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: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 9: 1963-1964 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Library of American Comics continues publishing the adventures of Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon with Volume 9, which presents the ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 25: 1969-1970 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: First Man: The Annotated Screenplay by Josh Singer
By Gordon S. Miller |
As stated in my review of First Man, “director Damien Chazelle along with his cast and crew do an amazing ...
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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: Superman: The Silver Age Sundays, Volume 1 (1959-1963)
By Chad Derdowski |
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Maybe that's a bit much, but it's not ...
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Book Review: Hooked on Hollywood by Leonard Maltin
By Gordon S. Miller |
Leonard Maltin has made a career for himself out of his love of movies, starting as an unpaid freelance writer ...
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Best of 2018 Assorted Lists
By Shawn Bourdo |
From 2005 through 2012, I pretty consistently wrote my Sunday Morning Tuneage blog. It continued inconsistently through 2013 before being ...
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Book Review: Star Wars: The Complete Classic Newspaper Comics, Vol. 3
By Gordon S. Miller |
IDW/The Library of American Comics' presentation of the Star Wars newspaper comics concludes with Volume 3, which presents nine stories ...
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Book Review: Ray Harryhausen: The Movie Posters by Richard Holliss
By Chad Derdowski |
Words like “genius” or “literally” are tossed around a lot these days, to the point that they've lost most of ...
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Book Review: The Teenage Slasher Movie Book by J.A. Kerswell
By Kent Conrad |
Before the late '90s-early 2000s revival of horror as a mainstream money maker (thanks largely to Scream and the new ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 7 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: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 24: 1967-1969 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: Lost Scenes by David Tilotta & Curt McAloney
By Gordon S. Miller |
Starting with the Original Series, the Star Trek franchise has had a long involvement in the publishing world, including James ...
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Book Review: For Better or For Worse: The Complete Library, Volume Two (1982-1986) by Lynn Johnston
By Chad Derdowski |
In 1978, after publishing a handful of humorous parenting books, Lynn Johnston was asked by Universal Press Syndicate if she'd ...
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Book Review: Star Hawks, Volume Three: 1979-1981 by Gil Kane and Archie Goodwin
By Mat Brewster |
Star Hawks was a science fiction/fantasy daily newspaper comic strip that ran from 1977 to 1981. It tried to ride ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales, Volume Three
By Gordon S. Miller |
As mentioned in reviews of the previous volumes in the series, Walt Disney's Treasury of Classic Tales was a Sunday ...
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Book Review: Alien: The Cold Forge by Alex White
By Mark Buckingham |
How much you come away from a story loving or loathing a character is a testament to how well they ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Terra Incognita by Tipton, Tipton, Shasteen, Hernandez, Nieto
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the Star Trek franchise, there is a parallel universe dubbed the "Mirror Universe" where the evil Terran Empire, which ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Golden Age Newspaper Dailies (1944-1947)
By generaljabbo |
Superman's adventures have been written about for 80 years now — a remarkable number for any character. He has been ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Next Generation: Mirror Broken by Tipton, Tipton, Woodward, Kirchoff
By Gordon S. Miller |
In the Star Trek franchise, there is a parallel universe dubbed the "Mirror Universe" where the evil Terran Empire, which ...
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Book Review: Hitchcock’s Heroines by Caroline Young
By Mat Brewster |
While talking to fellow filmmaker Francois Truffaut, director Alfred Hitchcock noted that he made his films with women in mind. ...
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Book Review: The Complete Steve Canyon, Volume 8: 1961-1962 by Milton Caniff
By Gordon S. Miller |
The Library of American Comics continues publishing the adventures of Milton Caniff's Steve Canyon with Volume 8, which presents the ...
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Book Review: Star Wars: The Complete Classic Newspaper Comics, Vol. 2
By Gordon S. Miller |
In IDW/The Library of Amercian Comics' on-going presentation of the Star Wars newspaper comics, Volume 2 presents eight stories that ...
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Book Review: The Pride of the Yankees: Lou Gehrig, Gary Cooper, and the Making of a Classic by Richard Sandomir
By Jade Blackmore |
Field of Dreams, The Natural, and Bull Durham may be the first movies that come to mind when you think ...
