The 52 reviews have returned. In these issues, plots begin to converge, Montoya trains to become the new Question, Osiris acquires a talking croc sidekick, and Batman may be quitting for good.1
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Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
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Space Age News!
Two recent articles have NASA talking moonbase and Hawking talking deep space. Perhaps the old dreams of the Twenty-First CenturyTM are returning.
Flight 715, Ohio to Copernicus Crater, now boarding….
An announcement like that waits in the future, but Columbus, Ohio has entered the preliminary race to build a spaceport that would service flights for PlanetSpace.
Saturday Review: The Hound of the Baskervilles
Perhaps the most famous of Sherlock Holmes’s adventures, the novel also takes the great detective furthest into horror territory, as he contemplates whether or not he may be facing a supernatural adversary. The Hound has been filmed perhaps twenty times, with actors as diverse as Basil Rathbone, Peter Cook, Peter Cushing, Tom Baker, and Matt Frewer playing the man from Baker Street.1
Perhaps the best comes from Grenada-TV’s extraordinary 1980s series, which features the late Jeremy Brett as the definitive video Holmes and Edward Hardwicke, the second of the two actors who portrayed his Watson.
Add to that list of stars with genre credentials William Shatner, who plays Stapleton in the 1972 adaptation.
Novel Review: Anansi Boys
“I think this is probably yours,” said Charlie.
Spider took the tongue from his brother, with an exaggerated thank you gesture, placed it into his mouth, pushed it in, and held it down. Charlie watched and waited. Soon Spider seemed satisfied—- he moved his mouth experimentally, pushing his tongue to one side and then to the other, as if he were preparing to shave a moustache, opening his mouth widely and waggling his tongue about. He closed his mouth and stood up. Finally, in a voice that was still a little wobbly around the edges, he said, “Nice hat.”(351)
Neil Gaiman’s comical novel features doppelganger brothers, sons of the West African god Anansi, and their problematic reconciliation.
Batman and the Spirit: Crime Convention
It took decades, but the comic world’s most famous shadow-hugging masked crimefighters finally meet in a twisted tale that captures the spirit of the late Will Eisner’s loopier work.
HBO to bring The Preacher to the tv screen
The influential comic book series The Preacher may be coming to HBO in the near future. Details may be found here.
Dave Cockrum dead at 63
The comic book artist, best known for his work on X-Men and Legion of Superheroes, died today from complications of diabetes.
Book Review: The Hunt
I have a brother who lays alone in a carriage, and a father who always returns covered in blood.
Toronto’s BookThug has published this unusual volume, a blend of found art and prose poetry and horror story.