Behold the magnificent glory of ‘Reefer Madness’!!!!
Can you handle the truth? Read on … if you dare!
Category: Comics Culture
Here’s a Kickstarter you might be interested in!
I’m writing about a new Kickstarter project, because it’s always fun to check in on Kickstarter!
Harley Quinn and “Definitive” Characters
Harley Quinn turns 26 this year. That’s why rebooting characters back to their “definitive” version is usually a bad idea. As probably everyone reading Atomic Junk Shop knows, comics make …
Zagreb’s most excellent geek-friendly weekend
Every year, on the second weekend in May, Croatia’s capital city Zagreb becomes a sort of haven for geeks of all stripes, because that’s when the annual SF convention, better known as Sferakon, and the annual comic convention, now called the Zagreb Comic Con, are held.
How Do You Jump Off A Moving Train?
This is an internal conflict I’ve struggled with for years: the OCD collector versus the actual entertainment consumer.
Byron Preiss: An Appreciation
Byron Preiss was a writer, compiler, editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and graphic novels. As a fan of those genres, as well as comics and pulp fiction, among other things, he tried to innovate ways to present and publish similar materials for a wider reading public – something he did throughout his life.
Politics in Comics
I see it more and more often these days: People complaining about politics in a creator’s stories. Usually, they’re offended because the creator’s politics don’t align with their own, but sometimes, they’re offended because there’s politics in there at all. It’s a dumb argument, because politics have always been a part of superhero comics.