I’ve heard it said that the problem with writing science-fiction mysteries is that you have aliens or devices that don’t conform to all the rules of our world, but there still has to be a strong internal logic to the story. Otherwise the mystery doesn’t make sense; there isn’t a puzzle that can be revealed
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! Anthony’s getting a new car! To celebrate, the podcast crew talks about their favorite geek cars: which prop car would you want to drive off the set, and which fantasy car would you have if it was a real thing? Along the
While there are several fun stories in Dark Horse Presents issue #32, available January 15, the story that caught my eye, the one I fell in love with, is Fred Van Lente and Reilly Brown’s “Saint George Dragonslayer: Part Three.” The art in those eight pages is worth the price of the whole book.
I heard the other day that Ridley Scott will soon begin casting for Wool, the movie based on Hugh Howey’s epic post-apocalyptic novel. That was my cue to finally read the book. I’m happy to say the book stands up to a lot of the hype I’ve been hearing. Other than maybe needing a tighter
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! When you get right down to it, every year is a good year to be a geek. But 2013 was an especially good one, both for geeks in general and Comic Issues in particular. Join our heroes and heroine as we wrap
When I look at all the science-fiction/fantasy books published in 2013, I tend to shake my fist at the bookshelves: there’s not enough hours in the day! I want to read all the books! I barely scratched the surface! Out of all the books I did read that were published in 2013, the following five
After almost a year and a half of waiting I finally got my hands on Empowered Volume 8, the newest book in Adam Warren’s “sexy superheroine” series. To tide us over during that time, Warren gave us several stand-alone issues, written by himself and illustrated by various guest artists. I enjoyed those, and my only
This got started when I wondered if you could do a “Twelve Days of Christmas” list with books and graphic novels. Turns out you can, if you play a little fast and loose with the rules. Here then is a list of some of my favorite books and series, in case you were looking for
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! We’ve been meaning to talk about this for weeks, and it’s finally here: the Podcast crew and Beau from The Villainous Lair try to figure out what’s up with “The All-New Marvel NOW.” With over a dozen titles due to be released, revamped, renumbered, or