An Atomic Milestone (well, two really…)
This morning, The Atomic Junk Shop hit two milestones: post number 1000 and comment number 10,000.
Fox, Lee, Kirby: Writing in the Silver Age
Once Marvel began publishing superhero comics in the Silver Age, the differences between the Marvel and DC styles firmed up quickly. Most of the DC stories I remember fondly give …
It’s fun, you should read it: Impossible Jones
Karl Kesel and David Hahn are doing another installment of Impossible Jones, and I tell you why you should support their Kickstarter. Hint: It’s really fun…
Atomic Roundtable: Best Movie (Whatevers) From Before 1990!
A while back, author Adam-Troy Castro commented on Facebook that he keeps seeing posts on different pop culture sites with titles like “All-Time Greatest Movie [whatevers]” — best villains, sexiest stars, costumes, vehicles, etc. — and almost never do the lists include any movies made before 1980, and often not even from before 1990. It’s like a whole lot of people think nothing existed before they did. So, let’s discover some things from decades before we were born. Welcome to the latest Atomic Roundtable!
The Kiss of the Kobra
Back in 2014 (this is a repost from my own blog that year), as part of rereading my comics collection, I came across a Kobra story from the 1990s. On …
A bit of light reading (not really) for International Women’s Day
About two years ago, I read an absolutely fascinating SF novel, Native Tongue, and is International Women’s Day seems like a perfect opportunity to say a little something about it.