other author could. His work has permeated into almost all media favored [...]
Mount Rushmore is really an impressive piece of work. I've never seen it in person, but I think someday I'd like to. It is a monument to four presidents who represented the first 150 years of American history and were chosen because they preserved or expanded the country in some way.Every so often you hear [...]
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