In Episode three we finally get to see some links between the t.v. incarnation of Ms. Marvel and the comic origins of Ms. Marvel. They are subtle, but as the episode opens in a flash back showing where Aisha (Kamala’s great grandmother) found the bangle that appears to be bringing out Kamala’s powers we get […]
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TV Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 2: Crushed
July 12, 2022Kamala Khan is a super hero! Well, she’s trying to be now that she has super powers. But first comes mastering her super powers. With her trusty companion Bruno she is determined to insert her head directly into the clouds, much to her mother’s dismay. But after a genuine act of heroism she discovers that […]
TV Review: Ms. Marvel Episode 1: Generation Why
July 7, 2022I am a huge Ms. Marvel fan, so of course I’m tackling this one an episode at a time. Kamala has been one of my favorites for awhile. My partner has been looking forward to the series as well, and after the first episode he said he felt it was written for a younger audience […]
*Covers Issues #14-19 of Deadpool: World’s Greatest comics. ISBN: 978-1-302-90148-6* Deadpool has been trying to get his life together, and it’s kind of worked. He runs a business, the Mercs for Money. He has a wife. He has a kid. He’s somehow managed to become an Avenger. But balance is not something that Deadpool is […]
TV Review: Doctor Who Season One (2005)
March 19, 2022There’s no question that Doctor Who is a long time essential speculative fiction world. The 2005 reboot propelled the title into the lives of a new generation of people, building a wonderful world of a unique mesh of science fiction, fantasy, and, yes, horror. My first exposure to the Doctor came from horror, namely the […]
TV Review: WandaVision
April 24, 2021Or wherein your author gets emotional. My mom died when I was 9 and those (what feels like) eons ago, people weren’t as quick to get therapy, or talk about their emotions as much. Or maybe it was just my family. When my new life with my dad started so did one of the greatest […]
***Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk*** Glamour Ghoul: The Passions and Pains of the Real Vampira by Sandra Niemi Feral House, 2021 ISBN-13: 9781627311007 Available: Paperback, Kindle ( Bookshop.com | Amazon.com ) Glamour Ghoul is the biography of the woman who was Vampira, Maila Nurmi, written by her niece, Sandra Niemi. Pieced together from diaries, notes, family stories, and an unexpected […]
***Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk*** 1000 Women in Horror, 1895-2018 by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas BearManor Media, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781629333861 Available: Hardcover, paperback ( Bookshop.org ) 1000 Women in Horror, 1895-2018 is a beautiful book that includes the stars and women behind the scenes who have molded the horror genre. Heller-Nicholas provides a global view of the “vast number of […]
***Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk*** The Science of Women in Horror: The Special Effects, Stunts, and True Stories Behind Your Favorite Fright Films by Meg Hafdahl and Kelly Florence Skyhorse Publishing, 2020 ISBN-13: 9781510751743 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org) The Science of Women in Horror explores theories behind women’s roles in horror. The book is broken […]
***Cross posted from The Circulation Desk*** ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) The Lady from the Black Lagoon: Hollywood Monsters and the Lost Legacy of Milicent Patrick by Mallory O’Meara Hanover Square Press, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781335937803 Available: Hardcover, paperback. Kindle, Audible audiobook When Mallory O’Meara discovered that one of her favorite movies, The Creature from the Black Lagoon, featured a […]