Carl Svahn

Oct 2, 2023 | tuftsdaily.com | Carl Svahn

A “Castlevania” television show was never supposed to work. The legendary video game series achieved its reputation not through its stories, but through an incredible mix of stylistic, musical and gameplay prowess. To take this kind of setup and create a television show around it sounds like a recipe for the same level of disaster that so many video game adaptations had been before 2017, but “Castlevania” (2017–2021) shattered all expectations by not just being good, but excellent.

Sep 6, 2023 | tuftsdaily.com | Carl Svahn

There are certain expectations that come from Thor Odinson as a Marvel Comics character. The hammer. The boasting. The grand scale of his adventures. Over 60 years, numerous writers have developed the once proud prince and now righteous Avenger into one of the core characters of Marvel Comics. Al Ewing’s “The Immortal Thor Vol. 1” (2023) embraces these roots, but also expands on them, resulting in an incredibly engaging and spellbinding first issue.