Horror
Stories that make me afraid and anxious.
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Where ABC and Fox make you wait a week to see the latest episode (unless you have a cable subscription), The CW understands that it’s commercial TV (not subscription) and that its viewers can’t stop their worlds (no matter how much they want to) to sit and watch their favorite show or, as in my…
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WARNING! SPOILERS! Child of television. When I was told AJ Scudiere’s Under Dark Skies was a “supernatural crime thriller” and then read that it involved “the FBI’s secretive division, NightShade” I immediately thought X-Files. When it is revealed that some of the main characters in the book had supernatural abilities, Angel Investigations popped into my…
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Before I begin writing about the Sleepy Hollow panel I attended at this year’s New York Comic Con, I’d like everyone to know Orlando Jones is great with his fans. I didn’t stay after the panel but as I was walking out I heard a loud collective squeal and glanced back to see that Orlando…
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I swear I heard TV Guide’s Damian Holbrook utter the word “atonement” during The Following panel he moderated at this year’s New York Comic Con. I have to swear because the mention was so brief and the notion never really picked up. Kevin Bacon did sort of say something about the personal consequences his character,…
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The Shunned House by H.P. Lovecraft My rating: 3 of 5 stars I was infatuated with HP Lovecraft for a brief period in my life but mostly because of the drawings he inspired by HR Giger. I had a collection of Lovecraft’s stories that I bought at Tower Books (many, many years ago) but can’t…
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Batman: Arkham Asylum – A Serious House on Serious Earth by Grant Morrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars I associate Dave McKean’s artwork with chaos and motion and the surreal and the absurd which makes him a perfect choice to illustrate a book called Batman Arkham Asylum. I don’t think it is an accident…
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The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch by Neil Gaiman My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really like Dave McKean’s artwork. I like the motley collage and subtle chaos of angular ink drawn faces mixed with magazine cutouts and snapshots. The storytelling is excellent too. The Tragedy of Mr. Punch is a…
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WARNING! Possible SPOILERS! The Soul Eater anime put out by Funimation was my introduction to the work of Atsushi Ohkumbo. I was immediately drawn to the idea of weapons being human and able to transform at will from their human form to their weaponized form. For example, the main character, Soul, is a tough talking…