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Book Review: Al Capp’s Li’l Abner, Volume Nine: Complete Sundays and Dailies 1951-1952
By generaljabbo |
Al Capp's Li'l Abner had the kind of success most comic strips only dream of. Running for 43 years, it ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 6 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: Movie Nights with the Reagans by Mark Weinberg
By David Wangberg |
During their eight years in office, Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, watched a total of 363 movies during their ...
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Book Review: Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays, Volume 3 (1956-1959): A Wonderful Time Capsule for Fans of the Man of Steel
By generaljabbo |
When it comes to comic book heroes, Superman remains one of, if not the biggest pillars in the industry. With ...
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Book Review: The Movie Art of Syd Mead: Visual Futurist by Syd Mead & Craig Hodgetts
By Chad Derdowski |
If you're a fan of science fiction films, there's a pretty good chance you're a fan of Syd Mead. Even ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 23: 1966-1967 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 Art of Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie by Ramin Zahed
By Chad Derdowski |
We can all agree that Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie was pretty sweet, right? It was cute, it was ...
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Book Review: Star Hawks, Volume Two: 1978-1979 by Gil Kane and Ron Goulart
By Cinema Sentries |
Written by Chad Derdowski I've never seen anything quite like Gil Kane and Ron Goulart's Star Hawks. And yeah, I ...
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Book Review: Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets: The Art of the Film by Mark Salisbury
By Chad Derdowski |
I don't know you, but I'm going to make a bold assumption about the type of person you are. You ...
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Book Review: Disney’s Christmas Classics
By Gordon S. Miller |
Considering how beloved Disney characters and Christmas are by children, it was surprising to learn in Alberto Becattini's introductory essay ...
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Book Review: Star Wars: On the Front Lines by Daniel Wallace
By Chad Derdowski |
The Star Wars universe is defined by conflict. Whether it's the internal struggle of a young Jedi finding his way ...
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Book Review: Silly Symphonies Volume 3: The Complete Disney Classics 1939-1942
By Steve Geise |
The Silly Symphonies comic strip started as a venue for adaptations of Disney's long-running series of animated shorts, but by ...
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Book Review: Justice League: The Art of the Film by Abbie Bernstein
By Chad Derdowski |
Let’s get this out of the way right here at the beginning: I haven’t seen Justice League. Nor do I ...
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Book Review: Walt Disney’s Treasury of Classic Tales, Volume Two
By Gordon S. Miller |
While Disney had previously run newspaper comic strips before it, their Treasury of Classic Tales was a Sunday strip that ...
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Book Review: Tangled: The Series: Adventure is Calling
By Mat Brewster |
In my family, Tangled is one of the better movies to come out of Disney's classic animation studios in a ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: New Visions Volume 5 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 One (1979-1982) by Lynn Johnston
By Chad Derdowski |
Since Lynn Johnston's For Better or For Worse launched in 1979, it has been syndicated in over 2,000 newspapers worldwide ...
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Book Review: Star Trek: The Classic UK Comics, Volume Three (1972-1979)
By Mat Brewster |
I have no doubt that when he created Star Trek: The Original Series Gene Roddenberry was hoping for a smash ...
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Book Review: The Autobiography of Jean-Luc Picard, edited by David A. Goodman
By David Wangberg |
Following the success of The Autobiography of James T. Kirk, David A. Goodman explores the background of another well-known and ...
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Book Review: Little Orphan Annie, Volume Fourteen (1948-1950): Sunshine and Shadow by Harold Gray
By Mat Brewster |
When I last checked in with Little Orphan Annie (in Volume Ten), she was busy fighting the war (World War ...
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Book Review: Unchained Melody: The Films of Meiko Kaji by Tom Mes
By Mat Brewster |
You first notice the long, straight black hair. Then you see her body: thin, straight, erect. You look past the ...
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Book Review: The Complete Dick Tracy, Volume 22: 1964-1965 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: Ghost in the Shell by Andrew Osmond
By Mat Brewster |
Ghost in the Shell began life as a manga series that lasted from 1989 to 1997. In 1995, Marmoru Oshii ...
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Book Review: Unchained Melody: The Films of Meiko Kaji by Tom Mes
By Kent Conrad |
To much of the post-Millennium western cinematic audience, Meiko Kaji was introduced with her voice. Both the theme songs from ...
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