Fantastic Four #35, the giant-sized 60th anniversary issue, will be on the stands September 1, 2021. Joining series writer Dan Slott will be legendary artist John Romita Jr., marking his highly-anticipated return to Marvel. In addition to drawing a story within … Continue reading
(1) FLIGHT WORN ART. Artist Gregory Manchess tells how he designed the Dragon Crew One patch – and how he got the gig in the first place: “Mission Patch: Crew One” at Muddy Colors. …Through a convoluted process of attending … Continue reading
Chris Barkley’s cat must be the only creature who ever went to sleep in the middle of something by Lin-Manuel Miranda! I was working on the article in my office and when I turned around to take a break, our … Continue reading
By JJ: Imagine being groomed from birth for a role on an galactic construction ship, on an endless journey to build a cosmic superhighway of wormhole transport gates for humans to use in the far future. Imagine being awakened by … Continue reading
By Steve Vertlieb: Here’s my look back at the three major motion picture productions of King Kong, encompassing the beloved original 1933 RKO classic, a primeval variation of “Beauty and the Beast” created by Merian C. Cooper; John Guillermin’s ill-fated … Continue reading
The Evolution of SF/F, a panel on international SF/F, its future, and changes in the US market, will be presented December 1 at The Center for Fiction in New York. The participants will be. Musharraf Ali Farooqi, author of the … Continue reading
Babel or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators’ Revolution by R.F. Kuang. Spoiler alert: this book is brilliant. Review by Michaele Jordan: We all raged over the Hugo nominations scandal. We wrote angry letters, we … Continue reading
(1) DATLOW Q&A. The Horror Writers Association blog checks in with one the genre’s all-stars: “NUTS & BOLTS: Interview With Ellen Datlow, Editor and Shaper of Multiple Genres”. Q: What qualities must a story have to qualify as good horror … Continue reading
The Baltimore Science Fiction Society (BSFS) announced today that Splinter in the Sky (Saga Press) by Kemi Ashing-Giwa has won the 2024 Compton Crook Award for best debut SF/Fantasy/horror novel, a prize worth $1,000. Kemi Ashing-Giwa is the 42nd winner of the award. … Continue reading
(1) TODAY’S 40,000. [Item by Anne Marble.] A little Warhammer news… The official Warhammer Official X.com account just posted “In regards to female Custodians, there have always been female Custodians, since the first of the Ten Thousand were created.” (It … Continue reading