Comic Book Review: Demon Knights Vol. 1 (Seven Against the Dark) by Paul Cornell, Diogenes Neves & Oclair Albert When DC Comics rebooted their mainline universe in 2011, this left them free to rearrange the past of that universe . To fill in part of that timeline, we have this title. After a brief moment… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Demon Knights Vol. 1 (Seven Against the Dark)
Comic Book Review: Ghosts #1
Comic Book Review: Ghosts #1 After the Comics Code was revised in the 1970s, DC Comics had a small explosion of horror anthology titles. One of these was “Ghosts”, which had the gimmick of being almost entirely allegedly true ghost stories. Even as a teenager I realized that these “true” stories were bull, but it… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Ghosts #1
Book Review: A Planet of Your Own/The Beasts of Kohl
Book Review: A Planet of Your Own/The Beasts of Kohl Back in the day, science fiction and fantasy novels tended to be much shorter than they are now. In some cases, so short that they didn’t make a decent-sized paperback. So Ace Books came up with the Ace Double, two novels (or short story collections)… Continue reading Book Review: A Planet of Your Own/The Beasts of Kohl
TV Review: The Adventures of Jim Bowie
TV Review: The Adventures of Jim Bowie I watched several episodes of this 1950s television show via a Mill Creek DVD. As you might have guessed, this series is a heavily fictionalized story about the famous land speculator and knife fighter, Jim Bowie, popularizer of the blade that bears his name. The series is primarily… Continue reading TV Review: The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Manga Review: Ninja Papa
Manga Review: Ninja Papa by Yasuhito Yamamoto. Nobuo Matsuri is a typical Japanese salaryman (office worker.) At thirty-two, he’s got a low-paying dead-end job at a second-rate food company, an incompetent boss who treats him like dirt, a heavily-mortgaged home and a nagging mother-in-law who never hesitates to point out all the many ways in… Continue reading Manga Review: Ninja Papa
Manga Review: Shonen Jump Alpha
Manga Review: Shonen Jump Alpha Let’s start with something hefty, shall we? Shounen Jump is the #1 manga anthology magazine in Japan, selling in the millions of copies. Its emphasis on the themes of “friendship, struggle, victory!” have made it a favorite of both its primary demographic of teenage boys (“shounen”) and the general public.… Continue reading Manga Review: Shonen Jump Alpha
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Greetings, citizens of the internet! This blog is primarily for book and pop culture reviews. I may post some fanfic from time to time as well. Please stand by for more excitement! Related posts: Book Review: George W. Hamilton, USMC: America’s Greatest World War I Hero Comic Book Review: World of the Dragonlords Book… Continue reading Hello world!