Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: Beyond Halloween Town: The Story, the Characters, and the Legacy by Emily Zemler
By Gordon S. Miller |
Author Emily Zemler, who describes her younger self as “a black clothing-clad weirdo” in the Introduction, helps commemorate the 30th ...
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Book Review: Totem by Laura Pérez
By Steve Geise |
In Laura Pérez’s beautiful, bewildering graphic novel, a flashback begets another flashback, unidentified characters drift in and out of the ...
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Book Review: Eden II by K. Wroten
By Steve Geise |
K. Wroten’s sophomore graphic novel is a sprawling, 452-page meditation on the bleak existence faced by the current twenty-something generation. ...
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Book Review: Ernie in Kovacsland: Writings, Drawings, and Photographs from Television’s Original Genius
By Gordon S. Miller |
Ernie Kovacs was a comic pioneer in television as well as a television pioneer in comedy. During the 1950s, both ...
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Book Review: Horror Unmasked: A History of Terror from Nosferatu to Nope by Brad Weismann
By Davy |
The horror genre is still regarded by many as the bastard stepchild of film. A lot of people continue to ...
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Book Review: Memoirs of a Man in Pajamas by Paco Roca
By Steve Geise |
This is not a new graphic novel by Spanish cartoonist Paco Roca. Instead, it’s a compilation of archival autobiographical comic ...
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Book Review: Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work by Ian Nathan
By Gordon S. Miller |
Housed in a slipcase, Ian Nathan's Christopher Nolan: The Iconic Filmmaker and His Work takes readers on an unofficial and ...
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Book Review: Starseeds 3 by Charles Glaubitz
By Steve Geise |
By any conventional literary measure, the Starseeds series is bewildering and left so far open to interpretation that it’s difficult ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge “Cave of Ali Baba” by Carl Barks
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge “Cave of Ali Baba” is Volume 28 in Fantagraphics' The Complete Carl Barks Disney Library. It ...
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Book Review: Werewolf Jones & Sons: Deluxe Super Fun Annual by Simon Hanselmann and Josh Pettinger
By Mat Brewster |
I am not by any means a prude, but I should have never read Werewolf Jones & Songs: Deluxe Super ...
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Book Review: Out There: The Science Behind Sci-Fi Film and TV by Ariel Waldman
By David Wangberg |
Science fiction is a genre that has predicted many current inventions. And yet, at the time of release, certain movies ...
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Book Review: Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Count Roquefort Case and Other Stories: The Disney Afternoon Adventures Vol. 3
By Kent Conrad |
The third in Fantagraphics reprint series, Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: The Count Roquefort Case and Other Stories: The Disney ...
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Book Review: Scrooge McDuck: The Dragon of Glasgow by Joris Chamblain and Fabrizio Petrossi
By Kent Conrad |
Scrooge McDuck is best known from either DuckTales, or from the 1983 Disney Short, "Mickey's Christmas Carol." There he played, ...
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Book Review: The Complete Peanuts 1987-1988: A Lovingly Curated Collection of Charles M. Schulz’ Brilliant Strips
By generaljabbo |
For nearly 50 years, Charles M. Schulz captured the hearts and imaginations of readers with his beloved Peanuts characters. Charlie ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge: Operation Galleon Grab by Giorgio Cavazzano
By Kent Conrad |
While never a major draw in the United States, comic book stories starring the main line Disney cartoon characters, Mickey ...
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Book Review: Alison by Lizzy Stewart
By Steve Geise |
Alison is a plain teenager getting by in a small English town, running out the clock on her high school ...
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Book Review: Dear Mini: A Graphic Memoir, Book One by Natalie Norris
By Steve Geise |
Natalie Norris was just 16 years old when she was shipped off from the U.S. to France for a summer ...
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Book Review: Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies by Léonie Bischoff
By Darcy Staniforth |
Diarist and author Anaïs Nin lived an extraordinary and controversial life. From Henry Miller to John Steinbeck, she had many lovers ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies 1932-1935: Starring Bucky Bug and Donald Duck
By Gordon S. Miller |
Previously available from IDW/The Library of American Comics in 2016, Fantagraphics has now released their edition of Walt Disney's Silly ...
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Book Review: The Planetoid and Other Stories by Al Feldstein and Joe Orlando
By Steve Geise |
After over 30 volumes in the long-running Fantagraphics EC Artists’ Library series, Joe Orlando’s sci-fi stories return to the spotlight ...
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Book Review: Nudism Comes to Connecticut by Susan Schade and Jon Buller
By Steve Geise |
Imagine having a scandalous but fascinating tale buried deep within the branches of your family tree. Then imagine having the ...
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Book Review: Eddie Muller’s Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir: A Complete Package
By Darcy Staniforth |
Dark corners. Quiet conversations. Secrets that get spilled after a few too many. This could be a scene from a ...
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Book Review: Listen, Beautiful Márcia by Marcello Quintanilha
By Steve Geise |
Brazilian favelas typically evoke images of poverty, drugs, and desperation, as most notably explored in the film City of God. ...
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Book Review: Doris Danger: Giant Monsters Amok by Chris Wisnia & Ricky Sprague
By Kent Conrad |
As the American comic book industry developed in the '60s, it became significantly less diverse. Superheroes eventually became, essentially, the ...
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Book Review: Inside Comedy: The Soul, Wit, and Bite of Comedy and Comedians of the Last Five Decades by David Steinberg
By Greg Hammond |
David Steinberg is a man of many talents. He performed improv at Second City before becoming a stand-up comedian known ...
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Book Review: Out of My Head: The Imaginary Creatures of Josep Baqué by Brian Chidester
By David Wangberg |
Josep Baqué was an artist with whom very few are familiar. His artwork went mostly unknown, as he never shared ...
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Book Review: Salome’s Last Dance by Daria Tessler
By Mat Brewster |
Portland artist Daria Tessler's second comic book published by Fantagraphics is a short, strange trip that finds influences from such ...
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Book Review: Sydney Pollack: A Subliminal Existentialist by Wes D. Gehring
By Davy |
Director/producer/actor Sydney Pollack (1934-2008) was one of the unsung heroes of cinematic and popular culture. His films ranged from Depression-era ...
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Book Review: Daughters of Snow and Cinders by Núria Tamarit
By Steve Geise |
When a determined young adventurer sets out into the wilderness in search of gold, she quickly encounters threats from the ...
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Book Review: Jessica Lange: An Adventurer’s Heart by Anthony Uzarowski
By Davy |
Being a film lover, I have read a few actor/actress biographies in my time, but I've rarely come across one ...
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Book Review: Eddie Muller’s Noir Bar: Cocktails Inspired by the World of Film Noir
By Davy |
I am not a drinker whatsoever, but I do love film noir. So, Noir Bar, the delightful new photo-book by ...
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Book Review: The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Eric LaRocca
By Greg Hammond |
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There by Bram Stoker Award Finalist Eric LaRocca is a collection of “literary dark ...
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Book Review: Night Terror by John Kenn Mortensen
By Mat Brewster |
On more than one occasion I've had a dream where I woke up, got up from bed, and went to ...
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Book Review: Fools Die on Friday by Erle Stanley Gardner
By Kent Conrad |
Donald Lam knows the girl's a phony. He knows from the second he sees the monogram on her cigarette case ...
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Book Review: The Heavy Bright by Cathy Malkasian
By Steve Geise |
A young girl is tasked with a seemingly impossible quest: to hunt down and destroy 999 black eggs closely held ...
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Book Review: Ephemera: A Memoir by Briana Loewinsohn
By Steve Geise |
Briana Loewinsohn’s debut graphic novel heralds the arrival of an intriguing new talent already operating at a masterful level. Her ...
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Book Review: Dark City: The Lost World of Film Noir (Revised and Expanded Edition) by Eddie Muller
By Gordon S. Miller |
Author Eddie Muller, founder and president of the Film Noir Foundation and host of TCM's Noir Alley, once again serves ...
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Book Review: T*ts & Cl*ts 1972-1987: An Underground, Women-made Comix Gets the Fantagraphics Touch
By Jack Cormack |
Out this month, Tits & Clits 1972-1987 (Fantagraphics Books) compiles for the first time (in a single, handsome volume) all ...
