A few years before Heavy Metal illustrated science fiction and fantasy magazine hit the stands to worldwide acclaim, it’s mother, Metal Hurlant would shake the rafters in a revolutonary new approach to comic books and illustrated magazines. Part one of … Continue reading
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HAUNTED THRILLS Video Archive Part Three: Kinstler on Avon Books and Comics, selling original art at the SDCC, art techniques and printing, hanging out with James Cagney and Frank Sinatra. Part three – the last part of the unedited archive … Continue reading
ROOM 101 EPISODE 6 is LIVE X-MEN ORIGINS: Theodore Sturgeon’s 1953 Science Fiction Masterpiece MORE THAN HUMAN Did Marvel Comics STAN LEE Base His MUTANTS on Ted Sturgeon’s MORE THAN HUMAN? 10 years before the X-MEN there was Theodore Sturgeon’s … Continue reading
ROOM 101 EPISODE 5 The Field Guide A reference guide for Room 101. Since beginning the Room 101 series, I have been asked about resources. Where to find science fiction books, movies, etc. online. As noted in the descriptions of … Continue reading
ROOM 101 EPISODE 4 When GIANT ANIMALS Attack! HG Wells’ FOOD OF THE GODS Meets B-Movie Mogul Bert I. Gordon. Early science fiction master H.G. Wells wrote THE FOOD OF THE GODS in 1904 and B-Movie Mogul Bert I. Gordon … Continue reading
SOYLENT GREEN and the Science Fiction ECO-DYSTOPIA That Never Was In 1966, well known science fiction author Harry Harrison wrote MAKE ROOM MAKE ROOM which was later adapted to the screen as SOYLENT GREEN. Like millions of people, Harrison was … Continue reading
Do you DARE enter ROOM 101? ROOM 101 Episode 1: Orwell Huxley and Finney Walk into a Bar… We take a look at how George Orwell’s 1984, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, and Jack Finney’s The Body Snatchers correlate to … Continue reading
ROOM 101 TEASER Did you ever wonder how 1984 really stacked up to what’s going on right now? Or Brave New World? Invasion of the Body Snatchers? We dive into the 1000s of science fiction, scifi-horror, and speculative fiction books … Continue reading
Indie filmmaker Mike T. Lyddon’s latest short story THE SILVER SQUIRREL has been published in the new issue of ALLEGORY, the Biannual Online Magazine of SF, Fantasy & Horror. Based on a years-old concept concerning humans, robotics, and A.I., Lyddon … Continue reading