Using the new Doctor Who Limited Edition Gift Set, your noble author will make his way through as much of the modern series as he can before the Christmas episode, The Snowmen. Making the same move for new Companion Adam he did for Rose, The Doctor takes the trio to the year 200,000 – the…
TIPPIN’ HANCOCK’S HAT-Reviews of All Things Pulp by Tommy Hancock HUNT AT WORLD’S END By Nicholas Kaufmann (writing as Gabriel Hunt) Gabriel Hunt created by Charles Ardai Published by Leisure Books, 2009 There’s something to be said for archetypes. We enjoy them, we return to them, many sociologists and psychologists say that they are essential…
Hard to believe it’s been a quarter of a century since The Princess Bride was released to theaters. By then, I had adored William Goldman’s novel which was its basis and over time, as it hit cable then home video, it was watched repeatedly in my house. As a result, the kids grew up with…
Here’s a pre-Election Day piece from Nikkolas and Nicole Smith, recasting Sasha, Malia, Michelle, and Barack Obama in the style of Pixar’s The Incredibles. I see only two things wrong with it: 1. The slogan should no longer be “Forward”, but “Excelsior!” 2. This piece is just crying out for Mitt Romney as Syndrome. Or…
It’s not easy being a superhero in the best of circumstances, so pity the poor man whose powers derive from a demon — and whose mother is dating one of the nation’s leading evangelical preachers. And when that young unfortunate’s name is Chesney Arnstruther, well…that’s someone whom you would not want to switch places with….
3 Steps To Hell Rediscovering the Lost Novels of Arnold Hano Stark House Press, in the business of reprinting some of the best mysteries and supernatural fiction of the past 100 years, is pleased to announce the publication and launch of 3 STEPS TO HELL, an omnibus of three hard-hitting novels by Arnold Hano. Many…
Ridley Scott rarely repeats himself, avoiding formulaic sequels, useless prequels, and remakes. Instead, the stylist conjures up new works and attempts to be thought-provoking time after time. You might have bought into the hype that this year’s Prometheus is an out and out set up to his Alien, but you’d be wrong. While tangentially connected…
Tippinâ HancockâÂÂs Hat- Reviews of All Things Pulp by Tommy Hancock SUPERHEROES VS ZOMBIES By Various Edited by Eric S. Brown and Anthony Giangregorio Published by Living Dead Press, 2011 I have said this many times before and will hold this as a standard of my interest in Pulp for years to come.àAlthough it…
Tomorrow (as I write this) is the big day, a day as important as my birthday and for a similar reason, and yet I don’t know how to celebrate it. I don’t even know what to call it. “Lazarus Day?” That’s certainly appropriate, but it carries some lumpy baggage. “Resurrection Day?” Same problem: “resurrection” has…
Ouch, ouch, and more ouch. FADE IN: EXT. AIRPLANE After DC COMICS reminds everyone of their shitty new logo, HANS ZIMMER plucks a couple strings until HOODED TOM HARDY and nuclear scientist ALON ABOUTBOUL are taken on board CIA AGENT AIDAN GILLEN’S PLANE. AIDAN GILLEN We were only expecting the scientist, who the fuck are…
One of the primary rules for writing is “Write what you know.” As I’ve discussed before, the corollary question becomes “what do you know?” I can write characters that, on the surface, are totally unlike me because underlying there are elements that true for both of us. Granted, I need to get the details of…
Donât believe the trash talk. I am really a religious guy. Let me elucidate. It began with long phone conversations. Very, very long. Several of them. How many technical support people did I talk to over the last three days? Five? Six? I lost track. And then there were the trips to the computer store…