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Book Review: Mickey and Donald: For Whom the Doorbell Tolls
By Steve Geise |
In 1999, a teacher at Disney’s Italian school for cartoonists presented his students with a prompt: select a short story ...
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Book Review: Evita: The Life and Work of Eva Perón by Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Alberto and Enrique Breccia
By Steve Geise |
Fantagraphics continues their series of Alberto Breccia releases with this graphic biography of the polarizing Argentine icon, Eva Perón, popularly ...
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Book Review: The George Herriman Library: Krazy & Ignatz 1925-1927
By Kent Conrad |
Krazy Kat is the kind of thing that doesn't happen. The comic strip ran for almost 30 years despite irritation ...
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Book Review: Talespin: Flight of the Sky-Raker and Other Stories: The Disney Afternoon Adventures Vol. 2
By Kent Conrad |
Disney Afternoon was a staple of after-school procrastination for nearly a decade, from 1990-1997. Several of those years included my ...
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Book Review: Spa by Erik Svetoft
By Mat Brewster |
Swedish writer/illustrator Erik Svetoft's Spa is a Kafkaesque adventure that plunges into a Lynchian nightmare. Set in a high-class, luxury ...
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Book Review: The Extraordinary Part: Book One: Orsay’s Hands by Florent Ruppert and Jerome Mulot
By Steve Geise |
The latest work from powerhouse French graphic novelist duo Ruppert and Merlot imagines a world much like our own with ...
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Book Review: Kevin Smith: His Films and Fans, Compiled & Edited by David Gati
By David Wangberg |
No matter what you think of director Kevin Smith, there’s no denying that the 52-year-old filmmaker has something out of ...
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Book Review: Rock on Film: The Movies That Rocked the Big Screen by Fred Goodman
By Gordon S. Miller |
Author Fred Goodman takes readers on a tour of Rock on Film for Turner Classic Movies. After revealing his first ...
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Book Review: Tonechaser – Understanding Edward: My 26-Year Journey with Edward Van Halen by Steve Rosen
By Jade Blackmore |
While there have been many books chronicling Eddie Van Halen’s life and music, Steve Rosen’s Tonechaser is by the far ...
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Book Review: Being Bond: A Daniel Craig Retrospective by Mark Salisbury
By David Wangberg |
Daniel Craig’s final outing as James Bond in No Time to Die reminded us all how much of an impact ...
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Book Review: TCM Underground: 50 Must-See Films from the World of Classic Cult and Late-Night Cinema by Millie De Chirico & Quatoyiah Murry
By Gordon S. Miller |
Since October 27, 2006, TCM Underground, as stated on the book's jacket, has been a “Turner Classic Movies series that ...
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Book Review: Five Decembers by James Kestrel
By Greg Hammond |
Joe McGrady has been a beat cop in Hawaii since he left the Army five years ago. But it’s the ...
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Book Review: The Man Who Fell to Earth by Dan Watters and Dev Pramanik
By Steve Geise |
The creators of this new graphic novel were faced with three apparent approaches to its production: craft an adaptation of ...
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Comic Book Review: G.I. Joe – A Real American Hero #299: The Penultimate Issue at IDW Sets up an Exciting Finale
By generaljabbo |
For being the penultimate issue of G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero, issue #299 (part four of the “All ...
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Book Review: G.I. Joe – A Real American Hero: Saturday Morning Adventures: The TV Show Comes to Life in This Fun Miniseries
By generaljabbo |
During the 1980s, G.I. Joe - A Real American Hero, was seemingly everywhere. What began as a successful toy line ...
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Book Review: G.I. Joe – A Real American Hero 40th Anniversary Special by Larry Hama
By generaljabbo |
The 1960s had G.I. Joe, America’s Movable Fighting Man, a series of doll-sized action figures that highlighted all branches of ...
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TV Review: Love & Rockets: The Great American Comic Book
By Steve Geise |
After 40 years of ongoing publication, the Love & Rockets comic book is long overdue for a celebratory retrospective. Thankfully, ...
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Book Review: Danger on the Silver Screen: 50 Films Celebrating Cinema’s Greatest Stunts by Scott McGee
By Joe Garcia III |
Relive some of motion picture’s most exciting moments through action-packed, full-color photos in Danger on the Silver Screen: 50 Films ...
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Book Review: Disneyanity: Of ‘Walt’ & Religion by Douglas Brode
By Joe Garcia III |
Disneyanity isn't a theological work of compare and contrast or how Disney and world religions stack up against one another. ...
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Book Review: Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator by Sofia Warren
By Steve Geise |
A young Latina politician runs for and wins office in New York as a virtual unknown, ousting a veteran incumbent ...
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Book Review: Lennon, the Mobster & the Lawyer: The Untold Story by Jay Bergen
By Jade Blackmore |
Lennon, the Mobster & the Lawyer: The Untold Story by Jay Bergen recounts one of John Lennon’s less publicized legal ...
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Book Review: It’s Alive! by Julian David Stone
By Joe Garcia III |
Inspired by true events! It’s Alive! is a fantastic, fictional account of the final days leading up to the filming ...
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Book Review: Tough Tender by Max Allan Collins
By Greg Hammond |
Tough Tender, by Max Allan Collins, is the latest double-issue reprint from Hard Case Crime book publishers and includes two ...
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Book Review: The Junction by Norm Konyu
By Steve Geise |
Far too rarely, a graphic novel lands in the market with such an assured sense of style and substance that ...
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Book Review: Girls on Film: Lessons from a Life of Watching Women in Movies by Alicia Malone
By Davy |
The lovely Alicia Malone has proven herself to be a great film reporter, writer, and fellow movie geek. One of ...
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Book Review: The Unseen Photos of Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street by Trevor Crafts
By Gordon S. Miller |
If you are the kind of person who not only enjoys magic tricks, but wants to know how they saw ...
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Book Review: Hitchcock and the Censors by John Billheimer
By Kent Conrad |
Alfred Hitchcock was a weird guy. That's not a slur on his character, but a statement of fact. He was ...
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Book Review: Otto Preminger: The Man Who Be King by Foster Hirsch
By Davy |
The legendary (for better and worse) Otto Preminger was one of the most influential and progressive people in Hollywood history. ...
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Book Review: Starstruck: My Unlikely Road to Hollywood by Leonard Maltin
By David Wangberg |
He has covered the entertainment industry since he was 13 years old. At some point, maybe even right now, his ...
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Book Review: Hitchcock and the Censors by John Billheimer
By Davy |
Censorship is a long and deranged form of limitation toward the freedoms and boundless expression in all forms of media, ...
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From the Couch Hole: Got to Pay Your Dues
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we went into Cream and KrispyKreme. The previous episode was pretty funyan and we talked about Love/Hate ...
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Book Review: Jayne Mansfield: The Girl Couldn’t Help It by Eve Golden
By Darcy Staniforth |
If you saw a headline about a blonde bombshell actress living in a “pink palace” with her muscular husband, pack ...
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Book Review: Alien 3 by Pat Cadigan, based on the Unproduced First-Draft Screenplay by William Gibson
By Mark Buckingham |
Alien 3 has been saddled with challenges since it was first announced. Multiple directors and screenplay efforts came forward, and ...
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From the Couch Hole: Dreaming My Life Away
By Shawn Bourdo |
Previously on FTCH, we spoke about sassy spirits, snakes in the spice aisle, and spicy sweet Dew. This week continued ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 29: 1976-1977 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strip debuted on October 4, 1931 named after its lead character, a by-the-book police detective ...
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Book Review: The Art and Making of The Stand by Andy Burns
By Jack Cormack |
Priced at $45, The Art and Making of The Stand (Titan Books) is a coffee-table bit of glossiness devoted to ...
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Book Review: Summer Movies: 30 Sun-Drenched Classics by John Malahy
By Davy |
Normally, I have never been into Summer, especially due to the hot, stifling weather; mosquitoes, screaming children at play, overcrowded ...
