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As always, it was impossible to see everything at the 2022 edition of the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, TX — especially...
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Collectors can now experience the timeless comedy and artistry of one of animation’s most celebrated rivalries when Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment releases Tom...
Warner Bros. Animation, DC, and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment are announcing the next DC animated films, Batman: Knightfall, a multi-part animated event bringing to...
Everyone spends the Halloween season watching scary movies, but fewer embrace the wonderful books that can thrill, terrorize and entertain. Well, those days are...
As always, it was impossible to see everything at the 2022 edition of the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, TX — especially...
…AND TOXIC AVENGERS I was first inoculated by what became a lifelong obsession, and not incidentally a lifelong career, by comic books, in the...
At first glance HBO’s Succession and Paramount’s Yellowstone couldn’t be more different. Succession, set in the super elite world of corporate America’s one percent,...
It’s 1975 and the comic book industry is struggling, but Carmen Valdez doesn’t care. She’s an assistant at Triumph Comics, which doesn’t have the...
Alex Segura is a very busy man. A husband and father he spends his days working as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing...
Nate Cosby believes that great comics come from the collaboration of great creators. As a writer/editor/packager/producer, Cosby has previously worked on such properties as...
In the new graphic novel, Batman: The Imposter, Bruce Wayne’s mission as the Batman has only been underway for a year or so, but...
WITLESS PROTECTION, TOO There are two off story moments in BYE, BYE BRAVERMAN, Sidney Lumet’s 1968 comedy of grief, moments that made no ripple...
Not too long ago, I posted a screed covering my ongoing disdain and distaste for the culture of overpraise, where so many minds are...
New York Times bestselling author, Mariko Tamaki has not only conquered the Young Adult arena, but has found success in both the independent comics...
In 2020, the cancellation of South by Southwest in Austin, Texas was an early indication that COVID-19 was just about to bring the entire...
Gemstones have been part of stories and myths throughout human history. Certain gemstones have been valued, while others were discovered only in recent times....
Wildcards (potentially list-worthy movies as yet unseen by moi): Antlers, Pig, Last Night in Soho, Coda, The Sparks Brothers, West Side Story, The Tragedy...
William Friedkin’s Academy-Award-winning The French Connection gave the cinematic world what is widely considered the greatest car chase of all time. No, Bullitt (1968)...
As I started to write this, I realized that for those of you who know me and my work as a comic book man,...
Did Dorothy Gale really dream Oz? If so, then she probably deserves a MacArthur Genius Grant for it. MGM’s adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s...
* Wildcards (potentially list-worthy 2021 shows as yet unseen by moi): Yellowjackets, Squid Game, Dopesick, Station Eleven, Hacks, We Are Lady Parts, For All...
If you grew up in the 1980s you were terrified of dying in a nuclear war. The reason was simple: horrifying made-for-TV movies. Starting...
Here we are again at that special time of the year when family and friends gather to reflect on the importance of hearth, home,...
Welcome once again to our annual Holiday Gift Guide! Whether you’re a first time reader or regular friend of FOG!, we hope that you...
You might profess to be a lover of all things geeky, but do you really know your War Hammer from your World of Warcraft?...
When it comes to quality of life, there are many of us that would love to see improvements. There are many things that can...
Fallout: New Vegas came into our lives in 2010 as an action-packed, post-apocalyptic game that, although it isn’t a spinoff, featured the same style...
Valerie Armstrong has spent the last several years in Hollywood paying her dues. From a writer’s assistant on Showtime’s Masters of Sex to her...