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I was 25 years old before I first flew on an airplane. That was in 1984, and I had won a first-class trip for...
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I was 25 years old before I first flew on an airplane. That was in 1984, and I had won a first-class trip for...
Warner Bros. was behind Black Samson, which came out in 1974, but if you don’t pay attention, you might think it was produced...
I first discovered an issue of MAD around 1966. It was stuffed down the side of a couch at my buddy Greg’s house. We were...
Written and Illustrated by Don Simpson Introduction by Bill Morrison Foreword by Chris Ecker Afterword by Don Simpson Published by Fantagraphics Books If...
Written by Jeff Messer and Dewey Cassell Published by TwoMorrows Like so many others, I became a Batman fan in 1966, the year...
It’s hard to believe that it’s going on 40 years since Die Hard came out. It’s even harder to believe that completely unassociated...
Written by Stan Lee Co-Written and Art by Jack Kirby Edited by John Lind Introduction by Ryan North Designed by Ian Chalgren Published by Dark...
Today, we’re looking at Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt. I’ve been Facebook friends with Drew Friedman off and on for maybe...
Written and Edited by Brian Walker Published by Fantagraphics Brian Walker grew up in comics. By the time he was born in...
Written by Howard Berger and Marshall Julius Foreword by Robert Englund Afterword by Alex Winter Published by Wilbeck Publishing I think it’s safe...
Recently, I reviewed the 1968 movie Danger: Diabolik here on Forces of Geek. Directed by Italian auteur Mario Bava, the super-villain adventure has...
Mission: Impossible -The Final Reckoning is the eighth and supposedly last movie in the Mission: Impossible franchise. At least it’s the last to star...
Written by Peter Bosch Published by TwoMorrows A few years back, writer Peter Bosch wrote a book about television shows adapted into...
Written by John Claude Bemis Art by Nicole Miles Published by Holiday House I’ve said it before and I’m saying it again: The...
Written by Harold Schechter Co-Written and Illustrated by Eric Powell Published by Dark Horse Comics Back in 1975, when I was 16...
Adapted by Aimée de Jongh Based on the book by William Golding Published by Penguin Classics You’ve probably read author William Golding’s 1954...
We’re back with another blaxploitation flick today. This one is 1972’s Melinda, one of a series of unrelated films in the genre named after...
My father grew up on B-Westerns, from the late silents to the TV days. He used to regale me with tales of Harry Carey,...
Written by Mark Edlitz I have an entire bookcase in my personal library dedicated solely to books about television series. Many of them...
As I was learning about the history of American comics from all the wonderful books on the subject that came out in the...
Written and Illustrated by Various Edited by by Peter Maresca Published by Fantagraphics/Sunday Press Fantagraphics, via their imprint Sunday Press Books, has...
Written by Mat Bradley-Tschirgi Published by BearManor Media Anybody who has ever seen Eddie Murphy in movies, on television, or even in concert,...
Proving the old adage that what comes around goes around, The Philadelphia Story was originally a Broadway play, then an Oscar-winning motion picture, then...
Written and Illustrated by Mary Shyne Published by Henry Holt and Company I love the Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day. I caught it...