Anime Review: Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up (Japanese title: Dororon Enma-kun Meera Mera) It is the 1970s in Japan, a time of rising inflation, the Oil Crisis and the Vietnam War. But most of that’s grown-up problems. For elementary school student Harumi, the most pressing issue is that there’s a monster stealing her teachers’ and… Continue reading Anime Review: Ghastly Prince Enma Burning Up
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Book Review: The Book of Heroic Failures
Book Review: The Book of Heroic Failures by Stephen Pile There have been many books about great achievements and successful people. This isn’t one of those. This is a book about people who failed, sometimes spectacularly. It was supposedly sponsored by the Not Terribly Good Club of Great Britain, a group composed of incompetent people… Continue reading Book Review: The Book of Heroic Failures
Book Review: Transgressive Horror Resurrected
Book Review: Transgressive Horror Resurrected edited by Prof. Christopher McGlothlin, M.Ed. Disclaimer: I backed the Kickstarter for this book and got a discounted copy. No other compensation was requested or offered. This is the fourth book in the “Everyone’s Gone to the Movies” series, featuring essays about interesting or unusual films. This volume returns to… Continue reading Book Review: Transgressive Horror Resurrected
Comic Strip Review: Mad as a Hatter
Comic Strip Review: Mad as a Hatter by Sergio Aragonés Sergio Aragonés was born in Spain in 1937, but his family fled the Spanish Civil War, settling in Mexico when he was six. He had a talent for humor and cartooning, and was convinced to move to the big city of New York in 1962.… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Mad as a Hatter
Comic Strip Review: Back to B.C. | B.C. Big Wheel
Comic Strip Review: Back to B.C. | B.C. Big Wheel by Johnny Hart B.C. and his friends are cavemen living in what appears to be prehistoric times. Fire and the wheel are relatively new inventions, and humans mix with dinosaurs and animals that can talk to each other if not to humans. Their world is… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Back to B.C. | B.C. Big Wheel
Book Review: Private Eye’s Bumper Book of Boobs
Book Review: Private Eye’s Bumper Book of Boobs edited by Richard Ingrams Private Eye is a satire and current events magazine that’s been published in Great Britain since 1961. While their investigative reporting is perhaps more important a contribution to society, they also do a lot of jokes and other humor. One recurring feature has… Continue reading Book Review: Private Eye’s Bumper Book of Boobs
Comic Strip Review: Hägar the Horrible: “Caught in the Act!”
Comic Strip Review: Hägar the Horrible: “Caught in the Act!” by Dik Browne It is the age of Vikings, what some will call the Dark Ages. In a coastal village somewhere on the coast of Norway lives a minor raider chieftain named Hägar the Horrible. This doughty warrior travels around the known world, and sometimes… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Hägar the Horrible: “Caught in the Act!”
Comic Strip Review: Is Nothing Sacred?
Comic Strip Review: Is Nothing Sacred? by Gahan Wilson Gahan Wilson (1930-2019) was a cartoonist known for his macabre imagination and dark humor, though he also dipped into relatively mundane observational humor as well. His cartoons appeared in The New Yorker, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and Playboy on a regular basis, as… Continue reading Comic Strip Review: Is Nothing Sacred?
Movie Review: The Case of the Curious Bride
Movie Review: The Case of the Curious Bride (1935) directed by Michael Curtiz Between movies, star defense attorney Perry Mason has successfully defended an alleged hatchet killer, humiliating the district attorney once again. He’s preparing for a victory feast, the crab dish of which he’ll cook himself, and then a Chinese vacation. At the restaurant, he’s… Continue reading Movie Review: The Case of the Curious Bride
Manga Review: Shonen Jump Weekly 2022
Manga Review: Shonen Jump Weekly 2022 Can you believe I’ve been doing Shounen Jump Weekly reviews for ten years now? So much has changed during that timeframe, Famous longrunners have ended, new favorites have come and gone, instead of a simulated magazine the website is more like a box of manga you can dip into… Continue reading Manga Review: Shonen Jump Weekly 2022