Book Review: Swords Against Wizardry by Fritz Leiber We return, gentle readers, to the fabled world of Nehwon, home of those bold rogues, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. But they are not in their favorite city, Lankhmar, but in Fafhrd’s home territory of the Cold Wastes to the north. For they have learned of fabled… Continue reading Book Review: Swords Against Wizardry
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Comic Book Review: Astro City Metrobook 4
Comic Book Review: Astro City Metrobook 4 written by Kurt Busiek, art by Brent Anderson, covers by Alex Ross Astro City is filled with superheroes and supervillains. But it’s also filled with ordinary people trying to live their ordinary lives in an extraordinary world. Both these groups have stories to tell. This independent “universe” was… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Astro City Metrobook 4
Manga Review: Mao Volumes 8-10
Manga Review: Mao Volumes 8-10 by Rumiko Takahashi Note: The following review has SPOILERS for previous volumes. Check out my earlier posts. Quick recap: Nanoka Kiba’s parents were killed in a bizarre car crash when she was little. When she’s a teenager, Nanoka learns that a local shopping arcade functions as a portal between the… Continue reading Manga Review: Mao Volumes 8-10
Anime Review: Gamera: Rebirth
Anime Review: Gamera: Rebirth It is summer, 1989, on an alternate Earth where the Apollo Program never ended and there’s a permanent station on the Moon. In Tokyo, Japan, three children are enjoying their last summer break together before middle school separates them. Sensitive Boco, protective Joe and cryptid fan Junichi may not share all… Continue reading Anime Review: Gamera: Rebirth
Anime Review: Undead Girl Murder Farce
Anime Review: Undead Girl Murder Farce (also advertised as “Undead Murder Farce”) Aya Rindo was turned into an immortal being during the Heian Era of Japan, keeping the appearance of a young woman but gaining knowledge and perceptiveness according to her chronological age. About a year before the story begins during the Meiji Period (Victorian… Continue reading Anime Review: Undead Girl Murder Farce
Movie Review: Monster from Green Hell
Movie Review: Monster from Green Hell (1957) directed by Kenneth G. Crane The Space Race is on, but before a human can be shot into orbit, the risks need to be assessed. Therefore, the United States has put scientists Dr. Quent Brady (Jim Davis) and Dan Morgan (Robert Griffith) in charge of a program for… Continue reading Movie Review: Monster from Green Hell
Comic Book Review: B.P.R.D.: Killing Ground
Comic Book Review: B.P.R.D.: Killing Ground story by Mike Mignola and John Arcudi, art by Guy Smith In the alternate history of the Hellboy franchise, the United States government created a group called the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense. The title demon who does not in fact want to bring about the end of… Continue reading Comic Book Review: B.P.R.D.: Killing Ground
Webtoon Review: Skull Island
Webtoon Review: Skull Island Years ago, Annie was stranded on an island in the South Pacific after the death of her father. She bonded with a creature she named “Dog” which helped her survive the bizarre wildlife of what she called “Annie’s Island.” Recently, people with guns came to Annie’s Island, tried to kill Dog… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Skull Island
Manga Review: Magus of the Library 1
Manga Review: Magus of the Library 1 by Mitsu Izumi On a fantasy world with a vaguely “Middle Eastern” culture, the invention of the printing press was relatively recent, so public libraries themselves are a new and exciting thing. The village of Amun has only had a library for a few years, the merchant Ossei… Continue reading Manga Review: Magus of the Library 1
Manga Review: Delicious in Dungeon 1
Manga Review: Delicious in Dungeon 1 by Ryoko Kui It is said that “an army marches on its stomach.” Logistics are important to adventurers too, as this party just learned the hard way. They’d lost their food supplies while in the dungeon, so when a red dragon popped up, they were suffering the effects of… Continue reading Manga Review: Delicious in Dungeon 1