The ’90s have a certain reputation among comic fans, and Marvel played a huge role in defining that rather unfortunate honor.

The '80s were the decade that matured comics and DC was at the forefront of that. However, plenty of cringe characters ...

Cringe is having a moment. Millions of posts with the hashtag are shared online, and entire forums on Reddit are dedicated to discussing what makes us cringe. We’re all just too familiar with this ...

Our dictionary is always getting larger, so getting lost in the new lingo added to our vocabulary every year is easy. 2024 is no different. Plenty of slang has become a staple in conversations and ...

“I hated that movie. The love scene was so cringe.” Suddenly, this use of “cringe” seems to be everywhere. And some quasi-scientific evidence shows it’s on the rise. According to Google’s Ngram Viewer ...

Emily Bernard is a Features Editor and Peer Mentor for Collider who studied History, Playwriting, and English at the University of Scranton. She’s a proud comedy nerd who loves getting into the nitty ...

She’s not the only artist embracing cringe. Los Angeles-based writer K. Allado-McDowell’s new novel, Amor Cringe, is a love letter to cringe maximalism. Allado-McDowell set out to write the cringiest ...

In a recent piece on his YouTube channel, professor of philosophy Hans-Georg Moeller argues that we have seen a recent rise in the use of the word “cringe” to describe a new, online form of ...

James Fisher-Clegg is a freelance writer from Vancouver, Washington. He graduated from Eastern Washington University where he earned a degree in Film. In high school, he discovered his love of ...

In an empty warehouse, Timothée Chalamet slouches on a swivel chair, wearing a hoodie and jeans. He is lit from behind by a screen — it must be at least forty feet tall — which displays slo-mo videos ...