(1) BREAKING THE FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD WALL. MUTTS educates everyone in “How to Read a Comic Strip: Part 1”. Recently, a series of Patrick’s MUTTS comic strips centered playfully on the comic strip lexicon, so we thought it might … Continue reading
(1) 2023 SMOFCON AWARDED TO RHODE ISLAND. Massachusetts Convention Fandom Inc. (MCFI) has been voted the right to host the 2023 Smofcon in Providence, RI. The vote, taken this weekend at the Smofcon in Montreal, was Providence 37 and Sweden … Continue reading
(1) BROADCAST MUSIC. Rolling Stone assures us these are the 100 “Best TV Theme Songs of All Time”. WE APOLOGIZE IN advance for all the TV theme songs we are about to lodge back into your heads. Or maybe we should … Continue reading
The World Fantasy Awards Association announced this year’s awards at WFC in New Orleans on November 6. NOVEL NOVELLA SHORT FICTION ANTHOLOGY COLLECTION ARTIST SPECIAL AWARD – PROFESSIONAL SPECIAL AWARD – NON-PROFESSIONAL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
(1) AS THE DAYS DWINDLE DOWN. Is it the end of the year so soon? Publishers Weekly has announced its selection of 150 “Best Books 2022”. Here’s what they picked in the “SF/Fantasy/Horror” category. The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik (Del … Continue reading
The 2021 Shirley Jackson Award nominees have been released. The juried award is given for outstanding achievement in the literature of psychological suspense, horror, and the dark fantastic. The nominees for the 2021 Shirley Jackson Awards are: NOVEL All the … Continue reading
World Fantasy Convention 2022 – New Orleans is now selling tickets to The World Fantasy Award Banquet at the link. The Luncheon Banquet will be held on November 6, 2022 at 1:00 p.m., with the Award Ceremony to follow. This … Continue reading
The Glasgow 2024 Worldcon was officially seated after the announcement of site selection voting results this morning at Chicon 8. The Glasgow bid ran unopposed. As reported by Alex Acks, there was a total of 802 site selection ballots expressing … Continue reading
(1) CON CELEBRITY GUEST CHARGED. Yahoo! reports “Gary Busey Charged for Two Counts of Criminal Sexual Contact in New Jersey”. Last weekend the actor was a celebrity guest at the Monster-Mania Convention in Cherry Hill. Gary Busey is facing four … Continue reading
The World Fantasy Awards administrator announced the final ballot for this year’s awards on July 20. LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT 2021 WORLD FANTASY AWARD FINALISTS NOVEL NOVELLA SHORT FICTION ANTHOLOGY COLLECTION ARTIST SPECIAL AWARD – PROFESSIONAL SPECIAL AWARD – NON-PROFESSIONAL World Fantasy … Continue reading