Scott Poole is a historian, author, and a professor at College of Charleston. And he’s also a monster lover. But unlike most of us who simply dabble on the outskirts of the horror genre, Poole is immersed…
Tony Iommi is a little nonchalant about being the father of metal. So much so that he reiterates not once, but twice that it’s “too bloody much” to pin him with that title: They credit the loss…
Much of Rick Florino’s Dolor Saga is poorly conceived, executed, and written. But before I address that, let’s start with the positive. The Dolor Saga is a relatively intriguing, albeit worn-out, concept for a horror series. Place…
Tim Kinsella could have just continued making music at the phenomenal rate he’s accustomed to. But then we wouldn’t have gotten The Karaoke Singer’s Guide to Self-Defense, his first novel. Written after a time where he was…
All the proof you need that monsters exist is found in Scott Poole’s new book, Monsters In America. It’s easy to dismiss our monsters as amusing outposts of contemporary society, fictionalized versions of morality tales, or, worse…
When I was young and in the third grade, my elementary school library had these burgundy, faux leather-bound books in our library, each one retelling the story of classic monster movies, complete with stills from the original…
I adore Alan Moore. Watchmen places in my top five books, and most everything else I’ve read that he’s written, from Swamp Thing to Batman: The Killing Joke to V for Vendetta, are books I would consider…
True or false? About 50% of marriages end in divorce. Although uncommon to popular belief, this is actually false, as both Americans and Canadians have a 30 percent chance of divorce when marrying for the first time.…
Do the sixties really need more coverage? Before I get too far, I feel I should warn the reader early in this review that I have a knee-jerk dislike of cultural nostalgia in all its insidious forms.…
In addition to being a brief history of the modern concert era, Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and How the Public Got Scalped is also a microscopic look at (mainly) American greed in action.…