About SDG’s Dailies & Sundays
Q. Let’s start at the beginning. Who is SDG?
A. Hi! I’m Steven D. Greydanus. If you’re reading this, maybe you liked something I once wrote about God, movies, comics, politics, language, or some other topic. Or maybe you subscribed by accident while signing up for someone else’s Substack! Either way, I’m glad you’re here.
Among other things, I am
a Catholic deacon in the Archdiocese of Newark;
a film critic and a member of the New York Film Critics Circle;
an art-school graduate and cartooning enthusiast;
a high-school Theology teacher, and
a husband and father of 7—not in that order!
I’ve been writing about film since 2000, when I founded Decent Films, and most of what I write about film winds up there. I write other stuff too, including homilies that I preach at my parish and notes on other topics that interest me—often at great length.
Q. And why “Dailies & Sundays”?
The name “Dailies & Sundays” refers first of all to the daily and Sunday comics sections in print newspapers. Metaphorically, the name suggests the secular and the sacred, evoking the range of topics I write about. This includes:
the homilies I preach at my parish church and at the Catholic high school where I teach
thoughts on faith, philosophy, and spirituality
writing about comics (both daily and Sunday comics, but mostly “daily” writing—though some, like this piece on heavenly obituary cartoons and Jimmy Carter, will include bits of both)
film writing … and more! See the tags above to browse my work by category.
Q. Who exactly is the target audience for “All Things SDG”?
Good question! If you you’re mainly interested niche writing about one topic, I’m afraid my writing may not be what you want—no hard feelings!
If you like lengthy and/or nerdy deep dives into topics ranging from language to science to superhero movies, you might find something here to interest you. I write a lot about faith and God, which is off-putting to some people; I’m also obsessed with comics, which is off-putting to other people.
Here’s a typical sampling of some of the kinds of things I write:
Calvin & Hobbes Sunday: Do you want to build a snowman? (to date, the most liked and restacked piece I’ve written here)
Reflections on voting as a pro-life Catholic (still the most read piece I’ve written here, and one of the most important)
“The day Western civilization ended” (notes on Star Trek and good writing)
The a-hole version (Penn Jillette, Sam Harris, and the moral argument for God)
Why does Jesus tell so many stories about plants? (a Sunday homily)
Crisis of meaning on infinite earths, part 1 (long thoughts on superhero multiverse movies)
Cartoon Critic #1: A Shocktober “The Far Side” commentary (musings on cartoon art)
If two or more of these pieces are interesting to you, I hope you’ll consider a free or a paid subscription. Free subscriptions help make this work worthwhile. Paid subscriptions help make it possible!
