ReviewBooks
Modern Masters Volume 13: Jerry Ordway by Eric Nolen-Weathington (book review).
I think the first thing that struck me was artist Jerry Ordway and me had something in common, being born in the same…
The SFcrowsnest archive
UncleGeoff
Geoff Willmetts has been editor at SFCrowsnest for some 21 plus years now, showing a versatility and knowledge in not only Science Fiction, but also the sciences and arts, all of which has been displayed here through editorials, reviews, articles and stories. With the latter, he has been running a short story series under the title of ‘Psi-Kicks’
If you want to contribute to SFCrowsnest, read the guidelines and show him what you can do. If it isn’t usable, he spends as much time telling you what the problems is as he would with material he accepts. This is largely how he got called an Uncle, as in Dutch Uncle. He’s not actually Dutch but hails from the west country in the UK.
February 2021
ReviewBooks
William Blake: Masterpieces Of Art by Michael Kerrigan (book review).
Reading about artist, satirist and writer William Blake (1757-1827) and you certainly come away thinking he was a renaissance man. He was a…
ReviewIllustration
Draw! #22 Spring 2012 (magazine review).
Editor Mike Manley says this issue was the best up to this point. Seeing Frank Miller on the cover should guarantee that, although…
ReviewComics
Suicide Squad Vol. 1: The Black Vault by Rob Williams, Philip Tan, Jason Fabok, Ivan Reis and Gary Frank (graphic novel review).
As far as I can recall, there have been at least three versions of the ‘Suicide Squad’. One set of soldiers in WW2…
January 2021
NewsCulture
Editorial – Feb 2021: Disaster Reality Can Be A Poor Substitute In Fiction.
Hello everyone, With the continuation of covid-19 and, currently, 9 variants and counting, the template of disaster movies in any genre is likely…
NewsToys/Models
Halcyon Power Loader Model: a model-building exercise article by: GF Willmetts.
Introduction A couple years back, moving in a new bookcase into my front room, I hadn’t anticipated the whoopf! of air pressure putting…
NewsShort fiction
The GodStuff or Even Things God Might Not Believe: a story of sorts by: GF Willmetts.
Being godstuff is a lot of hard work. You think running a small country, by my standards of size, by dictatorship is easy…
ReviewComics
Back Issue #83 September 2015 (magazine review).
I did wonder when ‘Back Issue’ would get around to the New X-Men and Alpha Flight and they did so nearly six years…
ReviewBooks
Pictorial Composition: An Introduction by Henry Rankin Poore (book review).
In his book, ‘Imaginative Realism’, James Gurney spent a lot of time on the mechanics of composition and how to engage the viewer.…
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #105 October 2011 (magazine review).
It’s hard to believe that it was ten years ago that Alter Ego # 105 explored the Comics Code Authority. As Richard J.…
ReviewFantasy
The Magical History Of Mermaids by Russ Thorne (book review).
I’m fascinated by how mythologies along similar themes exist across the world. Oddly, as Russ Thorne points out in this book, ‘The Magical…
ReviewIllustration
Draw! #21 Fall 2011 (magazine review).
The main section of Draw # 11 is devoted to an interview with artist Dan Panosian by Mike Manley as they discuss the…