On Saturday, May 2nd, I encourage everyone to visit a friendly neighborhood comic book shop. Chances are, you’ll be walking out of there with a free issue! 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 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 »