Some comics you have to dig through to see if they’re good. No need with Comic Book Comics: Our Artists At War! The cover features a wild image of a giant flaming comic book smashing a military blimp and crushing tanks as desperate gunners look up and at the reader. Read more »

My acquaintance Mr. Greggy has a great respect for all things steampunk.  With this in mind, I bought Warren Ellis‘s Aetheric Mechanics.  Featuring Ellis’s name, the alluring title, and a flying battleship Winsor McCay would have been proud of,  the cover led me to think Aetheric Mechanics would be a fine comic treatise on steampunk. Read more »

After the first three Saw movies, I was very reluctant to say it is a B movie series.? It would have been a slap in the face to countless actors, production staff, and writers.? After witnessing dozens of memorable scenes from Saw I through Saw III, I’d have gladly called it an A- series.? True, it did sometimes dip here and there, but the films always left unforgettable impressions and portrayals of humanity’s deeper, blacker side. Read more »

After seeing Jacob’s Ladder, playing Silent Hill, and reading the Lucifer comic series, I’ve become a bit spoiled.  If a story doesn’t yield solid writing before and after the BOO! moments, I look for something better.  It’s been a while since these creepy cultural cornerstones were built, and I’ve been hard pressed to find new releases as good. Read more »

Long before The Golden Compass, an old friend from Second Life opened my eyes to steampunk, an evolution of medieval fantasy with a heavy emphasis on ornate, steam- and gear-driven machinery, flawlessly integrated into the environment. Read more »