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You Think War is Bad? Now Add Werewolves! FOG! Chats With Adam McGovern About His Zoop Project, ‘The Night Brigade’
“Find a Way” – An Interview With ‘Space Wars’ Director Garo Setian
Cartoonists Nick Bertozzi and Dean Haspiel Interview Each Other
FOG! Chats With Howard Chaykin About The Return of ‘TIME²’
Marty Krofft (1937 – 2023); Gen X’s King of Saturday Morning Television
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‘Captain Planet: The Complete Franchise’ Brings 113 Episodes To DVD on October 15th
You Think War is Bad? Now Add Werewolves! FOG! Chats With Adam McGovern About His Zoop Project, ‘The Night Brigade’
Sam Raimi’s ‘Drag Me To Hell’ Comes To 4K UHD in New Collector’s Edition
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’ Comes To 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on November 5
‘Mutts’ Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell’s ‘Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story’ Inspires With Its Creativity, Empathy, and an Unforgettable Portrait of a Chained Dog
‘Captain Planet: The Complete Franchise’ Brings 113 Episodes To DVD on October 15th
Sam Raimi’s ‘Drag Me To Hell’ Comes To 4K UHD in New Collector’s Edition
M. Night Shyamalan’s ‘Trap’ Comes To 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on November 5
Beehive Books Announces a Unique Edition of ‘Pinocchio’ From Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola and Lemony Snicket, Author of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’
Exclusive Look at ‘Iron Man 3: The Art of the Movie’
Exclusive Look at ‘The Avengers: The Art of the Movie’ and Win a Copy of the Book!
Forces of Geek 2024 Father’s Day Gift Guide
Sneak Peek: ‘Marvel Studios’ The Infinity Saga – Captain America: The First Avenger: The Art of the Movie’
FOG! Exclusive! Check Out These Images From ‘Rebel Moon: Wolf: Ex Nihilo: Cosmology & Technology’
‘Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part Three’ 4K UHD Digital (review)
The Walt Disney Family Museum Commemorates 15th Anniversary With The Release of ‘Walt Disney Treasures’
DC Comics and the Hero Initiative Present: The Superman 100 Project!
First Look: ‘Vandals: The Photography of The Bikeriders’ From Insight Editions
Wandering Planet Toys Announces New ‘The Prisoner’ Retro Action Figures
Beehive Books Announces a Unique Edition of ‘Pinocchio’ From Hellboy Creator Mike Mignola and Lemony Snicket, Author of ‘A Series of Unfortunate Events’
The Walt Disney Family Museum Commemorates 15th Anniversary With The Release of ‘Walt Disney Treasures’
Burton’s Dark Knight Returns in New Novel, ‘Batman: Resurrection’
Series Showrunners Present ’50 Years of Happy Days: A Visual History of an American Television Classic’
Exclusive Look at ‘Iron Man 3: The Art of the Movie’
‘Nights Vol. 1 Season One Part One’ TP (review)
‘The Atlas Comics Library No. 4: War Comics Vol. 1’ (review)
‘Mutts’ Cartoonist Patrick McDonnell’s ‘Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story’ Inspires With Its Creativity, Empathy, and an Unforgettable Portrait of a Chained Dog
Charles Burns Double Feature: ‘Final Cut’ and ‘Kommix’ (review)
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Welcome to the 2023 Forces of Geek Holiday Gift Guide! Part One: Home / Office / Life
The Forces of Geek 2023 Back to School Gift Guide
‘Superman: The Movie’ Web3 Experience: Multimedia Living Movie Experience from WBHE and Eluvio Available Today!
How Pop Culture Is Shaping Our Digital Lives
Welcome To The Forces of Geek 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
Klayton (Celldweller) and Joshua Viola Form Bit Bot Media and Announce Strategic Partnerships with Raven Banner Entertainment and FreakZone Games
Fantasia Obscura: ‘Rust Never Sleeps’
‘Prince and Purple Rain: 40 Years’ Celebrates Prince’s Most Iconic Album and Film
‘New Kids on the Block 40th Anniversary Celebration’ – New Book Relives NKOTB’s Rise to Superstardom
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Announces ‘The Color Purple’
DC Comics and the Hero Initiative Present: The Superman 100 Project!
“The Juice is Loose” WBD Unleashes ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Merchandise
TRAGICOMEDY GOLD; SHORT BUT HARDLY SWEET.
Guest Post: Leveraging Social Media to Benefit Your Business
Audible Announces New Audio Original ‘Slayers: A Buffyverse Story’; Premieres October 12
Audible Announces New Audio Original ‘Slayers: A Buffyverse Story’; Premieres October 12
Jack Quaid to star in Mike Mignola, Thomas Sniegoski’s ‘Grim Death & The Electrocuted Criminal’ Audio Podcast
Listen! ‘You Already Know’ Podcast Episode 1: “Akoins”
Podcasts Celebrating Television’s Past
‘Cartoon Logic’ Podcast Launches
‘Captain Planet: The Complete Franchise’ Brings 113 Episodes To DVD on October 15th
‘The Flash: The Original Series’ Warner Archive Collection Blu-ray (review)
‘House of the Dragon: The Complete Second Season’ Comes to 4K UHD, Blu-ray, and DVD on November 19th
Series Showrunners Present ’50 Years of Happy Days: A Visual History of an American Television Classic’
Comic-Con 2024 News!!!: Comics • Movies • Television • More!
