Manga Review: Dr. Slump Volume 6 by Akira Toriyama Dr. Senbei Norimaki is an eccentric inventor who lives in the isolated Penguin Village. Because his machines are often defective or goofy-looking, he has the nickname Dr. Slump. One day, he decides to create a robot girl, which he names Arale. She’s remarkably human-looking (and needs… Continue reading Manga Review: Dr. Slump Volume 6
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Magazine Review: Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021
Magazine Review: Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021 edited by Sheila Williams Back in 1977, Isaac Asimov was one of the top three or so science fiction writers in the world, and had a very strong personal brand. So when Davis Publications wanted to create a “name brand magazine” for science fiction like Ellery Queen Mystery… Continue reading Magazine Review: Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2021
Webtoon Review: Invincible
Webtoon Review: Invincible Markus “Mark” Grayson is, on the surface, a fairly typical teenager in his final year of high school. He studies, is interested in a girl, has a terrible part time job, and worries about living up to his father’s expectations. What makes this a bit more unusual is that Mark’s father Nolan… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Invincible
Book Review: Doomstar
Book Review: Doomstar by Edmond Hamilton Johnny Kettrick used to have it good. As a human of Earth heritage born and raised in the Hyades Cluster, and gifted with a friendly nature, he’d become a top trader between the many cultures in that crowded part of the galaxy. Unfortunately, he’d also developed a healthy disregard… Continue reading Book Review: Doomstar
TV Review: DC Super Hero Girls (2019)
TV Review: DC Super Hero Girls (2019) Barbara Gordon’s father, James W. Gordon, has decided that Gotham City is far too dangerous a place to raise a teenage girl. (And honestly, have you seen it?) So he’s resigned his position as Gotham City’s police commissioner and moved to Metropolis. Barbara is already missing her best… Continue reading TV Review: DC Super Hero Girls (2019)
Movie Review: The War of the Worlds (1953)
Movie Review: The War of the Worlds (1953) directed by Byron Haskin It is the mid-Twentieth Century, and what appears to be a meteor lands near a small town in rural California. Among the people that come to see the object is Dr. Clayton Forrester (Gene Barry), a physicist from the Pacific Institute who’d been fishing… Continue reading Movie Review: The War of the Worlds (1953)
Comic Book Review: 2000 A.D. Progs 2206-2209
Comic Book Review: 2000 A.D. Progs 2206-2209 edited by Tharg Over the years, the long-running British speculative fiction comic paper 2000 AD has strayed from its original demographic of British schoolboys somewhat. As in, it’s got a lot more “not safe for school” content. As a way of allowing younger readers to enjoy a taste,… Continue reading Comic Book Review: 2000 A.D. Progs 2206-2209
Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents: Justice League of America Volume 2
Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents Justice League of America Volume 2 edited by Julius Schwartz The Justice League of America debuted in The Brave and the Bold #28 (March 1960.) It was a retread of the Golden Age Justice Society of America, teaming up several of DC Comics’ superhero characters to promote all of them.… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents: Justice League of America Volume 2
Book Review: World’s Best Science Fiction: Third Series
Book Review: World’s Best Science Fiction: Third Series edited by Donald A. Wollheim and Terry Carr (also printed as “World’s Best Science Fiction 1967”) The introduction to this volume of science fiction stories from 1966 mentions that there was a tendency to longer stories in the field, perhaps because many of the ideas required more… Continue reading Book Review: World’s Best Science Fiction: Third Series
Webtoon Review: Kid Cosmic
Webtoon Review: Kid Cosmic “Kid” lives in a wide spot on I-70 in the American Southwest desert. There’s Mo’s Diner, a truck stop where most of the regulars have their own favorite stools, Flores Florists, the junkyard where Kid lives with his grandfather Papa G (a found objects artist), and that’s about it. Orphaned some… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Kid Cosmic