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Book Review: Castle in the Air by Donald E. Westlake
By Greg Hammond |
Castle in the Air, by Donald E. Westlake, is a recent crime caper reprint (1980) from the always entertaining Hard ...
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Book Review: Two for the Money by Max Allan Collins
By Greg Hammond |
Two for the Money, by Max Allan Collins, is the latest double issue reprint from the almost always good Hard ...
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Book Review: Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming by Stan Sakai
By Gordon S. Miller |
Usagi Yojimbo: Homecoming is Book 35 in the collected volumes of Stan Sakai's long running comic book series and the ...
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Book Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection, Volume 5
By Gordon S. Miller |
The fifth volume of IDW's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Collection opens with Issue #56, Part 7 of the ...
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Book Review: Alien: Into Charybdis by Alex White
By Mark Buckingham |
There's a tendency in the Alien universe for humans to try to tame/control the chitinous ebony extraterrestrial monsters, and it ...
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Book Review: Usagi Yojimbo Origins Volume 01 by Stan Sakai
By Gordon S. Miller |
Over the course of his comic book career, Stan Sakai has become a legend in the industry, winning numerous awards ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy Volume 28: 1974-1976 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strip debuted on October 4, 1931 named after the lead character, a square-jawed, yellow-hat-and-jacket-wearing police ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon Volume 10: 1965-1966 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
Since January 2012, the Library of American Comics, by way of IDW Publishing, has been releasing collections of Milton Caniff's ...
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Book Review: Later by Stephen King: Growing Up with Ghosts
By Jack Cormack |
Dismiss his output from the last few decades all you like: Stephen King is a master of sentence construction. And ...
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By Gordon S. Miller |
Tying in with Disney+'s WandaVision, Marvel has repackaged some of the duo's adventures in Vision & the Scarlet Witch: The ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 27: 1972-1974 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume ...
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Book Review: Wolverine: Weapon X Omnibus by Cerasini, Mack, and Matthews
By Greg Hammond |
Wolverine: Weapon X Omnibus is a collection of three classic Logan, aka Wolverine of X-Men fame, novels from Titan Books. ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume Five (1993-1996) by Lynn Johnston
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski In 1995, I was a senior in high school and Michael Patterson was just starting college. ...
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Book Review: Corto Maltese: Mu, The Lost Continent by Hugo Pratt
By Steve Geise |
Italian comics star Hugo Pratt led a life that was nearly as adventurous as his most famous character, Corto Maltese. ...
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Book Review: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Crusader’s Curse by Stuart Douglas
By Greg Hammond |
The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: The Crusader’s Curse (2020) by Stuart Douglas is the thirty-second entry in The Further Adventures of ...
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Book Review: Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales – Wings of Fury by Brittney Morris
By Greg Hammond |
Marvel Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Wings of Fury by Brittney Morris is a prequel to the video game Marvel Spider-Man: ...
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Book Review: Harry Dean Stanton: Hollywood’s Zen Rebel by Joseph B. Atkins
By Greg Hammond |
Harry Dean Stanton: Hollywood's Zen Rebel, by Joseph B. Atkins (University Press of Kentucky, 2020), is a carefully crafted tribute ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 15: 1953-1954 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strip debuted on October 4, 1931 named after the lead character, a square-jawed, yellow-hat-and-jacket-wearing police detective. In ...
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Book Review: Maureen O’Hara: The Biography by Aubrey Malone
By Greg Hammond |
Maureen O'Hara: The Biography by Aubrey Malone (University Press of Kentucky - 2020) is a heartfelt biography of the screen ...
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Book Review: Serpentine by Philip Pullman
By Greg Hammond |
Serpentine, by Philip Pullman, is the latest entry into the author’s much lauded His Dark Materials. Coming in at fewer ...
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Book Review: The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway, edited by Una McCormack
By Greg Hammond |
The Autobiography of Kathryn Janeway, by Una McCormack, is the third book in a series of planned Star Trek “autobiographies” ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry by Dan Curry and Ben Robinson
By Greg Hammond |
In Star Trek: The Artistry of Dan Curry by Dan Curry and Ben Robinson, the reader is constantly reminded that ...
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Book Review: Blade Runner 2049 – Interlinked – The Art by Tanya Lapointe
By David Wangberg |
I remember back in 2017, after I had just exited the IMAX presentation of Blade Runner 2049, being absolutely stunned by ...
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Book Review: Joe Alves: Designing Jaws by Dennis Prince
By Gordon S. Miller |
Special make-up effects artist and The Walking Dead executive producer Greg Nicotero, who cites Steven Spielberg's Jaws as an inspiration for his becoming a ...
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Book Review: Alien: 40 Years 40 Artists by Various
By Mark Buckingham |
I took the opportunity to review Alien: 40 Years 40 Artists because I'm an Alien nut, then realized I don't really know anything about ...
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Book Review: Picturing Peter Bogdanovich: My Conversations with the New Hollywood Director by Peter Tonguette
By Jack Cormack |
Director Peter Bogdanovich is neither misunderstood nor unappreciated, I think. His claim to fame as a movie brat (though he might ...
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Book Review: Gramercy Park by Timothée de Fombelle and Christian Cailleaux
By Mat Brewster |
On top of a tall building stands a woman. She keeps bees. She talks to them. She loves them. Across ...
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Book Review: Run-Out Groove: Inside Capitol’s 1980s Hits & Stiffs by Dave Morrell
By Kit O'Toole |
In the 1980s, everything seemed bigger: the fashions, the drugs, the money, and even the sound of music. For Dave ...
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Book Review: Tiananmen 1989: Our Shattered Hopes by Lun Zhang
By David Wangberg |
I was not even five years old when the events of Tiananmen Square took place in Beijing, China in 1989. ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Silver Age Sundays, Volume 2 (1963-1966)
By Cinema Sentries |
Written By Chad Derdowski For more than 25 years, the Man of Steel fought for truth and justice in newspapers ...
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Book Review: The Last Book on the Left: Stories of Murder and Mayhem from History’s Most Notorious Serial Killers
By Darcy Staniforth |
Dark humor and dark subject matter seem to go hand in hand. Combine those things with the incredible illustrations of ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume Four (1990-1993) by Lynn Johnston
By Cinema Sentries |
Written By Chad Derdowski IDW and the Library of American Comics continue their tradition of collecting some of the finest ...
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Book Review: Aliens: Phalanx by Scott Sigler
By Mark Buckingham |
I've been riding the Alien train for the better part of 40 years now, and through the franchises high points ...
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Book Review: Making Moon by Simon Ward
By Kent Conrad |
Hard sci-fi differentiates itself from the other kind by trying to follow the rules of physics and take place in ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 26: 1970-1972 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume 26 presents the dailies ...
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Book Review: Cult Filmmakers: 50 Movie Mavericks You Need to Know by Ian Haydn Smith
By Gordon S. Miller |
Cult Filmmakers finds author Ian Haydn Smith shining the spotlight on 50 movie mavericks. The illustration on the cover by Kristelle ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume Three (1986-1989) by Lynn Johnston
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski From 1979 to 2008, Lynn Johnston showcased the joy and strife of family life in her ...
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Book Review: Treasures Retold: The Lost Art of Alex Toth
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Not too long ago, I had the pleasure of reviewing Alex Toth's Bravo For Adventure as well as Genius, ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Golden Age Dailies 1947-1949 by Alvin Schwartz, Wayne Boring, et al.
By generaljabbo |
Superman remains one of the most beloved and collected superhero characters of all time. Some of the rarest Superman collectibles ...
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Book Review: The Art of Godzilla: King of the Monsters by Abbie Bernstein
By Gordon S. Miller |
Abbie Bernstein takes readers behind the scenes with pre-production concept artwork and on-set photography from director/co-writer Michael Dougherty's Godzilla: King of ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through the Mirror by Tipton, Tipton, et. al.
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the Star Trek franchise, there is a parallel universe dubbed the "Mirror Universe" where the evil Terran Empire, which rules through ...
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Book Review: Strange Cures by Rob Zabrecky
By Darcy Staniforth |
A good magician is always a joy to witness, but when a magician can curate a full experience of amazing ...
