Books & Comics

“Nightmare U.S.A. The Untold Story of the Exploitation Independents” is an invaluable textbook that explores Independent horror films from 1970- 1985. Written by Stephen Thrower, this is […]

Wow. Batman versus Dracula – what an idea. Two of the biggest names in their respective literary genres, comic books and literature, respectively, going at it […]

Alan Moore isn’t a writer you’d normally associate with the Batman series, but in 1988, he combined with Brian Bolland to produce one of the […]

The dust jacket for “Incognegro,” written by Mat Johnson, says it’s “a graphic mystery,” which is kind of misleading when you think about it. It […]

“Life is empty. When we take a life, we aren’t taking anything of value. Wetboys are killers. That’s all we do. That’s all we are. […]

Roger Ebert’s “Your Movie Sucks” might be the funniest book of the year: The title alone is worth a good laugh. Ebert’s latest book is […]

An animated, moss-encrusted monolith jettisons from beneath his bayou dwelling, towering above the various life forms and vegetation. He seldom speaks polysyllabically, though the very timbre […]

The late ’80s were a great time to be fan of “Iron Man” – it was a time when Tony Stark and his armored alter […]

Henry Perowne is a man of habit. On his day off as a neurosurgeon, he runs errands, plays racquet ball and visits his mother suffering […]

“Scientists in the nineteenth century could predict the automobile. Science fiction writers added the human element and envisioned traffic jams.” This anonymous statement probably describes […]

Few writers are quite as prolific and unconventional as London’s own recluse, Alan Moore. After gathering a large part of his wide fan-base from his […]