The literature on the subject seems fairly clear: negotiating with the devil is a bad idea. The devil holds all the good cards—infinite time, supernatural powers, all sorts of sinful temptations—and human will is notoriously weak, so the devil usually gets what he’s after. 

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The idea that comic books might provide more useful information than religion for navigating the modern world is a promising one. After all, during the Bush administration we were fighting the “axis of evil” and attempting to rid the world of “bad guys” like Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. And adapting comic-book stories for other mediums has worked well in movies (Batman/Spiderman/Superman franchises, Sin City, X-Men, Watchmen, et cetera) and on television (Smallville, Heroes).

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Tuesday night is arguably the deadest entertainment evening of the week, but you have to hand it to Bryant-Lake Bowl for bucking the tide and putting on a show (sometimes two) pretty much every night, no matter what.

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