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)
By Steve Geise |
There's something decidedly comforting about reading old Disney comic strips, as they're reliably funny, relatable, and finely crafted. These latest ...
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Book Review: The Marvel Vault by Thomas, Sanderson, and Manning
By Gordon S. Miller |
Originally published in 2007, Roy Thomas and Peter Sanderson's The Marvel Vault was clearly in need of Matthew K. Manning's ...
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Book Review: Red Barry: Undercover Man, Vol. 1 (1934-1935) by Will Gould
By Mat Brewster |
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
By Mat Brewster |
In early 1977, right at the start of the cultural science-fiction boom of the late '70s, the newspaper syndicate NEA ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Golden Age Newspaper Dailies (1942-1944)
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Tim Gebhart Imagine the conundrum. America recently entered World War II, a war the government pronounces a battle ...
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Book Review: James Bond: SPECTRE: The Complete Comic Strip Collection
By Gordon S. Miller |
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
By Mat Brewster |
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
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: Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Vol. 2: Where Some Fans May Never Have Gone Before
By Elizabeth Periale |
There are so many branches to the Star Trek universe: novelizations, movies, re-boot film series, animated series, magazines, television series, ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 4 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: Tarzan on Film by Scott Tracy Griffin
By Gordon S. Miller |
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
By Kent Conrad |
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 Chad Derdowski |
Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays, Volume 2 (1953-1956) is the fourth collection of classic Superman Sunday comic strips from IDW ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Silly Symphonies Vol. 2 (1935-1939)
By Mat Brewster |
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
By Steve Geise |
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
By Cinema Sentries |
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
By Gordon S. Miller |
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
By Lorna Miller |
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
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: 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
By Todd Karella |
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
By Gordon S. Miller |
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 |
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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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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