MD Jackson
Can you Hear Me, Major Tom?: The Death of David Bowie
Ziggy Stardust has gone back to Mars. Major Tom can't hear us anymore.
Magic at Christmas
whether you are Christian, Jew, Muslim, Pagan, or Atheist -- I hope you will not take it amiss that I wish you all a little bit of magic in your homes at this time and throughout the coming year
Visions of Frankenstein
VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN is currently playing in theaters, although by the time you read this it may very well not be, having slunk away in...
Ace Double Novels: Double your Pleasure, Double your fun!
The Ace Double novel was an example of an innovative format capturing the fancy of the reading public and effectively changing the landscape of the publishing industry.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Spoken Word Recordings
The very first audio books came pressed on vinyl.
A Mixed Bag of Halloween (Eye) Candy
Just remember to look both ways before you cross the street and don't eat all your candy all on one night.
Star Wars Art: Because we haven’t heard enough about Star Wars...
No. You haven't seen enough Star Wars yet
Ken Kelly: An Artist I Can Trust
Ken Kelly: NOT a Frazetta wannabe, as Mr. Jackson is quick to point out
Big Brain Aliens
Look at the aliens from This Island Earth. If they are so smart, why are the denizens of Metaluna all such big headed pricks?
Cavemen! (and Women)
Oddly enough, cave women and cave men are frequently featured in SF and fantasy art.
Black and White: No Room for Gray Shades
Early science fiction and fantasy magazines of the twentieth century, of which Amazing Stories was chief, employed artists for their interior illustrations who could produce images of great variety using only ink applied to paper.
Not the Hugos: The Chesley Awards
The Hugos are not the only awards given out at Worldcon. Celebrate the winners of the Chesley Awards.
The Visionary World of Paul Lehr
Lehr "dominated science fiction covers in the mid-1960s into the 1970s"
Marvel vs DC at the Movies
Suyperhero films: Marvel succeeds, DC fails. Could the difference be one of character?
Buck Rogers: The Way the Future Used to Be
For more than a century the name Buck Rogers has been synonymous with science fiction.
Surrealism: Giant Crabs Ate my Pontiac!
Allowing the unconscious to express itself, surrealism resolves the contradictory realms of dream and reality
Surrealism Revisited
Surrealism strays into all other areas of art from modern culture to food to sex to death.
Wonder Woman: Relevant or Ridiculous?
Greek Goddess... Miss America... Xena... which role does she play in order to make others happy. Isn't that the dilemma of a woman today?
Earl Norem: 1924 – 2015
Earl Norem was a gigantic talent and regularly and consistently produced work of the highest caliber