Laurel & Hardy Action Figures Launch on Kickstarter From Wandering Planet Toys
“The Juice is Loose” WBD Unleashes ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ Merchandise
‘Halo Season 2’ Arrives on DVD, Blu-Ray and Limited Edition 4K UHD Steelbook on July 23
Klayton (Celldweller) and Joshua Viola Form Bit Bot Media and Announce Strategic Partnerships with Raven Banner Entertainment and FreakZone Games
‘Friends: The Complete Series’ Arrives on 4K UHD on September 24th! “Could We BE Anymore Excited?”
Blue Man Group: New Acts, Same Hue (theater review)
‘Tis An A Faire To Remember!: FOG!’s Benn and Liz Robbins Revisit Carvershire
‘Cirque du Solei Boston Presents ‘Twas The Night Before …(review)
Star Wars Celebration 2022: A New Hope
Hayao Miyazaki: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Exhibition Catalog (review)
Boston Cinegeeks! We’re Giving Away Passes To See ‘The Watchers’ From Producer M. Night Shyamalan!
Boston Cinegeeks, Whatcha Gonna Do? We’ve Got Passes to See ‘Bad Boys: Ride or Die’
Boston Cinegeeks! Win Passes To See ‘Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga’
Boston Cinegeeks! We’ve Got Passes for ‘Sting’
Boston Geeks! We’ve Got Passes To See The First Two Episodes of ‘Fallout’
Win ‘Ride’ Starring C. Thomas Howell on Blu-ray!
Win ‘Iron Man 3: The Art of the Movie’
The Coming of Age Movie, ‘Didi’ Is Available For Streaming Today! And We’re Giving Away Digital Copies!
Win a ‘Beetlejuice’ Prize Package Courtesy of Our Friends at Insight Editions!
Win Passes To ‘King Richard’s Faire’, THE New England Renaissance Festival
*Literally translated, “When the Messiah Comes.” In actual usage, a sarcastic/dismissive response, to, for example, “When can I/we_____?” or “When will you/they______?” in reply,...
I gather, from a Facebook post this morning, that another cartoonist has joined the ranks of those afflicted by Shmuckholm Syndrome. Oh, well. In...
…AND, OF COURSE, TRIGGER WARNINGS I spend considerable time in hotel rooms, eighty days a year on average. This past month, I spent ten...
“I don’t want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.” ...
…PERHAPS IT’S TIME TO RECONSIDER THE MEANING OF FRIENDSHIP.” I come from an avowedly left-wing family, its politics dating back to well before the...
I had been tweaking a substack piece about my misreading of popular culture, and my struggle to finally understand it, before I left the...
YOU CAN WORK AT WHAT YOU LOVE EVERY DAY OF YOUR LIFE — IT’S STILL FUCKING WORK. I was born in 1950. I am...
UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED. Four years ago, on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the Woodstock Art, Music, and overflowing portable toilet festival,...
…BUT FAIR I’ve long lost count of the number of times I’ve seen A CHORUS LINE, at one time the longest running show on...
…And over familiarity. I am often taken to task by enthusiasts for my dismissive, ruthless and callous dismissal of much, if not most, of...
… ESTIMATION OF THE AUDIENCE, OF COURSE. I have to assume that most of you who read these screeds are at least marginally aware...
RIMSHOT! We’re here all week. Try the veal. Tip your waitress. And drive home safely. But seriously, folks… Most, if not all, of you...
I’ve read a number of dismissive posts in regard to YOU PEOPLE, the latest, and typically fatuous, version of GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER,...
I spent the first thirty-five years of my life in New York City. For the record, and I assume many of you who are...
(With no apologies whatsoever to that fucking Norman Podhoretz.) I’ve told the story frequently, if not incessantly, of how I was introduced to comic...
SO WE’RE FUCKED, RIGHT? AND NOT IN A GOOD WAY. I have occasionally, to be honest, frequently, reposted a long piece I wrote a...
I’ve been traveling again this past year, airborne every few weeks or so, and the evidence would indicate that the number of apparently insecure...
Well Now, Just Hold On There a Minute… I’m a longtime member of a spiritual fellowship, a rambling, disorganized and inept quasi-organization, of which...
No era, no civilization, no society has ever had a premium on mediocrity. It has always been with us—or one must assume this is...
I recently made the tactical mistake, not to mention the social gaffe, of disagreeing with someone on his page, in regard to a post,...
Blaming what is essentially an endless epidemic of mass murder on mental health issues, while simultaneously embracing narratives of pedophile rings run out of...
I have been party of late to talk about the decline of the American sense of humor. This situation is of course wide open...
The 1619 PROJECT apparently confirms for the right that the New York Times is a tool of the left. The recent editorial about free...
…THE VIRTUE OF AGONY. The death of the actor William Hurt, besides the loss of such an extraordinarily sly and nuanced talent, and separate,...