Austin Gorton
Contributing writer
Austin is a pop culture writer whose work has also appeared in Polygon, Comics XF, Shelfdust, and Comic Book Herald. He has been reviewing every issue of every X-Men comic on his website, The Real Gentlemen of Leisure, since 2009. He also regularly talks TV as the co-host of the podcast A Very Special Episode. He lives just outside Minneapolis, where sometimes, it is not cold.
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The real story behind the X-Men's Outback Australian era - why it began, and why it ended too soon
Chris Claremont explains the reasoning behind taking the X-Men down under.
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Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: Everything you need to know about Indy 5!
Everything we know about the fifth installment in the whip-cracking adventures of everyone's favorite fedora-wearing, Nazi-punching archaeologist!
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Star Wars: Why Luke Skywalker throwing away his lightsaber makes him the ultimate Jedi
In celebration of Return of the Jedi's 40th anniversary, we look at the finale of the original trilogy
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Star Wars: a guide to the High Republic era
Everything you need to know about the exciting new era of Star Wars!
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Star Wars timeline: From long, long ago to the latest developments in a galaxy far, far away
Our Star Wars timeline will have you telling your 'ABYs' from your 'BBYs' in no time!
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Ahsoka Tano: Who is Star Wars' upcoming solo star?
The fan favorite star of the animated Clone Wars is poised to break out big via her upcoming live action Star Wars streaming series!
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Game of Thrones books: How to read a Song of Ice and Fire in order (chronological and release)
Everything you need to know to read the stories which inspired Game of Thrones and its spinoffs, whether chronologically or in release order.
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All the Marvel Cinematic Universe movies ever, ranked!
From Iron Man to Spider-Man, Wakanda to the Quantum Realm, guardians of the galaxy to Earth's mightiest heroes, here's our ranking of all the MCU films!
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Is there a place for Willow in the current fantasy TV landscape?
In the midst of a fall packed with fantasy series, Willow sets itself apart chiefly by being fun.
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Four ways House of the Dragon is different Than Game of Thrones
Though set within the same fictional universe and sharing some familiar names, House of the Dragon differs from its parent show Game of Thrones in four key ways.
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Obi-Wan Kenobi follows the footsteps of the Skywalkers to make peace with the past
How the parallels between each episode of Obi-Wan Kenobi and its numerically corresponding Star Wars film illustrates and informs Obi-Wan’s journey to process his grief and come to terms with his past.
