Where would a superhero be without his supervillains? Happy, probably, but that would make for some boring comic books. The struggle between superhero and supervillain is a metaphoric struggle of good vs. evil. Or brain vs. brawn. Or brawn vs. brain. Or bats vs. clowns. Okay, it's really arbitrary, but it works. How do you settle a conflict between two amorphous concepts? Personify, slugfest, repeat. I think I've probably summed up the entire column, but if you're still interested you might enjoy reading "Clocking Angst's Jaw."