Manga Review: Case Closed, Vols. 95 & 96 by Gosho Aoyama Note: SPOILERS for past volumes, start with an earlier review if you’re new to the series! Quick recap: Conan Edogawa appears to be a child, but is actually the famous teen genius detective Shinichi Kudou (Jimmy Kudo in the dub), who’s been reverted to… Continue reading Manga Review: Case Closed, Vols. 95 & 96
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Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 10-11-12
Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 10-11-12 by Yoshiki Nakamura Note: SPOILERS for earlier volumes! If you are just now finding out about this series, you may want to read earlier reviews first. Quick Recap: Kyoko Mogami dropped out of school to move to Tokyo with the boy she loved, Sho Fuwa, so she could support him… Continue reading Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 10-11-12
Comic Book Review: Lost Marvels No.1: Tower of Shadows
Comic Book Review: Lost Marvels No. 1: Tower of Shadows edited by Dr. Michael Dean The “Lost Marvels” series of books reprints Marvel Comics publications that have not been previously collected in reprint volumes, looking to be mostly short-run series and one-offs that match a theme. This first volume reprints most of a horror anthology… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Lost Marvels No.1: Tower of Shadows
Book Review: Madhouse
Book Review: Madhouse by Angus Hall (Originally published as Devilday) Paul Harvard Toombes is an actor who was born to play Timon of Athens in the Shakespearean play of the same name. But it’s a relatively obscure and unpopular play, so he primarily became a horror actor in Hollywood. His most notable role was as… Continue reading Book Review: Madhouse
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #30: Detective Comics
Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #30: Detective Comics edited by Len Wein Detective Comics is one of DC’s longest-running comic book series, and indeed, they’re named after it. While it’s best known as the birthplace of Batman, over the years it’s hosted several other features involving some form of detection or mystery solving.… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Best of DC #30: Detective Comics
Magazine Review: Analog Science Fiction Science Fact June 1969
Magazine Review: Analog Science Fiction Science Fact June 1969 edited by John W. Campbell The editorial for this issue of the venerable science fiction magazine talks about two “elegant solutions” to technical problems, the first one being a better spacesuit, and the other being a better microphone. Neither of these notions worked out in real… Continue reading Magazine Review: Analog Science Fiction Science Fact June 1969
Movie Review: Mark of the Vampire
Movie Review: Mark of the Vampire (1935) directed by Tod Browning (also released as “Vampires of Prague”) Czechoslovakia, 1934, near the city of Prague. It is growing dark, but in the inn run by a local fellow (Michael Visaroff), two English travelers want to be on their way. The innkeeper warns that vampires roam these parts… Continue reading Movie Review: Mark of the Vampire
Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 7-8-9
Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 7-8-9 by Yoshiki Nakamura Note: This review contains spoilers for previous volumes. If you are unfamiliar with the series, you may want to read earlier reviews instead. Quick recap: Kyoko Mogami dropped out of school and moved to Tokyo to support her beloved Sho as he tried to break into show… Continue reading Manga Review: Skip-Beat! Volumes 7-8-9
Magazine Review: Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2024
Magazine Review: Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2024 edited by Janet Hutchings Despite the cover date, this issue of the venerable mystery story magazine hit newsstands in December 2023, so is the Christmas issue as well as the Sherlock Holmes tribute. I bought this issue and promptly had it buried under a to read pile,… Continue reading Magazine Review: Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January/February 2024
Movie Review: Bloody Pit of Horror
Movie Review: Bloody Pit of Horror (1965) directed by Massimo Pupillo, Italian title “Il Boia Scarlatto” (The Crimson Executioner) Horror paperback publisher Daniel Parks (Alfredo Rizzo) wants to have the covers of his next few books be photographs. So he and a small crew of models, photographer and writer are touring Italy for the exactly right… Continue reading Movie Review: Bloody Pit of Horror