While US television might be able to provide international viewers with big budget, flashy genry series like Lost, Heroes, Flashforward, True Blood and the like, some impressive genre television has been … more
David Mazzuccheli is a veteran of the comic book industry. Indeed, in the flyleaf of Asterios Polyp says he's been making comic books all his life. He's best known in mainstream comics for his collaborations … more
Ah, the "what if" yarn. What a great genre. Well, it's great when it's done well at least - like Philip K Dick or Robert Harris positing an alternate history where the Axis powers won the … more
A thoroughly entertaining take on Sherlock Holmes. A lot of UK critics seemed to have a downer on it, saying it runs out of steam, or the bromance elements of the Holmes/Watson relationship got tired, … more
Tolkien, arguably, created the entire fantasy fiction genre. Sure he was strongly influenced by northern European myth and legend, but in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and his other Middle-earth … more