The man who taught the young Matt Murdock how to hone his abilities and to overcome his fear, Stick's relationship with his pupil was never an easy one. At times brutally unforgiving, and at others subtly affectionate, the martial-artist was often hard-handed in his approach to teaching - leaving Matt with bruises both physical and emotional. Quite simply, Stick was the father figure Matt strived for but could never have, and the amiable relationship between the two shattered irreparably when the blind mentor rejected a memento that Matt had made as a gift for him. In many ways Stick was Murdock's gateway into a whole new world, and his blatant rejection of the orphan he'd sworn to train most certainly earns its spot of being one of the most shocking moments of the series - especially when it's revealed that Matt's been holding onto it years later.
WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well.
In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.
