Frank Sinatra in a Blender. Now THAT is an eye-catching title! I was given the option to pick any novel from New Pulp Press in exchange for a review and when I read the title of Matthew McBride’s book, the choice was easy. Nick Valentine is the definition of a raging alcoholic. If there’s a…
When you think of Marvel’s answer to Batman, you probably automatically think Iron Man. And why wouldn’t you? Tony Stark and Bruce Wayne are both incredibly intelligent individuals who use their mental ability to compensate for a lack of “super power”. For whatever reason, in my eyes, I always saw Daredevil as Marvel’s answer to…
Before you and I existed – in fact, before most people existed – our planet was inhabited by a group of aliens. Unable to exist on our planet in their natural form, the alien race, or Quasing, merged with the bodies of wayward creatures. As time went on, a divide was slowly created between two…
I recently was given the opportunity to chat with Nina Post, the author of Danger in Cat World, The Last Condo Board of the Apocalypse The Last Donut Shop of the Apocalypse and One Ghost Per Serving. We talked social media, her influences, web comics and quantum mechanics. First things first, what inspired you to become an author?…
Jeff Smith started the Bone series back in 1994 when I was but a meager ten year old. I can vividly remember going to the grocery store with my Mother and begging her to buy me the latest issue of Disney Adventures. Due to my insistent whining, my Mom finally caved and bought it for…
So, there’s this scene in David Fincher’s Zodiac in which Jake Gyllenhaal’s character, Robert Graysmith, visits the home of someone he believes to be the famed Zodiac killer. As Graysmith ventures down in the suspect’s basement, there’s this sense of dread that’s instilled in the viewer as they wonder if Graysmith will make it out…
I’ll be the first to admit I’m not a huge fan of short story compilations. While I’ve only read a handful of collections, I find they take a lot of effort to get through. It’s not that the quality of the work isn’t up to par with that of a full length novel, it’s just…
While I enjoyed the second collection, it’s kind of hard to top that Scarecrow story from Volume 1. However, what Volume 2 lacks in story, it makes up for in artwork. With Greg Rucka and Bob Gale sharing the majority of the writing task, the reigns of the artwork are given to several people throughout…
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