BOOKS

 Ryan Thomason

Would You Read Comic Books As…Prose Fiction?

Would You Read Comic Books As…Prose Fiction?

That’s right, Marvel is doing away with the purty pictures and encapsulating some of their best comics in…books?

 Alan Smithee

Starship Troopers – The Remake

Starship Troopers – The Remake

Apparently someone thinks that the classic sci-fi movie (book is better) directed by Paul Verhoeven needs to be made all over again.

 Alan Smithee

Ender’s Game Movie Starring Harrison Ford?

Yes please!

 Alan Smithee

John Carter – Trailer #2

John Carter – Trailer #2

The first theorem of movie trailers states “if you take tons of action, and mix it with a rendition of Led Zeppelin’s ‘Kashmir’, you are guaranteed instant success”. I hope to Crom this remains true.

 Alan Smithee

Katsura Hoshino’s Art Book Headed Stateside

Viz Media just announced that a 100 page art book by the creator of D.Gray-Man is headed to the US next week. I am excite.

 Alan Smithee

Daddy Time – Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

Daddy Time – Oh, The Places You’ll Go!

For years now, three to be exact, my wife and I have been purchasing books for our eldest daughter that are WAAAAAY out of her reading age…considering she doesn’t read at all right now and is still learning letters, just about anything that isn’t a printed picture or piece of art is outside of her […]

 Alan Smithee

Daddy Time – Howl’s Moving Castle

Daddy Time – Howl’s Moving Castle

I’ve got a bit of a confession to make. I haven’t seen every Miyazaki movie. There I’ve said it and I feel much better for getting it off my chest. There is a plus side to this revelation, and that is that I now have a chance to watch the entire collection of Studio Ghibli […]

 Alan Smithee

Year of the Black Rainbow – Review

Year of the Black Rainbow – Review

The album, Year of the Black Rainbow, has been out and in my hands for well over a year (damn near 18 months now) and I just this week got around to reading the novel that came with my Deluxe Edition. The shame of this has only now struck home as I have finished the […]

 Ryan Thomason

Getting Off: A Novel of Sex and Violence – Book Review

Getting Off: A Novel of Sex and Violence – Book Review

Ok yeah, you can judge this book by its cover.

 Robert Chesley

“Star Trek: New Frontier” – Series Review

“Star Trek: New Frontier” – Series Review

It has been a long while since I had the opportunity to write. Some of you may have missed me (I’m pretty humble in that regard), but the truth is I’ve missed it. “Star Trek: New Frontier” is a book series primarily written and created by Peter David (you may have heard of him through […]

 Ryan Thomason

AngelKiller Book Update

AngelKiller Book Update

The new book series we’re eagerly awaiting for.

 Alan Smithee

Viz Media Digital Releases: October 3rd – 10th

Viz Media Digital Releases: October 3rd – 10th

If you’re like me, you spend a small fortune on manga each week, thankfully with Viz’s digital manga app and web-based reader it’s become cheaper and easier for me to get my fix.

 Alan Smithee

Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – Trailer

I’ll keep my comments on this series to myself…but it looks like I’ve got a hard night of drinking ahead of me come November 18th.

 Alan Smithee

Daddy Time #2 – Winnie The Pooh

Daddy Time #2 – Winnie The Pooh

Being a fan of the yellowish teddy bear, I knew that I would enjoy this movie immensely, the trick was selling my oldest daughter on the premise of sitting in the theater and watching a movie featuring one of my all time favorite Disney cast of characters.

 Alan Smithee

William Gibson’s Neromancer Greenlit for Movie Treatment

William Gibson’s Neromancer Greenlit for Movie Treatment

The godfather of all things cyberpunk, William Gibson, wrote a novel back in the early 1980s that would go on to inspire science fiction writers and storylines for years to come…and now we’re going to get a movie version of the triple-crown sci-fi tale of Henry Case.