Brian P. Rubin
School
SUNY College At New Paltz
Expertise
Marvel Cinematic Universe, Star Trek, DC Comics
- In 2013, Brian provided some of the very first articles for what would eventually become Looper.
- He once wrote questions for Hasbro's Trivial Pursuit board game.
- His first novel, Dim Stars: A Novel of Outer-Space Shenanigans, won the Next Generation Indie Book Award for YA Fiction (12-16) in 2022.
Experience
Brian has worked as a professional writer for two decades. He co-founded the pop culture review site AllNerdReview with Collin David in 2002, and he's been writing for dollars ever since. He was a full time reporter and associate editor for Ellenville, New York's weekly newspaper, the Shawangunk Journal, and wrote extensive features for print publications such as The Chronogram, and Geek Magazine. Brian also worked as a scriptwriter for Machinima's Inside Gaming Daily, as a regular contributor for CollectorsQuest, BestTechie, and ReadWrite, and as a feature writer for Minneapolis's City Pages. He joined Static Media full-time in 2015 and has been putting his lifelong consumption of comic books, television, movies, and video games to good use by creating features, news articles, and scripts for the company's ever-growing YouTube channels. He is formerly the company's Managing Editor, and is currently the Special Projects Manager.
Education
Brian has bachelor's and master's degrees in English from SUNY College at New Paltz.
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Stories By Brian P. Rubin
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Hold onto your hammers while we explain the ending of Thor: Ragnarok.
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Here's a not-anywhere-close-to-complete list of some of the more overt Easter eggs you might've missed in Stranger Things Season 2.
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Here's what the ending of the film really meant, and where the franchise might go from here...or if it'll go anywhere at all.
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But what's the story behind this spooky, orange-suited Santa send-up? And can we count on Mr. Pumpkins to make a Halloween appearance every year?
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Time to put the hawking on hold as we look at these untold truth about the cast of Pawn Stars.
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These characters from Spider-Man: Homecoming mean more than you might have realized. Strap in, nerds.
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Let's wrap our lasso of truth around this movie and try to get to the bottom of Wonder Woman's ending.
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After seeing Alien: Covenant, you probably have some questions. We have answers.
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While a lot of great ads manage to stay on the air, there are even more that don't make the cut and end up getting banned.
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Now that we've seen the teaser, let's dig in to all the reasons Episode VIII looks amazing.