Science Fiction

Stories about superheroes and possible futures.

  • NYCC 2011: Green Lantern Series Review

    WARNING: POTENTIAL SPOILERS! Among the highlights of the 2011 New York Comic Con is the preview my children and I saw of Cartoon Network’s Green Lantern: The Animated Series. It had all of the personal and interpersonal issues that make a story interesting to adult audiences and enough explosions and fight scenes to keep younger

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  • Spidey, Skinny Guys, and Me

    When I saw that video of Andrew Garfield, dressed in that drugstore Spiderman costume, speaking so frenetically about his relationship with the Wall Crawler, it got me thinking about my own times with the Web Head. “Being free of the body I was born into,” that’s what Andrew says Spider-Man meant to him and “every

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  • I Wonder

    In the post- Xena: Warrior Princess (1995) and Buffy The Vampire Slayer (1997) TV age, how hard can it be to create an entertaining Wonder Woman TV show? I am not a screenwriter or (perhaps more importantly) a TV producer so can’t offer any real practical strategies. I’m also not a big Wonder Woman fan

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  • Picturing Books: Tiny Titans

    While not picture books in the traditional sense of stitched hardcovers, the Tiny Titans series by Art Baltazar and Franco should not be ignored. They are engaging, colorful, and “slapsticky” – making them an engaging way to sustain positive reading habits among emergent readers.

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  • Picturing Books: Boy Dumplings & Oh No

    I believe with those who believe picture books are an art form. I appreciate the art of the picture book. I have written about my appreciation of the picture book before. Despite being in town this summer, the children did not participate in the New York Public Library’s Summer Reading Program. We meant to but

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Vincent Young