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Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Vol. 5, 1985-1986 by Stan Lee, Floro Dery, and Dan Barry
By Steve Geise |
In its early years, the daily Spider-Man comic strip had typically followed a comfortable pattern of Spider-Man facing off against ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 8 by John Byrne
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated in my previous reviews of this book series, John Byrne and IDW Publishing are presenting the lost missions ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume Two (1982-1986) by Lynn Johnston
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski In 1978, after publishing a handful of humorous parenting books, Lynn Johnston was asked by Universal ...
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Book Review: Justice League: The Art of the Film by Abbie Bernstein
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Let’s get this out of the way right here at the beginning: I haven’t seen Justice ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume One (1979-1982) by Lynn Johnston
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Since Lynn Johnston's For Better or For Worse launched in 1979, it has been syndicated in ...
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Book Review: The Art and Making of Kong: Skull Island by Simon Ward
By Gordon S. Miller |
Author Simon Ward takes viewers to and behind the scenes of Kong: Skull Island in his book that looks at ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 7: 1959-1960 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon ran from January 13, 1947 until June 4, 1988. The strip's titular hero served as an ...
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Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Vol. 4, 1983-1984 by Stan Lee, Fred Kida, and Floro Dery
By Steve Geise |
With Fred Kida in control on daily art duties, Stan Lee started his writing chores in 1983 with nearly four ...
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Book Review: Wonder Woman: The Art and Making of the Film by Sharon Gosling
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski With a history dating back to 1941 and a variety of interpretations in comics, prose, and ...
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Book Review: Aliens: Bug Hunt, Edited by Jonathan Maberry
By Mark Buckingham |
Each film in the original Alien trilogy represents a unique approach to science fiction. Alien took sci-fi and suspense and ...
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Book Review: Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 4 (1945-1947)
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Jeff Provine Everything old is new again with the upcoming reboot of Duck Tales on Disney XD, which ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales, Volume One
By Gordon S. Miller |
Walt Disney was a savvy businessman. With a staff of talented writers and artists employed to create films, he was ...
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Book Review: Batman: A Celebration of the Classic TV Series by Bob Garcia and Joe Desris
By Gordon S. Miller |
Given its own yellow utility belt, Batman: A Celebration of the Classic TV Series is a marvelous compendium about the ...
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Book Review: Star Wars: The Complete Classic Newspaper Comics, Vol. 1
By Gordon S. Miller |
Before The Empire Strikes Back was released in 1980, Star Wars fans who wanted more stories from George Lucas' “galaxy ...
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Books Review: Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics, Volume 3 and The Complete Sunday Newspaper Comics, Volume 2 (1943-1945)
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Book Review: Red Barry: Undercover Man, Vol. 1 (1934-1935) by Will Gould
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I adored newspaper comic strips as I was growing up. My parents took in the Tulsa World, which was a ...
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Book Review: Star Hawks, Volume One: 1977-1978 by Gil Kane and Ron Goulart
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Book Review: Superman: The Golden Age Newspaper Dailies (1942-1944)
By Cinema Sentries |
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Having previously collected and released the James Bond newspaper comic-strip adventures that ran in British newspapers, including in Omnibus Volumes ...
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Book Review: Film Noir Light and Shadow: Shedding Light on Dark Films
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Much like the Supreme Court with pornography, I find "film noir" difficult to define, but I know it when I ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 21: 1962-1964 by Chester Gould
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As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Vol. 2: Where Some Fans May Never Have Gone Before
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Author Scott Tracy Griffin has followed up his Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration with Tarzan on Film, a marvelous exploration of ...
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Book Review: LOAC Essentials Vol. 8: King Features Essentials 1: Krazy Kat 1934 by George Harriman: Rare Dailies of the Kraziest of Komics
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It is ironic that, in the era of the Internet which has disrupted so much of modern publishing, it has ...
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Books Review: Star Trek: New Visions Issue #3 “Cry Vengeance” and Issue #4 “Made Out of Mudd” by John Byrne
By Rons Reviews |
When I was growing up two of the things that I was really into were comic books and Star Trek. ...
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Book Review: The Art of Selling Movies by John McElwee
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Tim Gebhart Today's digital media dislodged or diminished a variety of other media. Some are conspicuous: VHS and ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays, Volume 2 (1953-1956)
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays, Volume 2 (1953-1956) is the fourth collection of classic Superman Sunday ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies Vol. 2 (1935-1939)
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From 1929 to 1939, the Walt Disney company created 75 original animated short films under its Silly Symphonies line. As ...
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Book Review: Batman: The Silver Age Newspaper Comics Vol. 3, 1969-1972
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Long before most of us were reading the funny pages, Batman was finishing up a six-year comic strip run fueled ...
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Book Review: Fireball: Carole Lombard and the Mystery of Flight 3 by Robert Matzen
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Written by Tim Gebhart Like the rest of America, World War II transformed Hollywood. Within 10 days of Pearl Harbor, ...
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Book Review: Li’l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays, Volume 8: 1949-1950 by Al Capp
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As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect Li'l Abner: The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays ...
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Book Review: The Complete David Bowie (Revised and Updated 2016 Edition) by Nicholas Pegg
By Gordon S. Miller |
"Complete" is an accurate description of this astoundingly thorough encyclopedia of Bowie's work. The book naturally opens with "The Songs ...
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Book Review: Feeding Hannibal: A Connoisseur’s Cookbook by Janice Poon
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Hannibal was one of the most beautiful yet disturbing shows I have ever seen. One of the most beautiful aspects ...
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Book Review: Aliens: The Set Photography by Simon Ward
By Mark Buckingham |
The movie Aliens turned 30 recently, and there are rumblings of another movie in the Alien universe in the works, ...
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Book Review: Only the Dead Know Burbank by Bradford Tatum
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Jeff Provine Dracula, Frankenstein, the Phantom of the Opera: all members of the classic horror era that continues ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 20: 1961-1962 by Chester Gould
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As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume ...
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Book Review: The Blacklist: Elizabeth Keen’s Dossier by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry: A Reminder of the Show’s Original Vision
By Greg Barbrick |
"If you are reading this, then something has gone wrong" are the first words we encounter in the new book ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: 50 Artists 50 Years
By Todd Karella |
It's been 50 years since the original Star Trek television show debuted on television. While the original series lasted only ...
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Book Review: The Art and Making of The Flash by Abbie Bernstein
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Over the last couple of years, the CW has built up a number of television series based on the DC ...
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Book Review: To Pixar and Beyond by Lawrence Levy: Surprisingly Accessible Financial Memoir
By Kent Conrad |
If Toy Story had flopped, it would have been the end of Steve Jobs. Remembered in his later life for ...
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Comic Book Review: Motor Crush #1 by Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart, and Babs Tarr
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Katelyn Powers Last year, a team of creatives re-designed a popular DC Comics heroine known as Batgirl. (Note: ...
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Kristen’s Book Club for December 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Winter is upon us. Snow is falling, cocoa is plentiful and there's no better time to ...
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Kristen’s Book Club for November 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez The temperatures dropping and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. But that's no reason to stop ...
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Book Review: TV Finales FAQ by Stephen Tropiano and Holly Van Buren
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The Applause FAQ series of books typically make for good reads and resources for fans of a particular pop-culture franchise, ...
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Kristen’s Book Club for October 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Feel that chill in the air? It's time to grab a mug of tea and curl ...
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Book Review: Batman: Facts and Stats from the Classic TV Show by Y.Y. Flurch & Rian Hughes
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan This year marks the 50th anniversary of Batman, the TV show based on the popular comic ...
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Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Vol. 3, 1981-1982 by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, and Fred Kida
By Steve Geise |
After taking over the art duties from comic strip originating artist John Romita Sr., Stan Lee's brother Larry Lieber continued ...
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Paperback Review: Madeline Kahn – Being The Music, A Life by William V. Madison
By Davy |
As we all know, Madeline Kahn was a genius, a trailblazer, and a comedy icon. We fell in love with ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume 1 (1969-1970)
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the episode “The Alternative Factor” from the first season of the Original Series, the Enterprise crew have their first ...
