Category: Book Reviews
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Firefly: Still Flying Book Review
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in Book ReviewsPublished by Titan Books Firefly may have been cut down in its prime (only to be briefly brought back as a criminally underappreciated movie) but its fans refuse to move on. Not that they should, of course; few other sci-fi shows featured as enduring a cast or as distinct a universe as Joss Whedon’s…
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Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer: Writings on Bruce Willis, Badass Cinema and Other Important topics Review
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in Book ReviewsPublished by Titan Books Vern is a one of a kind film critic you’ll either love or hate. The title of his previous volume, Seagology: A Study of the Ass-kicking Films of Steven Seagal, should give you a good enough idea of what to expect with Yippee Ki-Yay Moviegoer. Characterised by a writing voice that…
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Proxies of Fate by Matthew Moses Review
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in Book ReviewsProxies of Fate marks the first time I’ve been asked to review a purely prose novel, yet while Proxies isn’t a comic as such it’s ostensibly a classic comic book adventure under a literary veil, with equal quantities of 50s sci-fi thrown in for good measure. When an invasion by the Krush, a sadistic reptilian…
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Ghost vol. 1: Blood and Fire Book Review
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in Book Reviews2010, Tabella Publishing Story: Phoebe Reeves Murray Art: Daniel Scott Gabriel Murray The first of two proposed volumes, Ghost is not a graphic novel as such, but an illustrated novella printed in the comic book format. Those familiar with Terry Pratchett’s Eric or Neil Gaiman’s Sandman: The Dream Hunters, will have a good idea of…
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Death Falcon Zero vs. The Zombie Slug Lords Review
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in Book ReviewsWriters: William Bitner, Daniel Boyd Art: Brendon Fraim, Brian Fraim Were Death Falcon Zero vs. The Zombie Slug Lords a movie, it would be received as a refreshingly unpretentious return to a style of entertainment that has slowly, silently dwindled into extinction. A breed of movie once found in dingy, smoke-filled cinemas, and later confined…