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An Informal History Of The Pulp Magazines by Ron Goulart (book review).
Author Ron Goulart was told by pulp fiction writer W.T. Ballard that the problem of writing about the pulp magazines was he couldn’t…
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May 2025
ReviewMagazines
Alter Ego #108 April 2012 (magazine review).
The 108th edition of ‘Alter Ego’ is significant for being its first issue to be in full colour. Editor Roy Thomas explains that…
ReviewBooks
Mythica: In The Shadow Of The Gods: The Dark Art Of Steve Stone (book review).
The fourth book, ‘Mythica: In The Shadow Of The Gods’, is slightly different to the previous three as he gives some space to…
ReviewBooks
The Dark Art Of Steve Stone: The Necropolis (book review).
‘The Dark Art Of Steve Stone: The Necropolis’ acknowledges it’s the third book, so at least I guessed the right order to read…
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Phantasma Gothica Limited First Edition: The Dark Art Of Steve Stone (book review).
This book, ‘Phantasma Gothica Limited First Edition: The Dark Art Of Steve Stone’, really is limited edition with only 95 copies available, the…
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Stone Nexus A Genesis: The Dark Art Of Steve Stone (book review).
After seeing Steve Stone’s art in Illustrators #47, I did a little prowling on his website, where he has self-published limited editions, and…
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Juanjo Guarnido: Rejected by Marvel, rescued by cats (comic-book video).
Once upon a time, Juanjo Guarnido was just another talented bloke knocking on Marvel’s door and being politely (or not) shown the exit.…
NewsHorror
Sinners: Mark Kermode’s horror film review (video).
Mark Kermode drops by to review horror film Sinners. Just when you thought you’d seen every kind of vampire on film—sparkly, sexy, Scandinavian—along…
ReviewFilms
Thunderbolts* – The Asterisk Strikes Back (Mark Kermode’s superhero film review).
Mark Kermode is here to review Marvel’s latest cinematic gamble, Thunderbolts (asterisk very much included), which has crash-landed in cinemas like a flaming…
NewsScifi
The Fantastic Journey – The Bermuda Triangle’s best package holiday? (video)
Before Lost took us to a mysterious island and then lost the plot entirely, and long before Sliders decided that every alternate universe…
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Predator: Badlands – Runt of the litter rises in Sci-Fi’s weirdest buddy movie yet? (trailer)
Just when you thought the Predator franchise had no new skulls left to polish, along comes Predator: Badlands—the interstellar equivalent of Lassie if…
April 2025
ReviewScifi
George RR Martin Presents Wild Cards: Pairing Up: An Anthology (book review).
In 2023, the ‘Wild Cards’ book franchise moved back to Bantam Books. In that year, they released two graphic novels and the first…