PrimerPrimer is The A.V. Club’s ongoing series of beginner’s guides to pop culture’s most notable subjects: filmmakers, music styles, literary genres, and whatever else interests us—and hopefully you.

The 2-Year-Old Who Was Hit By A Foul Ball At An Astros Game Suffered A Skull Fracture

Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy Actually Trembles While Being Asked About Harassing Women

The Human Cost Of Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

A beginner’s guide to 40 years of robots, rivals, and sci-fi pacifism from Mobile Suit Gundam

A timey-wimey guide to the modern era of Doctor Who

Step into the magical, mind-bending world of Hong Kong horror movies

No, it’s not Mexican Halloween: A beginner’s guide to Day Of The Dead

Where to start with the primal howl of Iggy Pop

A beginner’s guide to the twisty melodrama of Pedro Almodóvar

Where to start with Jamaican dancehall

Where to start with the indie charm of Beat Happening and K Records

Where to start with Mel Brooks’ high-quality low comedy

Here’s where to start with the scary specter of TV horror series

A beginner’s guide to Steve Martin’s eclectic, groundbreaking career

A beginner’s guide to the expansive Marvel Cinematic Universe

A beginner’s guide to dance-music godfather Giorgio Moroder

Where to start with the films of Billy Wilder

Where to start with the many projects of Damon Albarn

How to navigate the weepy world of Lifetime movies

Where to start with psychobilly

Where to start with the primal sound of garage rock

A beginner’s guide to Modest Mouse

Where to begin with the thesaurus punk of Bad Religion