It’s the final issue of the Unicron saga, and I was going to say “it’s the end of an era” but we’re not quite there yet: Optimus Prime #25 comes out next week and will finish up the IDW Transformers books. I think I would’ve liked the Unicron book to be the final chapter in
Elevator pitch for In The Vanisher’s Palace: lesbian Beauty and the Beast and the beast is a dragon. Although it had ME at “new book by Aliette de Bodard” — Carl Rigney (@carlrigney) October 16, 2018 That was the tweet that got me to immediately buy a copy of Aliette de Bodard’s latest book. It’s
(Massive great big spoilers below.) Kathryn …how the heck do we start a conversation about this one? Elizabeth Probably with what you told me when you finished it. “Siiigh. All the feels.” And then I’ll say “Man oh man.” Kathryn Yes, and I’ll add “I had no idea what to expect from this issue. Never
I seriously don’t know where to begin with this book. It’s beautiful, except when it’s grotesque. It’s a straightforward adventure, except when it goes completely off the rails. It’s a fairy tale except when it’s a coming-of-age story, except when it’s a comedy, except when it’s a mystery, except when it’s a myth, except when
For each of man’s evils, there exists a special demon. There’s a new chapter to the Pumpkinhead story! Written by Cullen Bunn (Venomized and Deadpool Kills the Marvel Universe) and illustrated by Blacky Shepherd (Voltron – From the Ashes), the graphic novel collects five issues of the Pumpkinhead series, and tells the story of another
I read this book months ago and meant to write a review, but I kept putting it off, because in the end I didn’t think the book was very good, but I’m such a John Varley fan I didn’t want to admit it. Here’s some random thoughts I jotted down when I was planning an
We’re trying to stay on top of all the possible Oscar nominations, this week guest writer Donzell weighs in on The Hate U Give. The Hate U Give is a drama starring Amandla Stenberg. It tells the story of Starr Carter, a young lady that witnesses the tragic death of her friend Khalil due to
Ever since I Hate Fairyland wrapped up this year (with what I thought was a pitch-perfect ending) I’ve been waiting to read Skottie Young’s next big thing, wondering if it was going to be as nuts as a psychopathic 30-something trapped in a child’s body trapped in Fairyland. Turns out Skottie’s newest main character is
I enjoyed C. Robert Cargill’s robot apocalypse novel Sea of Rust so much that I snatched up his latest book We Are Where The Nightmares Go And Other Stories right away, but then saved it to read for my spooky-book month. And I’m glad I did, because this collection goes really well with the nights getting longer