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'Harzak' by Moebiusfrom the May, 1977 issue of Heavy Metal This is probably the quintessential Arzak strip ( although here Moebius uses the name 'Harzak').
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Book Review: 'Yurth Burden' by Andre Norton1 / 5 Stars‘Yurth Burden’ is a DAW original (No. 304), and was published in September, 1978. The cover artwork, and the interior b & w illustrations, are...
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'The Alien Nation: Overpopulation' by Richard Margopoulos and Paul Nearyfrom Eerie No. 49, July, 1973 Here's a great little sci-fi tale about a favorite early 70s subject, overpopulation. The script is...
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Book Review: 'Songs from the Stars' by Norman Spinrad2 / 5 Stars‘Songs from the Stars’ was first published in 1980. This Pocket Books paperback (275 pp) was released in January 1981, with cover artwork...
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'Heavy Metal' magazine, May 1983May, 1983, is here, and I graduate from college. Much like today, the economic situation for new graduates is not very good. Many in the upstate New York area of Broome...
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Book Review: 'The Embedding' by Ian Watson1 / 5 Stars‘The Embedding’ was published by Gollanz (UK) in 1973. This Bantam Books paperback (217 pp) was released in April 1977, with a cover illustration by...
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'Father Shandor, Demon Stalker''The Empire of Sin'from Warrior (UK) No. 5, September, 1982Artist David Jackson continues his impressive pen-and-ink work on this installment of the Father Shandor saga....
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Book Review: 'Interfaces' by Ursula K. Le Guin and Virginia Kidd2 / 5 Stars‘Interfaces’ (310 pp) was published by Ace Books in February, 1980; the cover illustration is by Alex Abel. In the...
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'Heavy Metal' magazine, May, 1978The May, 1978 issue of Heavy Metal featured a striking front cover by Philippe Druillet, and a back cover by Tom Barber.Along with installments of 'Airtight Garage',...
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Book Review: 'Stress Pattern' by Neal Barrett, Jr.2 / 5 Stars‘Stress Pattern’ (160 pp) is DAW Book No. 128, published in November, 1974, with a cover illustration by Josh Kirby. Andrew Gavin is an...
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'Slash Maraud' by Doug Moench and Paul GulacyDC published 'Slash Maraud' as a six-issue miniseries from November, 1987 to April, 1988.Doug Moench threw everything he could find from 80s pop and sf...
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'Shipwreck' by Caza from Heavy Metal magazine, June 1980June, 1980, and on the radio, in heavy rotation, a song that soon will become a soul / R & B classic: 'Stomp', by The Brothers Johnson.The...
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Book Review: 'Set of Wheels' by Robert Thurston1 / 5 Stars‘Set of Wheels’ (281 pp) was published by Berkley Books in February, 1983. The cover illustration is by Alan Daniels. ‘Wheels’ is not a very...
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Punk: The Whole Story ‘Punk: The Whole Story’ (American edition) was published in trade paperback in 2006 by Dorling Kindersly. (The trade paperback version is considerably smaller in size that the...
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'Hunter II: Goblin' from Eerie magazine issue No. 68 (September 1975)Oops....my Hunter posting for Eerie issue 70, 'Hunter II: Goblin Thrust' was out of order, as the first installment in that...
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Book Review: 'Tengu' by Graham Masterton3 / 5 Stars‘Tengu’ (380 pp) was published by Tor Books in April, 1983. The cover artist is uncredited.Appropriately enough for a horror novel, ‘Tengu’ opens with...
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'Heavy Metal' magazine, June 1983June, 1983, and on MTV, Rod Stewart's song 'Baby Jane' is in heavy rotation ( a woman in a neon pink bodysuit, heavy mascara, platform soles, and playing a saxophone,...
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'Armies'by Jean-Pierre Dionnet, Picaret, and Jean-Claude GalThe inaugural issue of the French magazine Metal Hurlant (‘Screaming Metal’) in January, 1975, contained a brilliantly illustrated, black and...
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