House of Muses: The Latter Days of Sappho of Lesbos – Review “But you, O Dika, wreathe lovely garlands in your hair, Weave shoots of dill together, with slender hands, For the Graces prefer those who are wearing flowers, And turn away from those who go uncrowned.” – Sappho of Lesbos circa 500 B.C. Pam Harrison’s House of Muses: The…
You want to be a successful comic book creator? It’s easy, just follow these rules, never deviate from these rules, make all your characters conform to our preconceived norms, and never, not ever, have an original thought. Now, that’s out of the way, show us your version of Superkitten versus the Flower People. Australian creators, Steve Carter and Antoinette Rydyr…
Do you remember when you were a kid and the teacher gave everyone a few sheets of paper and you, if you were lucky, were able to fold one into something resembling an airplane? Well, while you were doing that there was another kid, everyone knows one, who folded those sheets of paper into a castle complete with working lights…
This guy’s so hot right now it took two of us, working behind the scenes, to hold him down long enough to get an interview. John Jones, the human one and not the famous Martian Manhunter – which is spelled differently – has been kicking out eye popping 3D characters for over a decade. He began his career in an…
World News Center: Most People Have Never Heard of Most Things. October 19, 2018 ryang1280 Leave a comment In his weekly visit from the World News Center, Bill McCormick and I had yet another lively discussion surrounding our never-ending series of random topics, including name-dropping, comic books, and eating human heads. Click the image below to listen in!
A few years back I ran into Jarvis Sheffield on the internet. Fortunately neither of us were injured. At that time he asked me to join his merry band of mischief makers in the Black Science Fiction Society. After confirming that he understood I was severely low on melanin, I did. And I was glad I did. I have met…
Comic books are dying. The industry is crashing. Pineapple belongs on pizza. All these lies, and many more, can be found on your local internet. While it’s true that the industry isn’t selling the same number of issues per month that it did in its heyday of the late 80’s / early 90’s, it’s also true that the landscape has…
One of the fun things about writing about comic books, while writing them too, is that you get the chance to read them. Lots of them. Way too freaking many of them sometimes. There is one constant among them all, however, and I’d like to address that today. Simply put each one has a universe created for its characters to…
Amanda Johnson stood at the edge of the grave and smiled. She wasn’t happy that her husband of fifty-four years was gone. Far from it. She had loved him more with each passing day until he’d finally shrugged off this mortal coil. He’d been a good husband, father, grandfather, and lover. Especially the lover part. No, she smiled at the…