Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival: Dec 7th-9th, 2012
Do androids dream of celluloid sheep? Perhaps they will during the inaugural Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival, scheduled for December 7th-9th at indieScreen in Williamsburg, Brooklyn (at 289 Kent Ave: directions here). It’s being held in honor of the 30th anniversary of classic sci-fi noir Blade Runner, based on one of mind-bending speculative-fiction author Philip [...]
Morgan Pielli’s Pile of Minis: Odessa
This week a new batch of comics were added to the pile of minis, including a particularly handsome-looking book called Odessa: Birth of a New Nation. This is an independently-published trade collecting issues 1-5 of the Odessa series. There is a lot to like about this book, with only one or two minor complaints. Production-wise, [...]
The Daily Planet Presents: Thursday Walk of Shame #1 with Jeff Ayers and Dave Press.
I shot this idea at Jeff earlier this week of doing a Basement Tapes-like weekly column where he and I talk about this Wednesday’s comics and other comic related events the morning after. Hence, “Thursday’s Walk of Shame.” Now, would probably be a really great time to say GIANT SPOILERS from this week, and last [...]
Heeeerrrrreeee’s Wednesday.
Okay, so maybe I could only will myself a week break from a “Shining” reference. I can’t stop myself, I’m a creature of habit. Regardless, its that time again, and that means some comics coming out this week. The big one, of course, is “Blackest Night #1” which comes with a free Black Lantern Ring. [...]