The Promise of Streaming … Betrayed?
One of the cool things about the 21st century is that it’s easy to watch just about any movie I want. Thanks to the amazing array of streaming services, I …
Author: frasersherman
“My letter’s on the fan page!” Silver Age Marvel Comics on Earth-616
So as I described in my last post about the comic-book industry in comic-book worlds, Stan Lee in the 1950s was writing war, horror and Patsy Walker comics for Marvel …
Let’s look at some pretty book covers, shall we?
Edo’s September post mentioning Lin Carter made me think, as talking about Carter often does, of his work editing Ballantine Books’ Adult Fantasy series back in the 1970s. Ian and …
A supporting actor in his own book: Reading the Essential Man-Thing
My friend Ross once described Man-Thing as the world’s most perfect supporting character. After reading Essential Man-Thing Vol. 1 (you can get many of the same stories in color in …
Incarnation or ideal? Which do I love?
A passing comment in the recent round table about geek stuff got me thinking about why I keep reading Batman, even though the stories in the New 52 suck. I’ve …
“I didn’t know Future Man used a life battery!” Marvel Comics on Earth-616
Where DC Comics only occasionally showed us what the DCU’s Silver Age comics were like, Marvel wasted no time establishing Earth-616 had its own version of Marvel Comics, publishing their …
Doctor Mabuse — boring? Scotland Yard vs. Dr. Mabuse
It’s taken me forever to get back to Dr. Mabuse, simply because 1963’s Scotland Yard vs. Dr. Mabuse (Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard in the U.S.) is far and away …