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Kristen’s Book Club for September 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez School's starting up and if you have kids that means you'll actually have time to read ...
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Kristen’s Book Club for August 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez The summer is winding down and school is only a few weeks away. Here's what's worth ...
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Kristen’s Book Club for July 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez The sun is out and the temperature's rising. What better way to spend your time than ...
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Book Review: The Nice Guys: The Official Movie Novelization by Charles Ardai
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by The Vern I know it may be difficult for some of you to understand, but there was a ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 6: 1957-1958 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
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Kristen’s Book Club for June 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez From a romantic adaptation to the world of classic Hollywood, here's a trio of titles worth ...
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Book Review: Hollywood Cafe: Coffee with the Stars by Steven Rea
By Darcy Staniforth |
Author Steven Rea has collected photos of over 200 Hollywood stars enjoying coffee in his book Hollywood Café: Coffee with ...
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By Gordon S. Miller |
In his introduction, author J.B. Kaufman reveals that he considers Walt Disney's Pinocchio (1940) a member of “the fraternity of ...
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Book Review: Firefly: The Gorramn Shiniest Dictionary and Phrasebook in the ‘Verse
By Mark Buckingham |
I missed the Firefly bandwagon back when it initially aired, probably because I didn't have cable at the time or ...
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Kristen’s Book Club for May 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Our Gang: A Racial History of the Little Rascals by Julia Lee The cherubic innocence of ...
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Book Review: The Rocky Horror Picture Show FAQ by Dave Thompson
By Jade Blackmore |
Richard O' Brien's gender-bending musical The Rocky Horror Show premiered in London in 1973, at the height of the U.K.'s ...
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Book Review: Batman V Superman — Dawn of Justice: The Art of the Film by Peter Aperlo
By generaljabbo |
Batman V Superman — Dawn Of Justice is a landmark event in the DC Extended Universe. It marks the first ...
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Book Review: Batman V Superman — Dawn of Justice: Tech Manual by Adam Newell and Sharon Gosling
By generaljabbo |
Through the years, the Batman character has been known for his gadgets and technology. These have ranged from the ridiculous ...
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Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Vol. 2, 1979-1981 by Stan Lee and John Romita
By Steve Geise |
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Book Review: Hollywood Celebrates the Holidays: 1920-1970 by Karie Bible & Mary Mallory
By Gordon S. Miller |
Joseph Campbell is quoted telling others to follow their bliss and fans of Classic Hollywood should be glad co-authors Karie ...
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Book Review: The Blacklist: Elizabeth Keen’s Dossier by Tara Bennett and Paul Terry
By generaljabbo |
Now in its third season, The Blacklist, which stars James Spader as Raymond Reddington, a former Navy Officer turned super ...
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Kristen’s Book Club: April 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Spring has sprung, so let's see what's worth putting on your bookshelves this month. Spinster: Making ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 3 by John Byrne
By Gordon S. Miller |
Growing up in the ‘70s and early ‘80s, before VCRs became commonplace in households, we were limited to the whims ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 19: 1959-1961 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume ...
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Kristen’s Book Club: March 2016
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez I'm an avid book reader and it's because of this avidity that I can read freely ...
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The Art of Mad Max: Fury Road by Abbie Bernstein: Pretty Pictures! Good Words!
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Elias Levey-Swain Mad Max: Fury Road is a phenomenon. It is the summer blockbuster beloved by millions, revered ...
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Book Review: The Art and Making of Hannibal: The Television Series: A Gleefully Grisly Souvenir
By Kent Conrad |
When I first heard about the Hannibal TV show, it seemed like a joke - the apotheosis of the modern ...
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Book Review: The Art of Regular Show by Shannon O’Leary
By Gordon S. Miller |
Created by JG Quintel, Regular Show regales viewers with the zany exploits of Mordecai the blue jay and Rigby the ...
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Book Review The Art of Mad Max: Fury Road by Abbie Bernstein
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Having spent the better part of the year revisiting a familiar galaxy far, far away and ...
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Book Review: The Art and Making of Hannibal: The Television Series by Jesse McLean
By Lorna Miller |
If you are going through withdrawal from the cancellation of the ingeniously gorgeous television show Hannibal created by Bryan Fuller, ...
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Book Review: The Twilight Zone FAQ by Dave Thompson
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski The Twilight Zone… a dimension of sound. A dimension of sight. A dimension of mind. A ...
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Book Review: Star Wars FAQ by Mark Clark
By Gordon S. Miller |
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Book Review: Alien Next Door by Joey Spiotto
By Mark Buckingham |
In a most unexpected crossover, Joey Spiotto combines murderous monsters with children's books in Alien Next Door: In Space, No ...
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Book Review: The X-Files FAQ by John Kenneth Muir
By Shawn Bourdo |
I have been a confessed horror and science fiction TV show fan my whole life. It's a tradition that came ...
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Book Review: Beyond Mars by Jack Williamson and Lee Elias
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski If you've never heard of Beyond Mars, don't feel too bad; the strip was only featured ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: The Complete Daily Newspaper Comics Volume 1 (1938-1940) by Al Taliaferro
By Gordon S. Miller |
Starting out as a supporting character in the 1934 Walt Disney short “The Wise Little Hen,” Donald Duck went on ...
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Book Review: TCM Presents Leonard Maltin’s Classic Movie Guide (Third Edition)
By Davy |
Although some books on cinema should be taken with a few grains of salt, not just because of some ways ...
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Book Review: Sherlock Holmes: The Thinking Engine by James Lovegrove
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Anastasia Klimchynskaya Early in the third season of Elementary, one of its episodes offered an intriguing premise: a ...
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Book Review: Underground: The Subterranean Culture of DIY Punk Shows by Daniel Makagon
By Jade Blackmore |
Pure punk rock, regardless of a band's popularity or the decade in which they've performed, has pretty much been an ...
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Book Review: LOAC Essentials Vol. 7: Tarzan of the Apes
By Gordon S. Miller |
Volume 7 in the Library of American Comics Essentials series focuses on the comic strip starring Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan. ...
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Book Review: The Shining: Studies in the Horror Film, Edited by Danel Olson
By Adam Blair |
For a director whose output totaled only about a baker's dozen of feature films, Stanley Kubrick embraced a remarkably wide ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays, Volume 1 (1949-1953)
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski At the risk of sounding like that old guy down the street wearing black socks with ...
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Book Review: The Art of Mad Max: Fury Road by Abbie Bernstein
By Gordon S. Miller |
One of the most anticipated films of 2015 was Mad Max: Fury Road. After 30 years since the uneven Beyond ...
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Book Review: Bravo For Adventure by Alex Toth
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Legendary artist and noted curmudgeon Alex Toth never made a secret of his continued frustrations with ...
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Book Review: The Ultimate Woody Allen Film Companion by Jason Bailey
By Gordon S. Miller |
The first thing I thought when I got a hold of this book was that if there was any filmmaker ...
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Book Review: The Amazing Spider-Man: The Ultimate Newspaper Comics Collection Vol. 1, 1979-1981 by Stan Lee and John Romita
By Steve Geise |
Let's face it: daily newspaper comic strips have never been a great way to follow serialized stories. When a story ...
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Book Review: Secret Agent X-9 by Dashiell Hammett & Alex Raymond
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Everyone loves a dream team. Who can forget Hulk Hogan and “Macho Man” Randy Savage joining ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 2 by John Byrne
By Gordon S. Miller |
In Star Trek: New Visions, John Byrne tells of the lost missions of the starship Enterprise under the command of ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 18: 1957-1959 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
As the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing continue to collect The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould, Volume ...
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Book Review: Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Volume Four: 1974-1979
By Gordon S. Miller |
With the Library of America Comics releasing the fourth and final volume in the Eisner Award-winning series, they have published ...
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Book Review: Madeline Kahn: Being the Music, A Life by William V. Madison
By Adam Blair |
There are a handful of uniquely talented performers for whom, once or twice or maybe three times in a career, ...
