In my experience, not only has the critic done little to enter the arena, the critic hasn’t even read the book. I’m sure you’ve seen this before, but for anyone that dares do anything in front of others, it’s worth rereading from time to time....
Deeds, not words. As we look forward to a new year I’m reminded of these words printed across the page of a hundred comic books from my youth. Beneath them, a well-coifed Ace Hunter, leader of the crack military team Megaforce, directed a finger at all of us, daring...
I don’t understand it. But I accept it. I find myself saying this more and more lately. It’s like a mid-life mantra. It was in my head when I was digging into Twitch and trying to understand why so many people like watching other people play video games when simple...
Scale models are cool. If you don’t believe me, just look for sci-fi models on Pinterest and see how deep that rabbit hole goes. They’re cool. And that’s why Trolley was such a punk. On Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood there were two ways into the land of Make-Believe. He...
The news has been out there for some time now, I just needed time to process it. Robert Pattinson is going to be the new Batman. The sparkly vampire from the most millennial movie of all time is the Dark Knight. Many people have come to his defense saying...
Stephen King said “Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.” But he did an awful lot of coke and while blow and closed doors may have been fantastic for his productivity, writing with an audience has been good for mine. For the last couple of weeks I’ve...
It's a collection of short stories about time travel, alien invasions, selling homes in alternate dimensions, giant combiner robots, post-apocalyptic beagles and much more. And it's all read by the amazing Phil Thron.
