EC Comics is back
Cruel Universe #1 and Epitaphs from the Abyss #1. Covers by Greg Smallwood and Andrea Sorrentino EC Comics is back. In cooperation with Oni Press, the classic imprint that brought us Tales from the...
View ArticleWhat I’ve Been Watching: November 2024
Wow. It’s been a year since I did a What I’ve Been Watching. I did do those two Ten Things I Think I Think, covering Marvel movies, but that’s it. So, let’s talk about a few things I liked. WHAT WE DO...
View ArticleChess in Sword & Planet Fiction, Part II: Dray Prescot and Gor
Dray Prescot 20: A Sword for Kregen (DAW, August 1979) and Players of Gor (DAW Books, March 1984). Covers by Richard Hescox and Ken Kelly My second exposure to Sword & Planet chess came in one of...
View ArticleG.W. Thomas on Science Fiction of the 30s by Damon Knight
Conan the Barbarian: Archie Style! From Everything Archie #111 (May 1984). Art by Stan Goldberg and Larry Lapick. G.W. Thomas has gradually become my favorite genre blogger. Not just because of his...
View ArticleGoth Chick News: My Weekend at “The Overlook” Hotel
I have always loved The Shining. Granted, I saw the movie first and fell in love. It was the idea of a hotel that comes to life in the desolate isolation of winter, preying on a fragile family unit –...
View ArticleA to Z Review: “After the Sky Fell,” by Rob Vagle
Rob Vagle’s “After the Sky Fell” is set in a small bar in Carman, Minnesota run by Marv, who is in love with one of his waitresses, Rose. Rose works in the bar in between trips to explore the variety...
View ArticleAlien Overlords, Part II
Inseminoid (Jupiter Film Productions, 1981) and Alien: Reign of Man (Pikchure Zero Entertainment, 2017) This is Part II of a new, 20-film marathon. The rules: Must include aliens Cannot take place on...
View ArticleEnter the Prince of Darkness:Dracula by Bram Stoker
“Listen to them—the children of the night. What music they make!” Dracula to Jonathan Harker I’ve heard tell my generation had nightmares about nuclear war, worried someone was going to press the big...
View ArticleA (Black) Gat in the Hand: Bob’s Books – Shelfie #11 (Dashiell Hammett)
It’s a new shelfie and we’re up to number eleven. And this one is my Dashiell Hammett collection. His face is the first one on my Hardboiled Mt. Rushmore. So, he’s got a solid shelf in my Hardboiled...
View ArticlePost Convention Musings
Good afterevenmorn! I am writing this post rather late, having just woken up from the longest sleep in the history of sleeps following my last convention of the year. Actually, my only convention of...
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