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Book Review: Bravest Warriors: Things to Doodle and Do!
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski I wasn't really familiar with Emmy Award-winning creator Pendleton Ward's Bravest Warriors when I requested a ...
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Book Review: Usagi Yojimbo: Senso by Stan Sakai
By Gordon S. Miller |
After a two-year break from his long-running Usagi Yojimbo, time spent working on the Eisner-nominated limited series Ronin 47, Stan ...
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Book Review: We’ll Be Here For the Rest of Our Lives: A Swingin’ Showbiz Saga by Paul Shaffer with David Ritz
By Gordon S. Miller |
Paul Shaffer is best known for being the bandleader on David Letterman's late-night talk show, both at NBC and CBS, ...
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Book Review: Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records by Kevin Prested
By Jade Blackmore |
You hear a lot of praise about punk rock in the 1970s, but the ‘90s had a burgeoning punk scene, ...
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Book Review: Crate Digger: An Obsession with Punk Records by Bob Suren
By Greg Barbrick |
In Crate Digger: An Obsession with Punk Rock Records, Bob Suren attaches the story of his life to 50 of ...
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Book Review: Compound Cinematics: Akira Kurosawa and I by Shinobu Hashimoto
By Mat Brewster |
Shinobu Hashimoto wrote the screenplays to Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, Ikiru and The Seven Samurai. If you are keeping score, that's ...
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Book Review: In the Company of Legends by Joan Kramer and David Heeley
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For 25 years, the award-winning filmmaking team of Joan Kramer and David Heeley lived a classic-film fan's dream many times ...
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Book Review: Quentin Tarantino FAQ: Everything Left to Know About the Original Reservoir Dog by Dale Sherman
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Mary K. Williams Author Dale Sherman's newest FAQ book, he previously wrote Armageddon Films FAQ and KISS FAQ, ...
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Book Review: Chappie: The Art of the Movie by Peter E. Aperlo
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski A few weeks ago, Chappie, writer/director Neill Blomkamp's latest film, arrived in theaters to mixed reviews. ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 5: 1955-1956 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
Since January 2012, the Library of American Comics, by way of IDW Publishing, has been releasing collections of Milton Caniff's ...
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Book Review: The Art of the Films: Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes by Sharon Gosling and Adam Newell
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This book takes readers behind the scenes of the first two films of the revived Apes franchise, Rise of the ...
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Book Review: American Titan: Searching For John Wayne by Marc Eliot
By Todd Karella |
John Wayne is one of the most legendary actors to come out of Hollywood, but most of us don't know ...
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Book Review: Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas by Alonso Duralde
By Greg Barbrick |
Christmas time is a time for many things, and one of the things that I most enjoy are the movies. ...
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Book Review: Wonder Woman: The Complete Newspaper Strips 1944-1945 by William Moulton Marston & Harry G. Peters
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Superheroes had only been in existence for a handful of years when Wonder Woman burst on ...
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Book Review: Modern Sci-Fi Films FAQ by Tom DeMichael
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Anastasia Klimchynskaya The author purports to make a relatively comprehensive guidebook to sci-fi films since the '70s- with ...
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Book Review: Popeye: Classic Newspaper Comics, Volume Two 1989-1998: A Surprisingly Modern and Adult Take On The Classic Character
By Mat Brewster |
Popeye is not something I've ever cared about. No wait, scratch that, I loved the Robert Altman movie starring Robin ...
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Book Review: Hope: Entertainer of the Century by Richard Zoglin
By Rons Reviews |
In 1993, the legendary entertainer Bob Hope and his wife Delores welcomed TV viewers, and some celebrities of the time, ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Golden Age Sundays 1946-1949
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski It wasn't long after his 1938 debut in Action Comics #1 that Jerry Siegel and Joe ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 17: 1956-1957 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing are publishing The Complete Dick Tracy by Chester Gould. Volume 17 is ...
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Book Review: DC Comics Super-Villains: The Complete Visual History by Daniel Wallace
By Gordon S. Miller |
With its origins in National Allied Publications, which was founded in 1934, DC Comics has had a long and varied ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: Gold Key Archives, Volume 2
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On its way to becoming a multimedia franchise, Star Trek first entered the world of comics by way of Gold Key, ...
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Book Review: Showrunners: The Art of Running a TV Show by Tara Bennett
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Anastasia Klimchynskaya It's been said that we're living in the Golden Age of Television - a fact that's ...
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Book Review: Puck: What Fools These Mortals Be!: Political Cartooning at its Finest
By Mat Brewster |
Political cartoons have been around since the early 1700s though they didn't really come into their own until the later ...
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Book Review: Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Volume Three: 1971-1974, Edited by Dean Mullaney
By Gordon S. Miller |
Volume Three of the Library of American Comics' Eisner Award-winning, four-part collection of Russ Manning's complete run of Tarzan newspaper ...
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Book Review: Voltron: From Days of Long Ago, A 30th Anniversary Celebration by Brian Smith
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski I struggled for what felt like an eternity with the opening to this review. It would've ...
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Book Review: Ripley’s Believe It or Not!: Daily Cartoons 1929-1930
By Greg Barbrick |
The new Ripley's Believe It or Not!: Daily Cartoons 1929-1930 from the Library of American Comics is a fond look ...
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Book Review: Lit Up Inside: Selected Lyrics by Van Morrison: You’ve Heard the Songs, Now Read the Lyrics
By Mat Brewster |
That Van Morrison is one of the greatest singer-songwriters in the whole of pop music there is no doubt. That ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 1 & Issue #3 by John Byrne
By Gordon S. Miller |
John Byrne and IDW Publishing are presenting the lost missions of the Original Series Enterprise crew in the form of ...
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Book Review: Percy Crosby’s Skippy: Daily Comics 1931-1933: Long-forgotten Magic
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Skippy was created by Percy Crosby and ran from 1923 to 1945. In its time it was hugely popular, highly ...
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Book Review: Owsley and Me: My LSD Family by Rhoney Gissen Stanley with Tom Davis
By Mat Brewster |
Owsley Stanley is not a household name, but he probably should be. He was financier and soundman of the Grateful ...
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Book Review: The Art of John Alvin by Andrea Alvin
By Gordon S. Miller |
I consider myself a serious cinephile, so much so that I don't mind describing myself with the pretentious word "cinephile." ...
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Book Review: The Wizard of Oz FAQ by David J. Hogan: Over the Rainbow and Beyond
By Elizabeth Periale |
The Wizard of Oz is an enduring and endearing classic. Who hasn't seen it, perhaps even multiple times? It made ...
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Book Review: The Art of Greg Spalenka by Greg Spalenka
By Greg Barbrick |
The name Greg Spalenka may or may not be a familiar one to you, but once you have seen his ...
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Book Review: Leonard Maltin’s 2015 Movie Guide: The End of an Era
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan Leonard Maltin appears in the movie Gremlins 2: The New Batch, lampooning his own negative review ...
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Book Review: Alfred Hitchcock’s America by Murray Pomerance: Not for the Faint of Heart
By Mat Brewster |
In 1939, at the age of 40, Alfred Hitchcock moved to America. He'd had huge success as a filmmaker in ...
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Book Review: Brainquake, Samuel Fuller’s Lost Novel
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by S. Edward Sousa Best known for provocative films such as Shock Corridor, The Crimson Kimono, or The Big ...
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Book Review: The Art of Neil Gaiman by Haley Campbell
By Gordon S. Miller |
I was first introduced to Neil Gaiman through his Sandman comics at a time when most people were introduced to ...
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Rip Kirby: The First Modern Detective: Complete Comic Strips Volume 7, 1962-1964 by John Prentice
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski I can't remember a time when sequential art didn't play a huge role in my life. ...
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Book Review: Steven Spielberg’s America by Fredrick Wasser
By Davy |
There are tons of books about film and film directors that actually miss the mark, but Fredrick Wasser's Steven Spielberg's ...
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Book Review: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History by Andrew Farago
By Gordon S. Miller |
Regardless of what one may think about the vast assortment of various products that have been spun off, it's amazing ...
