ReviewComics
Tails Of The Super-Pets (graphic novel review).
Back in the 1950s-60s, the super-family had pets. Even Batman had a Bathound. The others didn’t. Would a dog keep up with the…
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January 2023
ReviewScifi
Still Startled After All These Years (magazine review).
Having acquired a copy of the current revival of ‘Startling Stories’ some time back, I thought for a while on the best way…
ReviewMagazines
Jack Kirby Collector Eighty-Five Winter 2023 (magazine review).
Of all the Jack Kirby magazines I have had the privilege to see, number 85 (Winter 2023) has to be the most…
ReviewFantasy
The Last Unicorn by Peter S Beagle (book review).
There are some books that defy categorisation or which instantly become classics. ‘The Last Unicorn’ was originally published in 1968 and, more than…
ReviewBooks
Doctor Who And The Daleks by David Whitaker and illustrated by Robert Hack (book review).
This is a new edition of a novel that was the first to be issued and reissued in hardback and Armada paperback. It…
ReviewBooks
Doctor Who: The Fires Of Pompeii by James Moran (book review).
A day out for the Doctor and Donna sees them arriving just as everything is kicking off in Pompeii. It’s 79AD and the…
ReviewDoctor Who
The Diary Of River Song series 3 by Nev Fountain, Jacqueline Rayner, John Dorney and Matt Fitton (audio review).
I’m working my way through River Song seasons mostly backwards. That’s a time travel twist if ever I saw one. What’s notable about…
ReviewDoctor Who
The Diary Of River Song series 02 by Guy Adams, John Dorney, James Goss and Matt Fitton (CD review).
The Unknown by Guy Adams Saturnius, a spaceship on course to a mysterious planet that never seems to arrive is the setting for…
ReviewFantasy
Seventh Decimate: The Great God’s War Book One by Stephen Donaldson (book review).
‘Seventh Decimate’ is the first book in an epic fantasy trilogy by Stephen Donaldson of ‘Thomas Covenant’ fame. Book three is just out,…
ReviewFantasy
The Hidden People by Alison Littlewood (book review).
Throughout time and around the world, the human race has found ways of explaining those things they don’t understand. In Europe, many inexplicable…
ReviewFilms
The Batman (2022) (blu-ray film review).
I’ve held back watching this nearly 3 hour long film until now when I have a comfortable time watching it. Definitely a lot…
ReviewMovie books
Transitions: A Director’s Journey + Motivational Handbook by Pete Chatmon (book review).
Pete Chatmon’s book, ‘Transitions: A Director’s Journey + Motivational Handbook’ is what it says on the label. He details his life with the…