Author Archives: Samuel Sattin

About Samuel Sattin

Samuel Sattin (@samuelsattin)is the author of League of Somebodies, a debut novel about one family’s efforts to create the world’s first superhero. (Spoiler: It doesn’t go so well.) Imagine The Doom Patrol cross-pollinated with Philip Roth and then remixed by Mel Brooks. The novel is currently available in paperback from Dark Coast Press; Audible released the audiobook, performed by John Keating, earlier in 2013. Sattin is 31 years-old and lives in Oakland with his wife. His work has appeared in Salon, io9, Kotaku, and The Good Men Project. He’s currently a contributing editor at The Weeklings.

The 50 Greatest Superhero (and Villain) Names of All Time

Posted on March 4, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

In which Samuel Sattin tackles The Weeklings ’50 Greatest Names’ tradition, this time in capes and tights. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged 50 Greatest Superhero Names, Dark Horse, DC, Marvel, Superheroes | 223 Comments

8 Ways To Ensure You Write A Shitty First Novel

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

Samuel Sattin presents 8 steadfast, industry-ignored methods for completely obliterating any chance you might have of writing an interesting debut work of fiction.
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Posted in Literature | Tagged Bukowski, Debut Ficiton, Hemingway, Henry Miller, Human Condition, Novel, Penthouse, Readers, writers, Zoloft, Zora Neale Hurston | 8 Comments

If My Cat’s A Gamer, Then So Are You

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

Samuel Sattin explains why video games, even the most violent ones, are not more harmful to society than actual guns. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Assasins Creed, Borderlands, Braid, cats, Evan Narcisse, God of War, Infamous, Journey, Kotaku, Mario Kart, Portal, Republicans, Uncharted, Video Games | 1 Comment

Extra-Terrestrial Infants Can Break A Man: Or How My Father Learned to Cry

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

Some people need to escape to somewhere far, far away to get closer to who they are on the inside. And by far away, of course, we mean the planet Fyrine IV. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Popular Culture | Tagged Aliens, Birth, Boston, Crystal Light, Dennis Quaid, DOTS, Drac, Earth, Enemy Mine, Father/Son Relationships, Human, Infants, La-Z-Boy, Louis Gosset Jr., Magic the Gathering, Reptile babies, Science Fiction, Spandex, starships | 2 Comments

Sandy Hook Truthers are Afraid of the Dark

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

As children we fear the Boogeyman. As adults we fear complex thoughts. Sandy Hook Truthers are still afraid of the beast in the closet, and they want everyone else to be, too. Continue reading →

Posted in News, Politics, Popular Culture | Tagged 9-11, Alex Jones, birthers, Conspiracy Theories, Crisis Actors, FEMA, Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, Gene Rosen, gun control, Iran, Israel, Jews, Joe Satriani, Michael Harris Internet, Nightmare on Elm Street, Obama, PressTV, Sandy Hook Elementary, Sherry Turkel, Stormfront, Truthers, Wes Craven | 7 Comments

Step. Away. From The Horn-Rimmed Glasses!

Posted on January 14, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

Revenge of, history of, and criteria for categorization with, the nerds. Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture | Tagged Death Cab for Cutie, Dr. Seuss, Geeks, Giant Robot, Horn Rimmed Galsses, Judd Apatow, Magic Cards, Michael Cera, Nerds, Star Trek: TNG, Weezer | 2 Comments

Basterds Unchained: The Revenge of Artistic License

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Samuel Sattin

A devoted film-goer takes on the vitriol aimed at Tarantino’s most recent additions to American cinema, and mulls over the legitimacy of revenge fantasies. Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema, Popular Culture | Tagged African-American, Anti-Semitism, Artistic License, Black, Christopher Hitchens, Conservative, Django Unchained, Eli Roth, Holocaust, Inglorious Basterds, Ishmael Reed, Jeffrey Goldberg, Jewish, Kosher Porn, Liberal, Nazis, Quentin Tarantino, racism, Revenge Fantasy, Roxane Gay, slavery, Spike Lee | 5 Comments