May 14, 2012 | Forbes
Stan Lee is the co-creator of the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, and many of the comic book heroes from Marvel’s stable. But Lee will not be making the Forbes 400 list this year. Even though the film The Avengers has earned $1 billion (and...
May 14, 2012 | Forbes
No shoes, no shirt, and he still gets serviced. “A Man Without Honor” starts with Theon Greyjoy and ends with Theon Greyjoy. But he’s not the man without honor. No, that title belongs to Jaime Lannister, who appears for the first time this season. But after the events...
May 11, 2012 | Forbes
As the credits rolled at the end of Dark Shadows, my father turned to me and said, “I don’t get it. Was it supposed to be a comedy or a horror?” I didn’t understand what he meant: obviously it was a comedy. There were some watered down PG-13 horror, but there was...
May 11, 2012 | Forbes
As the credits rolled at the end of Dark Shadows, my father turned to me and said, “I don’t get it. Was it supposed to be a comedy or a horror?” I didn’t understand what he meant: obviously it was a comedy. There were some watered down PG-13 horror, but there was...
May 10, 2012 | Forbes
Roy Lichtenstein, “Sleeping Girl” There’s nothing sadder than a poor artist on a streetcorner with a cup in his hand and a sign around his neck that reads, “Will pencil for food.” But that’s the fate of artists who are out of work—comic book artists among...
May 8, 2012 | Forbes
New York City is known for its culture, its cuisine, and its natives’ ability to curse in multiple languages. It’s less known that The Big Apple also has a burgeoning tech industry. But we New Yawkers have something that Silicon Valley or Redmond does not: We have...