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UFO/UAP news roundup (24th July 2022).
Here’s the weekly round-up of all the best new content that is fit to print, and some that probably isn’t, concerning the topic…
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July 2022
ReviewIllustration
Illustrators #38 (magazine review).
Usually, ‘Illustrators’ reserves single artists to their specials so # 38 is rather unique on its focus on John Watkiss (1961-2017). I have…
NewsGames
The rise and fall of Dungeons & Dragons giant, TSR (documentary).
David Barr Kirtley is joined by Ben Riggs to talk about his new book, “Slaying the Dragon: A Secret History of Dungeons &…
ReviewBooks
Drawing From Photos by Patrick J. Jones (book review)
Patrick Jones in his introduction to this book, ‘Drawing From Photos’, acknowledges that doing live model posing has become problematic since the covid…
TrailerHorror
Vampire Academy (horror YA TV series: trailer).
Here’s a trailer for Peacock’s Vampire Academy, where a a boarding school for vampires, Lissa, a Royal vampire, and Rose, her closest friend…
TrailerFantasy
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves (fantasy film: trailer).
Here’s the trailer for the forthcoming fantasy action-adventure comedy movie “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves” – based, of course, on the Dungeons…
ReviewComics
Art In Time: Unknown Comic Book Adventures: 1940-1980 by Dan Nodel (book review).
Another couple books by Dan Nodel have been sitting in my shopping list for some time, mostly because of their expense. I ended…
ReviewFantasy
The Moorcock Library: Elric: Bane Of The Black Sword by Roy Thomas, Mark Pacella and Mary Mitchell (graphic novel review).
‘Elric: Bane Of The Black Sword’ is a graphic novel adaptation of an original book by Michael Moorcock. Like many of Moorcock’s ‘novels’,…
ReviewHorror
Monster Island (The Monster Trilogy book 1) by David Wellington (book review).
‘Monster Island’ is quite an old book now, first published in 2006, taken from the SFCrowsnest backlist. I’m not sure when the zombie…
TrailerScifi
Wifelike (scifi film: trailer).
Here’s scifi movie Wifelike, arriving August 2022. In the future, a troubled P.I. (actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers) chases criminals who sell synthetic beings…
NewsScifi
Captain Scarlet: the making of a classic British scifi TV show (documentary: in full).
This 50-minute long documentary explains how classic British scifi TV show Captain Scarlet was brought to life via interviews with the cast and…
ReviewScifi
Her Smoke Rose Up Forever by James Tiptree, Jr. (book review).
‘Her Smoke Rose Up Forever’ by James Tiptree, Jr (aka Alice Sheldon) is a collection of 18 Science Fiction stories, originally published 1969…