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The second installment of Apes on Film is now live! Enjoy and please leave comments on the page at ATL Retro.
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My new film and disc review column is now live! Enjoy and please leave messages or feedback at the bottom of the page there.
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Here are two episodes of Paddle Pop Atlantos that I wrote for Monk Studios a couple of years ago. They were directed by Lee Stringer. I hope you enjoy them, and if you’re hiring animation writers, please contact me.
I’m very happy to announce that I did two episode commentaries on Shout! Factory’s new Space: 1999 Blu-ray set, one for “Dragon’s Domain”, and one for “The Metamorph.” It was great working with my pal Daniel Griffith of Ballyhoo Motion Pictures to create these commentaries, and I hope you enjoy them. Please let me know in the comments below what you think.
The set will ship on July 16th, just over a week from now, and you can get it online at the Shout! Factory website here: https://www.shoutfactory.com/product/space-1999-the-complete-series?product_id=7103 or from Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Space-Complete-Blu-ray-Martin-Landau/dp/B07QKVVKQH
Here’s a review of the set by Bill Hunt of The Digitial Bits: http://thedigitalbits.com/item/space-1999-complete-series-shout-bd?fbclid=IwAR32J-n0skeSXvovgcu_Y422fCqnd4vsf4-sTIcPseLVR2Ipk7H5qSbD-_s
Here’s a PSA I wrote for director Dayna Noffke for Jen and Sylvia Soska’s Women in Horror Month Blood Drive. Hope you enjoy it!
Happy Holidays! Sorry I haven’t been here to update in a while – 2016 can piss off, what a horrible year. On the bright side, here are a few Thunderbirds interviews I did last year that have finally been released. Hope you enjoy them. Be sure to visit http://fanmoguls.com/ and let them know you
I’m shaken to hear this, and still processing it. Darwyn Cook has passed away, and I’m having a hard time facing a world in which his pen will never again burst forth with smiling characters being heroic.
It’s been my hope since I first saw his work that he would eventually become the Editor In Chief at DC Comics (he even has the initials for it!) and steer the company back towards some sort of relevancy with readers rather than heaping out fan service to a dying crowd of collectors. The only DC books I’ve bought over the last fifteen years have been Darwyn’s, in fact.
The company has tried over and over to revitalize their line without success because they haven’t the guts to cut loose the tiny crowd of hardcore buyers of their product and try to appeal to a larger crowd. With Darwin in charge, I had hoped the sky over Metropolis, Star City, Gotham, and the rest of the DCverse might be filled again with unambivalent heroes flying towards conflict with unambivalent villains or the forces of nature.
I don’t need to identify with a protagonist in a comic book because he’s as screwed up inside as me, I want him (or her) to be an example that I can try to emulate to make myself better. This is how heroic storytelling has worked for thousands of years, and nobody at DC seemed to understand that as well as Darwyn Cooke.
I wish him peace and offer my thanks.
Oh Captain, my Captain. My tribute to the chameleon king.
My upcoming book, Zombies: The Ultimate Visual History (insight Editions, Oct. 4, 2016) is now available for pre-order on Amazon! Here’s the publisher’s description and specs:
Zombies: The Ultimate Visual History is the indispensable visual tour of all things undead. Filled to the brim with hundreds of photographs, movie posters, and pieces of art, as well as quotes from zombie filmmakers, actors, makeup artists, writers, musicians, and visual artists, Zombies: The Ultimate Visual History constructs a graphic narrative from the origin of the archetype through to today’s current obsession with zombies. A treasure trove featuring removable ephemera and sidebars on how zombies have impacted popular culture, the book not only grants an extensive overview of zombie cinema and television, but also all related media, from video games and comics to toys and collectibles.
- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Insight Editions (October 4, 2016)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1608875156
- ISBN-13: 978-1608875153
- Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 11 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
I can tell you that I’ve personally selected more than 750 images for the book, and the designer may well add many more. Most in full color, many in gorgeous black and white (like the one above!). This will be the most complete visual volume on the history of zombies ever published.
Please pre-order it so the publisher will be impressed with my marketing efforts, and then share this post with all your friends! I’ll owe you a solid.