-
Meta
Editorial Staff
Cat Eldridge
Gary WhitehouseSearch
-
Recent Posts
- What’s New for the 26th of July:
- A Kinrowan Estate story: chicken pot pieces
- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Midsomer Odd Things
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Library and Its Librarian
- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
- A Kinrowan Estate Story: Recursive Loops
- What’s New for June 21: Jennifer Stevenson’s ‘Solstice’
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Turkish Coffee
- What’s New for the 7th of June: Foxes in literature, live Balkan music, comforting jazz, Americana jazz, and wonderfully weird fusion jazz; and John Fogerty live
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bloodied Kings
- What’s New for the 24th of May: Gary’s Review of Elizabeth Bear’s White Space novels, iain’s review of the Lonely Signal Burns novellas by her, she reading her own story, ‘The Chains That You Refuse’, and I see Gary has some tasty music reviews fir us as well
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Our Greensward
- What’s New for the 10th of May: books reviewed by Jennifer Stevenson, music by Teddy Thompson, Americana music from all over, and some live music from John Fogerty
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
- What’s New for the 26th of April: the nature of Stories; some new and newish SF, plus new world, jazz, folk and Americana music
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Spring Day
- What’s New for the 12th of April: Some new and recent SF; new Americana, Norwegian folk rock and jazz; and thoughts on War For The Oaks
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
- What’s New for the 29th of March: Beer and spirits, in song and text, some new Scandinavian fiddle music and jazz flute music, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
- What’s New for the 15th of March: some DeLint stories for early spring; lots of polskas, Serbian folk rock, progressive jazz, and Nordic music from the archives
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
- What’s New for the 1st of March: Emma Bull’s War for The Oaks, Rosanne Cash’s ‘Runaway Train’, Johnny Cash at San Quentin, plus new Americana and jazz music
- A Kinrorwan Estate story: Cranachanh
- What’s New for the 15th of February: Some Seanan McGuire fantasy, Alison Bechdel’s latest, Pamela Dean’s Tam Lin; Nordic sounds, old time, Americana and Tex-Mex music
- What’s New for the 1st of February: Kage Baker retrospective; new Americana, Buddhist chants and Finnish songs, new and reissued jazz, and more
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Fireplaces in Kinrowan Hall
- What’s New for the 18th of January: World music and fiction by Amal El-Mohtar
- A Kinrowan Estate story: Bridges and Paths plus a Troll
Tag Archives: comics
Paradox Press: An omnibus review of The Big Book Of … series
Jonathan Vankin’s The Big Book of the ’70s (Paradox Press, 2000) Jonathan Vankin’s The Big Book of Bad (Paradox Press, 1998) Doug Moench’s The Big Book of Conspiracies (Paradox Press, 1995) Bronwyn Carlton’s The Big Book of Death (Paradox Press, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Literature
Tagged comics
Comments Off on Paradox Press: An omnibus review of The Big Book Of … series
An interview with Michael William Kaluta
Ian Nicholas Mackenzie here. I took a break from working on our upcoming Brian and Wendy Froud edition to talk in the Pub over a few pints of Guinness with another master artist, Michael William Kaluta. Green Man Review: Why … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Literature
Tagged comics, fantasy, science fiction
Comments Off on An interview with Michael William Kaluta
DeZ Vylenz’s The Mindscape of Alan Moore
Filmed in 2003, this 78 minute film consists of a one-on-one interview with comic creator Alan Moore, best known for works like From Hell, Watchmen and V for Vendetta. Although Moore does touch on his past and his comic career, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Graphic Literature
Tagged comics, documentary
Comments Off on DeZ Vylenz’s The Mindscape of Alan Moore
Charles M. Schulz’s The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952, 1953-1954, and 1955-1956
Subtitled “The Definitive Collection of Charles M. Schulz’s Comic Strip Masterpiece,” this project is set to run for 12 years, at two volumes per annum until every daily strip from the master’s hand is available in a matched set of … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Literature
Tagged comics
Comments Off on Charles M. Schulz’s The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952, 1953-1954, and 1955-1956
Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier
Hmmmm. It’s all about the cleverness, isn’t it? Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill came up with a brilliant premise in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. In an alternate universe, some of the most noted characters in Victorian fiction are recruited … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Literature
Tagged comics
Comments Off on Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: The Black Dossier
Alan Moore’s Promethea: Book One
If you don’t know Alan Moore, you don’t know modern fantasy. At least, you don’t know vibrant, witty, sexy, brutal, erudite, mind-blowing, cutting-edge modern fantasy. And you certainly don’t know comics. Alan Moore is the author of the exhaustively researched, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Literature
Tagged Alan Moore, comics, myth, urban fantasy
Comments Off on Alan Moore’s Promethea: Book One
Joshua Dysart, Enrique Breccia and Timothy Green II’s Swamp Thing: Love in Vain
With Love in Vain, Joshua Dysart took over the reins of Swamp Thing from the rather more erratic storytelling of Andy Diggle, and the difference is obvious. What Dysart has to work with is an extended continuity that’s mostly been … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Graphic Literature
Tagged comics, horror
Comments Off on Joshua Dysart, Enrique Breccia and Timothy Green II’s Swamp Thing: Love in Vain
Warner Brothers’ The Batman: Training For Power
Batman: Listen, Joker, you’re sick. You need help. Joker: Well, maybe I am a little off. (Kicks Batman rather hard) But what are you gonna do? Lock me in the loony bin? I’m already here! From ‘The Bat in the … Continue reading
Posted in Film
Tagged comics, superheroes
Comments Off on Warner Brothers’ The Batman: Training For Power
Larry Gonick’s The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part I
Harvard mathematician Larry Gonick continues his wildly successful Cartoon History of the Universe series with this book, an irreverent cartoon look at world history “From Columbus to the U.S. Constitution.” Anyone who loves history, comics or both should have this … Continue reading
Posted in Graphic Literature
Tagged comics, history
Comments Off on Larry Gonick’s The Cartoon History of the Modern World, Part I
Terry Zwigoff’s Crumb
I first saw this film a few years ago on Canadian educational TV. My memories of it were dim, even dark, as I thought about it while reading Robert Crumb’s new book Kafka. I recalled a quirky character with big … Continue reading