2014: Bedlam in Print
2014 was an above-average year for books in my view. Quite a few terrific titles turned up from both established and debuting authors, with a few, I’m certain, that will go on to become classics
1000 AIRPLANES ON THE ROOF at 25
A multi-media stage drama that’s been described as “part Freud, part Kafka and part Steven Spielberg,”
The Comics of 1986: Then and Now
It’s an unequivocal fact that 1986 was the pivotal year of the adult comic book renaissance
Remembering the Zebra Books Horror Line
If you were a horror fan in the 1980s and early-to-mid 90s you probably remember Zebra Books
The Dregs
One of the unfortunate realities of being a movie buff, especially a bad movie buff, is running into—or better yet, stepping in—“films” like those listed below
Exploring THE PIT
Here I’m going to delve into the odd and fascinating relic that is THE PIT: A GROUP ENCOUNTER DEFILED by Gene Church and Conrad D. Carnes
The (Stephen) King and I
By now it seems there’s not a whole lot left to say about Stephen King, the world’s bestselling horror writer. In fact, there is one facet that has never been told, namely my own relationship with Mr. King’s fiction
Richard Matheson: 1926-2013
What made the late novelist/screenwriter Richard Matheson great? A number of factors, I’d say
Joe Lansdale, Timothy Truman and JONAH HEX
Right now you likely know JONAH HEX as a very bad movie, and that’s a shame. What you should know HEX for are the three comic miniseries from Vertigo
A “Lost” Film Found
IN THE MIDST OF LIFE,a French made adaptation of three stories by Ambrose Bierce, is quite simply one of the great unknown masterpieces of world cinema