Antiheroes: Heroes, Villains, and the Fine Line Between.

The most interesting characters are almost never the good guys.

Doing the right thing is great and all, but a little bit of darknessor a lot of itoften makes for a more engaging story.

Antiheroes: Heroes, Villains, and the Fine Line Between is dedicated to the dark heroes and sympathetic villains we love.Find out why William McKinley Highs agonist Sue Sylvester is essential to Glee.

Discover where your favorite comic book character falls on the continuum of good and evil.

Weigh in on Twilights very dangerous boy Edward Cullen: romantic, sparkly hero, or sociopath suffering from Antisocial Personality Disorder?

Plus other essays on: The Vampire Diaries most antiheroic antihero, Damon Salvatore Americas favorite serial killer, Dexter Morgan, and the nature (and nurture) of evil The curious appeal of Alias Arvin Sloane Supernaturals vampire hunter-cum-vampire Gordon Walker The shared monstrosity of Spider-Man, Doc Ock, and the Green Goblin Gun-slinging necromancer Anita Blake, and the benefits (and pitfalls) of embracing the monster withinThis brand new, e-book only collection of essaysremixed from previous Smart Pop series titlesgives a funny and thought-provoking in-depth look at the antihero, from the villains just a little too good to be unequivocal bad guys, and the heroes just a bit too bad to be truly good.