The comic-book community is in a state of upheaval. Major publishers, Marvel in particular, are controlled by “social justice” leftists. Unfortunately, the deplorable fans haven’t embraced the new diverse characters, they want their favorite white male superheroes back, and some of them (gasp!) voted for Donald Trump. The left calls this fan revolt “#comicsgate”, which […]
Of the Big Two comic publishers, Marvel has always been the funny one. Its heroes crack jokes and have the same troubles with work, school, and relationships the rest of us do. Marvel couldn’t be satisfied, though, with Spiderman’s wisecracks and the Hulk’s unreliable powers. They needed a hero who would find the line and […]
Must steampunk be set in some alternate history? Or can it involve peoples and places that never were? Though I prefer the historical sort, this “steampunk fantasy” can be enjoyable as well. It gives the writer more freedom, but with that comes the responsibility to create an interesting and believable world. Will the result be […]
There are so many great authors I haven’t read, and yet it seems I often discover them because of controversy. One of these was 2016 Dragon Award winner Ctrl-Alt-Revolt by Nick Cole. I’d heard that publisher HarperCollins unilaterally canceled his contract because of a controversial passage in the first chapter. He refused to change it […]
Lately, I’ve been reliving my childhood by renting classic Westerns from Netflix. I’m always looking for something new, so when I saw this movie characterized as a modern-day Western I had to see it. Furthermore, it won some major awards at Cannes in 2005. I was disappointed when the DVD arrived in a damaged […]
Avengers: Infinity War was directed by Anothy and Joe Russo and produced by Kevin Feige It’s been the year of Disney and its franchises. Though I have yet to see the controversial Last Jedi, I have seen the last couple of Marvel releases. Since Infinity Wars was, unlike Last Jedi, getting lots of love […]
Vox Day’s Throne of Bones is a work of “high fantasy” in the vein of JRR Tolkien and George RR Martin. The story takes place on an Earth-like world called Selenoth, populated by humans and the standard fantasy races: elves, dwarves, goblins, and trolls. Yet Day adds some interesting twists to the tropes. Throne of […]
