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Robert Englund Talks 40th Anniversary of ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ and More
FOG! Chats With Paul Pope About The Return of ‘THB’, ‘Battling Boy’, and More!
FOG! Chats With Writer/Editor Shannon Eric Denton About His Latest Project, ‘Forge of Monsters’
FOG! Chats With Matt Taylor About His Updated Book, ‘Jaws: Memories from Martha’s Vineyard’; Plus Win a Copy of The Book!
FOG! Speaks to ‘The Daily Show’ Writer/Producer Zhubin Parang
DC Reveals New ‘The Flash/Fantastic Four’ Crossover DC GO! Webcomic
‘One Battle After Another’ Arrives on Digital 4K Today; 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on 1/20!
‘The Complete Novels of Jane Austen’ Arrives From Folio Society With an Illustrated Limited Edition Box Set
First Look: ‘Batman/Deadpool #1’: The Dark Knight Meets the Merc with a Mouth on November 19th
‘Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology’ Coming to Blu-ray and DVD 12/2
DC Reveals New ‘The Flash/Fantastic Four’ Crossover DC GO! Webcomic
‘One Battle After Another’ Arrives on Digital 4K Today; 4K UHD, Blu-ray and DVD on 1/20!
‘The Complete Novels of Jane Austen’ Arrives From Folio Society With an Illustrated Limited Edition Box Set
First Look: ‘Batman/Deadpool #1’: The Dark Knight Meets the Merc with a Mouth on November 19th
‘Tom and Jerry: The Golden Era Anthology’ Coming to Blu-ray and DVD 12/2
Sneak Peek: TwoMorrows’ Book, ‘Marshall Rogers: Brightest Days & Darkest Knights’ Is Available Now!
FOG! Exclusive!: Check Out This Excerpt From ‘Scooby-Doo! and the Attack of the Scooby Snacks’
Read An Excerpt of ‘The Deepest Fake,’ The New Psychological Thriller Exploring A.I. Manipulation by Daniel Kalla
Exclusive Look at ‘The Avengers: Age of Ultron The Art of the Movie’ and Win a Copy of the Book!
Welcome To the Forces of Geek 2024 Holiday Gift Guide!
‘The Complete Novels of Jane Austen’ Arrives From Folio Society With an Illustrated Limited Edition Box Set
‘Marshall Rogers: Bright Days and Darkest Knights’ (review)
Act 4 Publishing & Skybound Announce ‘The Amazing Spider-Man by Steve Ditko Artist’s Edition’
Sneak Peek: Act 4 Publishing & Skybound Reveal New Look at ‘Jim Aparo’s DC Classics’ Artist’s Edition
‘Darwyn Cooke’s The Complete Spirit Connoisseur Edition’ Arrives in October From Skybound & Act 4 Publishing
‘Zowie!: The TV Superhero Craze in ’60s Pop Culture’ (review)
Cultural Amnesia… With a Side of Historical Incuriosity.
‘Messiahs, Meshugganahs, Misanthropes, and Mysteries’ (review)
‘The Complete Novels of Jane Austen’ Arrives From Folio Society With an Illustrated Limited Edition Box Set
Forces of Geek 2025 Halloween Gift Guide
‘Simplicity’ GN (review)
DC Reveals New ‘The Flash/Fantastic Four’ Crossover DC GO! Webcomic
Turn Loose Our Death Rays And Kill Them All!: The Complete Works Of Fletcher Hanks’ TPB (review)
‘Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon’ (review)
First Look: ‘Batman/Deadpool #1’: The Dark Knight Meets the Merc with a Mouth on November 19th
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
Thirty Two Thoughts About ‘Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould’
‘Novocaine’ Debuts On 4K/Blu-ray June 24th; Available Now on Digital
John Carpenter Announces One-Night-Only New York Concert
Vince Guaraldi Trio’s ‘Jazz Impressions of A Boy Named Charlie Brown’ Celebrates it’s 75th Anniversary With Expanded Edition From Craft Recordings
‘Amadeus: Theatrical Cut’ 4K UHD Blu-ray (review)
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
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Today’s ‘SUPERMAN DAY!’ Kicks Off ‘The Summer of Superman!’
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
Forces of Geek 2025 Halloween Gift Guide
‘Going Postal: The Legacy Foretold’ Reveals The Truth Behind The Most Controversial Video Game in History (Plus, Win a Copy on Blu-ray!)
Super7 and Hasbro Set Out to Save the Microverse with All-New Micronauts ReAction+ Line
FOG! Visits The L.A. Comic Con!
Celebrate Batman Day With 85th Anniversary Products From Warner Bros. Discovery
Boston Cinegeeks! We’re Giving Away Passes to ‘SUPERMAN’!!!
Boston Cinegeeks! We’re Giving Away Passes To ‘F1® The Movie’!
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Massachusetts Minecrafters, Win Passes ‘A MINECRAFT MOVIE’ Advance Screening 3/30 at Foxwoods
Boston Cinegeeks! We’re Giving Away Passes To See Bong Joon Ho’s ‘MICKEY 17’
Win a Copy of Spider-Man: Homecoming – The Art of the Movie’!
‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ Celebrates it’s 35th Anniversary With a 4K Digital Release and the Chance to Win a Copy!
Win ‘Dexter: Resurrection Season One’ on Digital
Win ‘Smoke’ and ‘Blue in the Face’ on Blu-ray!
Win a 4K UHD Blu-ray 4 Film ‘Airport’ Bundle
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...
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…THE VIRTUE OF AGONY. The death of the actor William Hurt, besides the loss of such an extraordinarily sly and nuanced talent, and separate,...
…AND TOXIC AVENGERS I was first inoculated by what became a lifelong obsession, and not incidentally a lifelong career, by comic books, in the...
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My kid brother—I’m sixty-eight, he’s sixty-four, so who am I kidding with this kid brother shit?—is a serious horseplayer. I have no idea what...