Manga Review: The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji 1 Created by Keiichiro Ryu, written by Mio Aso, art by Tetsuo Hara The Sengoku (Warring States) period of Japanese history is drawing to an end. In what will in modern times be called Gunma Prefecture, there lives a man named Maeda Keiji. The adopted son… Continue reading Manga Review: The Magnificent Bastard: The Legend of Keiji 1
Comic Book Review: Lumberjanes Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
Comic Book Review: Lumberjanes Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy Written by N.D. Stevenson & Grace Ellis, art by Gus Allen Welcome to Miss Qiunzella Thiskwin Penniquiqul Thistle Crumpet’s Camp for Girls Hardcore Lady Types! It’s a summer camp connected to the Lumberjanes organization, an outdoorsy scouting organization something like the Campfire Girls or Girl… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Lumberjanes Volume 1: Beware the Kitten Holy
Book Review: S.T.A.R. Flight
Book Review: S.T.A.R. Flight by E.C. Tubb About fifty years ago, the Kaltich came to Earth. Not in rocket ships, but by the Gates. Their technology was in many ways well advanced beyond ours, especially in the field of medicine. They offered easy organ transplants and restored youth treatments, for a price. Very favorable trade… Continue reading Book Review: S.T.A.R. Flight
Comic Strip Review: Virtual Unicorn Experience
Comic Strip Review: Virtual Unicorn Experience by Dana Simpson Phoebe Grizelda Howell is nine years old and is fascinated by unicorns. Unlike most girls her age, she actually knows one, Marigold Heavenly Nostrils. They met when Phoebe skipped a rock across a pond and accidentally hit Marigold in the face. This actually saved the unicorn… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Virtual Unicorn Experience
Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #8: Legion of Super-Heroes
Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #8: Legion of Super-Heroes edited by Jack C. Harris We’re skipping quite a few stories of the Legion of Super-Heroes since the last digest I posted about. This collection reprints the Legion stories from Adventure Comics #355-357 plus stories from Superboy #198 and #202. By this point,… Continue reading Comic Book Review: DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #8: Legion of Super-Heroes
Book Review: Ruth
Book Review: Ruth written by Kjersti Hoff Baez, illustrated by Al Bohl Ruth was born in the land of Moab, but married a Judahite named Mahlon who had come to live there with his family. The marriage was childless but happy, and Ruth became especially attached to her mother-in-law Naomi, who’d become widowed some years… Continue reading Book Review: Ruth
Book Review: They Lived by Their Guns
Book Review: They Lived by Their Guns by Various Authors Back in the day, Westerns were king. Even pulp magazines like Argosy that weren’t exclusively western-focused tended to have at least one tale set in that genre every issue. Thus this collection of five novelettes reprinted from the magazine from the late 1940s, published in… Continue reading Book Review: They Lived by Their Guns
Comic Book Review: Batman & Superman in World’s Finest Comics: The Silver Age Volume 1
Comic Book Review: Batman & Superman in World’s Finest Comics: The Silver Age Volume 1 edited by Jack Schiff with various writers and artists Superman was first published in 1938, with Batman following in 1939, swiftly becoming the two biggest sellers for National Comics, which would become DC Comics. Despite the obvious synergy potential of… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Batman & Superman in World’s Finest Comics: The Silver Age Volume 1
Book Review: Strange Houses
Book Review: Strange Houses by Uketsu A young couple is in the market for a house, and they’ve found one that might meet their needs. It’s practically new, the exterior is attractive, and it has all the modern conveniences. But something about the interior layout feels off. They decide to consult their friend Uketsu, who… Continue reading Book Review: Strange Houses
Magazine Review: Pulp Review #22: Vulture Coast
Magazine Review: Pulp Review #22: Vulture Coast edited by John P. Gunnison As I mentioned in my review of High Adventure #200, that pulp reprint magazine was known as Pulp Review for its first 23 issues, and I have some of those earlier issues, that I hope to get to before I die. Let’s look… Continue reading Magazine Review: Pulp Review #22: Vulture Coast