We've got an essay about that phenomenon as well!
www.typebarmagazine.com/nobody-wants...
We've got an essay about that phenomenon as well!
www.typebarmagazine.com/nobody-wants...
pro wrestling is literature, actually!
www.typebarmagazine.com/leg-drops-ar...
Here's another well-argued scorcher that I adore, this one from @seannb.bsky.social
www.typebarmagazine.com/dungeons-dra...
I admit when it was pitched to me I thought it was a little heady but I’m so happy our audience had really liked this one. I had no idea that people love philosophizing about cyberpunk to this extent (also the popularity of the genre online more broadly)
08.03.2026 00:39 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Marketing isn’t sexy or provocative but it’s sadly one of the most essential skills a writer needs to develop in 2026. I hate it but that’s where we are.
08.03.2026 00:41 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Had never heard of this movie before the pitch hah. Was a great essay to both work on as an editor and also read.
08.03.2026 00:42 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0With changes in many other aspects of life for the last year, science fiction is going its own radical change alongside them
08.03.2026 00:42 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0I like my gaming takes hot.
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Super Mario 64 innovated the 3D platformer...to bad it ruined the Super Mario Bros. franchise at the same time
www.typebarmagazine.com/not-so-class...
The old mode of science fiction is fading away. What is replacing it?
www.typebarmagazine.com/science-fict...
Can a typewriter possibly be erotic?
www.typebarmagazine.com/secretary-an...
Digital marketing is now an essential skill for journalism
www.typebarmagazine.com/can-marketin...
What does having a body mean in a genre where you can swap out organs and appendages at will?
www.typebarmagazine.com/the-weakness...
Typebar has an essay adjacent to this, as it relates specifically to depictions of sex (or lack thereof) in commercial fiction
www.typebarmagazine.com/the-death-of...
What in the world (or in Middle Earth, or Westeros) is a dragon?
www.typebarmagazine.com/there-is-no-...
This historical literary research essay by @gwenckatz.bsky.social about emerging advances in solar astronomy influencing the entire framework of science fiction multiple times throughout history is 4,696 words and one of our most read essays of all time.
www.typebarmagazine.com/science-fict...
📣NEW ESSAY📣
A mostly forgotten reality show from 2006 provides one of the final glimpses into how American culture viewed superheros on the eve of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
www.typebarmagazine.com/who-wants-to...
Please help one of our writers if it's within your means!
04.03.2026 17:29 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Who Wants to Be a Superhero? Is one of my favorite shows ever and I’m so glad we were able to publish an essay about it. It’s quite forgotten for how culturally important it is.
03.03.2026 16:13 — 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
ROTIART spelled backwards is...
TRAITOR!!!!!
Also watch monkey woman grapple with two attack dogs for 15 minutes and tell me you didn’t feel something (yes this was a real woman and a real stunt)
03.03.2026 01:15 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0What strikes me about the show is it genuinely has more pathos (especially towards the end) than any marvel product made while I have been alive
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Bright, colorful, overwhelmingly comedic, and surprisingly emotional: Superheroes before the Marvel Cinematic Universe
www.typebarmagazine.com/who-wants-to...
patently insane reality shows from the 00s are my truest joy in life
02.03.2026 18:57 — 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 0This is one of these fascinating cultural objects to me that has outsized cultural importance for how little its remembered. Superheroes were basically a giant punchline before the MCU, before everyone demanded we take Thor VII: Age of Drangus or whatever super seriously.
02.03.2026 18:45 — 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
📣NEW ESSAY📣
A mostly forgotten reality show from 2006 provides one of the final glimpses into how American culture viewed superheros on the eve of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
www.typebarmagazine.com/who-wants-to...
Hey it's my essay again!
27.02.2026 04:46 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0I'm really really excited for this one. Debuts on Monday!!
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"Who Wants to Be a Superhero? The Last Window Into a Pre-MCU World" by Joshua Pantalleresco. The image is the cast of who wants to be a superhero? on the left and the right image is the cast of The Avengers.
A forgotten reality show is the last snapshot we have of how the world viewed superheroes before they became a foundational pillar of American popular culture.
PUBLISHING MONDAY: Who Wants to Be a Superhero? The Last Window Into a Pre-MCU World by Joshua Pantalleresco
The true terror in Shirley Jackson's Hangsaman is the illusion of freedom
www.typebarmagazine.com/shirley-jack...