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Book Review: The Killing: Uncommon Denominator by Karen Dionne
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Cheryl Shainmark Fans of AMC's The Killing who are jonesing for more are in luck: as Stephen Holder, ...
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Book Review: Overlooked / Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention by Greg Prato
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Writing a book entitled Overlooked/Underappreciated: 354 Recordings That Demand Your Attention is fraught with difficulty. The selections are based purely ...
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Book Review: Tarzan: In the City of Gold: The Complete Burne Hogarth Comic Strip Library
By Gordon S. Miller |
Tarzan of the Apes, author Edgar Rice Burroughs' legendary creation, first appeared in the October 1912 issue of The All-Story. ...
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Book Review: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Film Noir: The Essential Reference Guide by John Grant
By Gordon S. Miller |
Author John Grant has assembled a massive tome cataloging film noir that rightly deserves to be called a “comprehensive encyclopedia.” ...
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Book Review: Five Came Back: A Story of Hollywood and the Second World War by Mark Harris
By Adam Blair |
Five seems to be a lucky number for author Mark Harris. His previous book, Pictures at a Revolution, artfully captured ...
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Book Review: Flash Gordon and Jungle Jim, Vol. 4: 1942-1944 by Alex Raymond
By Gordon S. Miller |
This fourth and final volume of The Library of American Comics' series reprinting Alex Raymond's Sunday strips of Flash Gordon ...
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Book Review: Archie: Daily Newspaper Comics – The Swingin’ Sixties, Volume Two: 1963-1965 by Bob Montana
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Almost anyone can name the first comic book they ever read. For many, it's some type ...
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Book Review: Genius, Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth by Dean Mullaney & Bruce Canwell
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski Genius, Animated: The Cartoon Art of Alex Toth is the third and final chapter in the ...
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Book Review: Little Orphan Annie, Volume Ten: The Junior Commandos by Harold Gray
By Mat Brewster |
Little Orphan Annie was a daily comic strip created, written, and drawn by Harold Gray. It began in August 1924 ...
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Books Review: Starting Point: 1979-1996 and Turning Point: 1997-2008 by Hayao Miyazaki: Unique Memoirs from an Animation Genius
By Kent Conrad |
Hayao Miyazaki's downbeat personal sensibility, constant self-doubt, and pessimism are nearly absent from his works. My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery ...
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Book Review: Borderline Is Lawrence Block’s Pulp Fiction
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Lawrence Block is one of the country's best-known and successful mystery and crime novelists (8 Million Ways to Die, When ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 16: 1954-1956 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
Chester Gould's Dick Tracy comic strip debuted on October 4, 1931 and continues today under the creative team of by ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 4: 1953-1954 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
In 1946, cartoonist Milton Caniff ended a successful 12-year run on the adventure comic strip Terry and the Pirates for ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Silver Age Newspaper Dailies, Volume 2: 1961-1963: Super-Ridiculous, Super-Fun
By Mat Brewster |
Created in 1933, Superman has gone on to become one of the most popular and successful comic-book characters in the ...
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Book Review: Popeye: The Classic Newspaper Comics, Volume One: 1986-1989 by Bobby London: Absolutely Fabulous
By Greg Barbrick |
When it comes to reprints of classic comics, The Library of American Comics from IDW Publishing are the absolute gold ...
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Book Review: Weird Fantasy, Volume 1: Glossy Reprint of Classic SF Comic
By Kent Conrad |
EC Comics holds a special place in comic book history. After all, it was EC comics in particular that were ...
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Book Review: Batman: The Silver Age Newspaper Comics, Volume One: 1966-1967
By Gordon S. Miller |
IDW's Library of American Comics and DC Entertainment have teamed up to release Batman's Silver Age newspaper strips, which debuted ...
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Book Review: Grimm: Below the Surface: The Insider’s Guide to the Show
By Elizabeth Periale |
Grimm is a television show that has been running on NBC since the 2011 fall season. Part procedural cop show, ...
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Book Review: The Zombie Film: From White Zombie to World War Z by Alain Silver and James Ursini
By Luigi Bastardo |
Once, years ago, the living dead were revered to by many as something almost legendary. George A. Romero's original trilogy ...
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Book Review: Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Volume Two: 1969-1971, Edited by Dean Mullaney
By Gordon S. Miller |
The second installment of Russ Manning's complete Tarzan newspaper strips from what will be a four-book series published by the ...
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Book Review: 300: Rise of An Empire: The Art of the Film by Peter Aperlo
By Gordon S. Miller |
Peter Aperlo takes readers inside the making of Noam Murro's 300: Rise of an Empire, which expands upon Zack Snyder's ...
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Book Review: Gasoline Alley: The Complete Sundays, Volume One 1920-1922 by Frank King
By Kent Conrad |
Reading archives of old comic strips can be odd, because not only were these never meant to be perennial entertainment, ...
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Book Review: Hellboy: The First 20 Years by Mike Mignola
By Kent Conrad |
Hellboy: The First 20 Years is a celebration, not necessarily of the character, but of the artist and writer who ...
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Book Review: Sherlock Holmes FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the World’s Greatest Private Detective by Dave Thompson
By Mat Brewster |
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle penned only four novels and 56 short stories about Sherlock Holmes, the last of which appeared ...
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Book Review: Max Steel, Volume 2: Hero Overload by B. Clay Moore & Alfa Robbi
By Todd Karella |
Originally based on a line of toys produced by Mattel, Max Steel became an animated series made for television. Just ...
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Book Review: Snowpiercer Vol. 1 & 2 by Jacques Lob, Benjamin Legrand and Jean-Marc Rochette
By Steve Geise |
This French comic is currently receiving renewed international attention thanks to its use as the source material for a new ...
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Book Review: Sherlock Holmes and the Vampires of London by Sylvain Cordurie and Laci
By Steve Geise |
With all of the Sherlock Holmes revisionism in movies and TV over the past few years, it's become confusing to ...
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Book Review: Hidden Horror by Aaron Christensen
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez I jump at the opportunity to read and review movie guides devoted to spotlighting movies off ...
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Book Review: Alien: Out of the Shadows by Tim Lebbon
By Mark Buckingham |
Tim Lebbon's Alien: Out of the Shadows kicks off a trilogy of books set around the events of the Alien ...
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Book Review: Captain Midnight: Volume 1: On the Run by Joshua Williamson and Fernando Dagnino
By Steve Geise |
A patriotic Nazi-fighting U.S. superhero who disappeared in the 1940s suddenly appears in the present day, seemingly not a day ...
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Book Review: The Wrong Quarry by Max Allan Collins
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez In the interest of full disclosure, I'm a fan of author Max Allan Collins and have ...
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Book Review: The Filmmaker Says: Quotes, Quips, and Words of Wisdom, compiled & edited by Jamie Thompson Stern
By Gordon S. Miller |
Editor Jamie Thompson Stern informs in the preface she has compiled and arranged (unsourced) quotes about filmmaking from “directors, screenwriters, ...
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Book Review: Grimm: Aunt Marie’s Book of Lore: A Novel Idea for a Very Limited Audience
By Todd Karella |
Based on the Grimm's Fairy Tales, the TV series Grimm follows Nick (David Giuntoli) as he finds out about his ...
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Book Review: The Mayor of MacDougal Street by Dave Van Ronk
By Greg Barbrick |
The 2013 reprint of Dave Van Ronk's (1936 -2002) autobiography The Mayor of MacDougal Street (2004) has a cover blurb ...
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Book Review: Saturday Night Live FAQ by Stephen Tropiano
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan Saturday Night Live has been on for decades, and book upon book has been written about ...
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Book Review: The James Bond Omnibus Volume 005 by Jim Lawrence & Yaroslav Horak
By Gordon S. Miller |
Continuing their release of the James Bond comic strips in an oversized omnibus format, Titan Books has released James Bond ...
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Book Review: Hollywood in Kodachrome by David Wills and Stephen Schmidt
By Gordon S. Miller |
According to his online biography, "Australian-born David Wills is an author, independent curator, photographic preservationist, and editor who has accrued ...
