First of all, if you haven’t seen this movie, don’t read any reviews. Actively avoid spoilers. Don’t read this review, because there will be spoilers. Trust me on this. Secondly, I am a fan, not a critic. I managed to get to Star Trek Into Darkness without encountering too many spoilers or too much hype. I did know that they had brought back Khan, but not in what capacity. I had also heard hints that it was “Star Trek for a post 9/11 world.” If...
With Star Trek Into Darkness J.J. Abrams continues and expands upon his 2009 alternate universe reboot of the original Trek crew adventures with a film pondering the nature of human civility in a post-9/11 world. As things start out, the crew of the Enterprise is already in a state of turmoil – Captain James T. Kirk (Chris Pine) is facing the very real possibility of losing his command due to consistent disregard of Federation protocol....
Josh Tierney’s Spera is an all-ages fantasy comic of incredible collaborative richness — the kind of book that’s only possible when everyone involved is working at a very high level and edited expertly. This first volume came out in 2011 and was recently nominated for an Eisner, and I’m thankful for that signal-boost to a book I shouldn’t have missed. Spera works outside the standard high-fantasy template, though...
JT Krul Story / Paolo Pantalena Art / Brett Smith – Colors Take an incredible JIRNI with Aspen’s newest hit series! Discover a whole new world of adventure! As Ara’s fortuitous quest continues, her path is shrouded in mystery. Upon arriving in a remote village struggling to survive through desperate times, she discovers someone who might offer answers to the questions that torment her. But as Ara has learned time and...
An alert reader informed me that the internet is all atwitter today with hate for J. J. Abrams regarding some comments about Star Trek that he made on The Daily Show. First of all, back that hate off from Red Alert and put it in a holding pattern. J. J. Abrams said, yes he actually said, “When I was a kid I hated Star Trek.” Ok, he’s allowed. Not everyone likes Star Trek. He’s still the best, yes The Best (capital letters) sci fi director...
It’s less than 50 seconds and tells us nothing we don’t know already–there’s a fortune-teller, the Doctor is tall and skinny, something big is changing, and Strax is just about the most adorable Sontaran ever. I’ll just watch it one or two more times while waiting for Saturday’s episode. This clip and others up on BBCOne as part of their continual effort to increase the...
Godzilla vs. King Kong was the third Godzilla movie made. I was unable to view it in time to have a write-up done for it in it’s proper order as it is hard to find. Filmed in 1962 and directed by Ishiro Honda, this is the first Godzilla movie to lean towards comedy. This is evident in the Kong suit, which I will deal with later. Before you read further: Warning there are spoilers in this review. Of course there are, this movie was filmed in...
Kel McDonald is a prolific writer/artist known for her urban fantasy webcomic, Sorcery 101, and for a series of excellent one-offs and collaborations — including the just-released Fame and Misfortune, which I recently reviewed here at GGP. GGP: How did Fame and Misfortune come about? Kel McDonald: I basically always try to make the stories I like to see more of. I want there to be more characters like Rebecca in the leading role, so the...
Author Max Allan Collins is a prolific author who writes in multiple genres and formats, including film, comic book, comic strip, screen plays, short stories, and novels. The novels include the fabulous Jack & Maggie Starr series which concluded (for now) in Seduction of the Innocent, the Quarry series, and the award-winning, hardboiled Nathan Heller mystery series. Collins also wrote the graphic novel, Road to Perdition which inspired the...
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And Straight on Til Morning was–ok. Not a wasted hour, but not quite what one wants out of a season finale. As has been the case with most of Season 2.5’s better episodes, the biggest problems come from the overall arc. There are spoilers in this review, so keep that in mind In Storybrooke present, Tamara and Greg set out to destroy Storbrooke and everyone in it. They claim this will kill them, but Regina later says it won’t kill Henry...
Time for Blaylock fans to rejoice! Titan Books has recently released a signed, limited edition of The Aylesford Skull. The Aylesford Skull is the most recent Langdon St. Ives book and the first new steampunk novel in over twenty years from one of the genre’s founding fathers, James P Blaylock. is the summer of 1883 and Professor Langdon St. Ives brilliant but eccentric scientist and explorer is at home in Aylesford with his family. However a...
Though I had heard about Michael Turner’s Fathom back when it originally came out fifteen years ago, I never picked it up until I heard that Fathom is one of the “10 for 10” titles and did a whirlwind reading of Volume 4 to get up-to-speed on Aspen and her world. There’s a lot of good writing that I have been missing! Fathom tells the story of Aspen Matthews, a woman who appears to be human, but is really a being from...
BBC One has released a new little Moffat prequel for The Name of the Doctor. Rather than the usual running around frenetically, it’s an unusually quiet, meditative piece as the Doctor and Clara wonder about one another (Each actually speaks slowly!) Each claims now to know “the truth.” What do you think? Who is Clara? Is she really “perfect”? Who is the Doctor? Do you want to find out, or would you rather it all be...
Jenni Gregory is the author and artist for a number of comic book series. To date, these are The Summoner, DreamWalker, Becky’s Alien, and Abby’s Menagerie. I had the chance to read the first issue of Summoner, a book about Jayne Sinclair, a young woman who happens to be able to summon the dead. “Some resist her call, but others are all too willing to return.” At times, she uses her ability to help the police solve cases. She is aided and...
J.T. Krul Story / Giuseppe Cafaro, Mike DeBalfo Art / Nei Ruffino – Colors Michael Turner¹s epic fantasy adventure surges forward into a bold new era! Malikai and his friends attempt to survive and defeat the onslaught of a deadly horde of destructive dragons. Meanwhile, the magical races of the Everlands might have to resort to the unthinkable in order to defeat them‹the fusing of magicŠwith technology! From veteran SOULFIRE scribe...
This month, Titan Books is releasing The Simon and Kirby Library – Science Fiction, collecting together over 300 pages of thrilling classic science fiction comics from Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. The creators of Captain America and the Boy Commandos produced some of the most thrilling science fiction ever. Spanning more than 20 years, this volume features the first stories Joe Simon and Jack Kirby ever produced together (the Blue Bolt...
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