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Book Review: The Fat Lady Sang by Robert Evans
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez Robert Evans is one of the few remaining producers anyone can name in Hollywood. After the ...
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Book Review: The Fifth Beatle: The Brian Epstein Story by Vivek J. Tiwary, Andrew Robinson, and Kyle Baker
By Kit O'Toole |
This holiday season has seen an astonishing number of Beatles-related books and CDs, some tying in with the upcoming 50th ...
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Book Review: Armageddon Films FAQ by Dale Sherman
By Jade Blackmore |
Armageddon Films FAQ can be called a companion volume to Applause Books' Horror Films FAQ in that there is some ...
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Book Review: Horror Films FAQ by John Kenneth Muir
By Jade Blackmore |
The FAQ series from Applause Books has devoted editions to pop culture staples like Kiss, the Beatles, Star Trek, and ...
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Book Review: Star Trek FAQ 2.0: Everything Left to Know about The Next Generation, the Movies, and Beyond by Mark Clark
By Greg Barbrick |
Sometimes I wonder if I am a “Trekkie,” or “Trekker.” What does it take exactly? A working knowledge of every ...
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Book Review: The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time by Phil Hall: A Great Compendium
By Greg Barbrick |
The celebration of the worst films ever made has become something of a cottage industry over the years. Although college ...
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Book Review: The Greatest Bad Movies of All Time by Phil Hall
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez I'm a fan of “worst movie ever” books because someone's definition of worst isn't always yours. ...
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Wolverine: Origin DVD Review: The Best There Is at What He Does.
By Steve Geise |
Ever wonder about how Wolverine got his start? So did the rest of the Marvel Comics Universe and its readers, ...
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Book Review: Tarzan: The Complete Russ Manning Newspaper Strips, Volume One: 1967-1969
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated on the last page of this book, “The Library of American Comics [published by IDW] is dedicated to ...
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Book Review: Doctor Who: Harvest of Time by Alastair Reynolds
By Greg Barbrick |
Forget about the Rolling Stones' 50th anniversary, the one that really counts is coming this November, which will mark 50 ...
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Book Review: The Treasures of Bruce Lee by Paul Bowman
By Gordon S. Miller |
Authorized by the Bruce Lee Enterprises, The Treasures of Bruce Lee by Paul Bowman tells "the official story of the ...
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Book Review: A Quick Guide to Screenwriting by Ray Morton
By Greg Barbrick |
Just about everybody I know has said words to the effect of “I could write a better movie than that!” ...
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Book Review: Film Noir FAQ by David J. Hogan
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chris Morgan When you flip open to the back of Film Noir FAQ, you will find out that ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 3: 1951-1952 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
Since January 2012, the Library of American Comics, by way of IDW Publishing, has been releasing collections of Milton Caniff's ...
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Book Review: Mind Over Matter 4: The Images of Pink Floyd by Storm Thorgerson and Peter Curzon
By Gordon S. Miller |
As reported by the BBC, graphic designer Storm Thorgerson passed away Thursday at the age of 69. Over the years, ...
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Book Review: Doctor Who: Shroud of Sorrow by Tommy Donbavand
By Shawn Bourdo |
"PC Reg Cranfield turned the corner into Totter's Lane, the beam of his torch slicing through the fog. It was ...
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Book Review: Doctor Who: The Dalek Generation by Nicholas Briggs
By Greg Barbrick |
Of all the creatures the Doctor has met in the universe, none are more evil than the Daleks. But what ...
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Book Review: The House of Redgrave by Tim Adler: A Misleading Title Can Frustrate Readers
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez The Redgrave family never liked to be referred to as “a dynasty,” as it invoked images ...
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Book Review: Doctor Who: Plague of the Cybermen by Justin Richards
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Grace Bon My Doctor is the 10th Doctor. I have watched all the episodes, read the books, even ...
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Book Review: Doctor Who FAQ: All That’s Left to Know About the Most Famous Time Lord in the Universe by Dave Thompson
By Greg Barbrick |
In some ways, I have found the history of the Doctor Who television series to be even more fascinating than ...
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Book Review: Hopper: A Journey into the American Dream by Tom Folsom
By Greg Barbrick |
I had decided on the opening line of my review of the new Dennis Hopper biography Hopper: A Journey Into ...
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Book Review: Zero Dark Thirty: The Shooting Script Transcends the Finished Product
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Kristen Lopez It wasn't surprising that screenwriter Mark Boal's script for Zero Dark Thirty didn't nab the coveted ...
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Book Review: If You Like Quentin Tarantino… by Katherine Rife
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Michael Nazarewycz After opening to great reviews on Christmas Day (and presently flaunting an 80 on Metacritic after ...
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Book Review: Comediennes: Laugh Be a Lady by Darryl and Tuezdae Littleton
By Darcy Staniforth |
Lately I just keep on reviewing books around here. What can I say, I love to read about the films ...
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Books Review: Neon Genesis Evangelion Volumes 01, 02 & 03 and Volume 13 by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
By Greg Barbrick |
The first known screening of the form of Japanese animation referred to as anime was way back in 1917. My ...
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Astonishing X-Men Blu-ray Collection Review: Joss Whedon Teams Up with Marvel Superheroes
By Gordon S. Miller |
Released under the Marvel Knights Animation banner, the Astonishing X-Men Collection Blu-ray presents the four motion comics adapted from the ...
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Astonishing X-Men: Unstoppable DVD Review: Astonishing Cassaday
By Steve Geise |
I forgot how much I love John Cassaday's artwork. While writer Joss Whedon was the unquestionable star of the Astonishing ...
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Book Review: All the Emperor’s Men by Hiroshi Tasogawa
By Greg Barbrick |
For anyone who has seen such masterpieces as as Rashomon (1950) Ikuru (1952), or Seven Samurai (1954), it goes without saying that Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998) was ...
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Review: If You Like Quentin Tarantino… by Katherine Rife
By Greg Barbrick |
The new If You Like… series of books from Limelight Editions focus on items that fans of a particular director ...
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Comic Book Review: Bob Howard, Plumber of the Unknown Issue #4 by Rafael Nieves and Dan Dougherty
By Cinema Sentries |
Released in August of 2012 to coincide with the annual Wizard World Chicago Comic Convention, the fourth issue of Bob ...
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Book Review: Classic Hollywood Style by Caroline Young
By Michelle Prather |
Hardcover books selling Hollywood style are notorious for ending up in the bargain section of Barnes and Noble following a ...
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Book Review: An Askew View 2 by John Kenneth Muir
By Greg Barbrick |
Director Kevin Smith’s production company is called View Askew, which made the title of John Kenneth Muir‘s filmography An Askew ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 2: 1949-1950 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
Since January 2012, the Library of American Comics, by way of IDW Publishing, has been releasing collections of Milton Caniff's ...
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Astonishing X-Men: Torn DVD Review: More Astonishing Motion, Less Astonishing Story
By Steve Geise |
Continuing the Astonishing X-Men motion comics saga initiated in previous DVDs Gifted and Dangerous, this latest disc covers issues 13-18 ...
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Book Review: If You Like The Terminator, Here Are Over 200 Movies, TV Shows, and Other Oddities That You Will Love by Scott Von Doviak
By Greg Barbrick |
Love him or hate him, Arnold Schwarzenegger was arguably the action-hero of the ’80s. His roles in films such as ...
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Book Review: Cary Grant: A Life in Pictures, Edited by Yann-Brice Dherbier: Handsome Book, Handsome Man
By Will McKinley |
Whether you're a classic film fan or not, you've probably heard of Cary Grant. Like Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, or ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 13: 1950-1951 by Chester Gould
By Gordon S. Miller |
Released by the Library of American Comics and IDW Publishing, The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 13 by Chester Gouldpresents the dailies and ...
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Book Review: Music on Film: The Rocky Horror Picture Show by Dave Thompson
By Greg Barbrick |
As Roger Ebert so memorably put it a few years ago, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show is not so much ...
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Book Review: Music on Film: Purple Rain by John Kenneth Muir
By Darcy Staniforth |
Purple Rain was the first R-rated film I watched as a kid. It was also the first movie I ever ...
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