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Book Review: 'Jitterbug' by Mike McQuay 4 / 5 Stars‘Jitterbug’ was published by Bantam Books in August, 1984; the cover artwork (which resembles something designed for a romance novel, rather than sf)...
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'YMCA' from the film 'Can't Stop the Music'Released in June, 1980, Can't Stop the Music did poorly at the box office and quickly fell into feature-film oblivion. But nowadays it has emerged as a...
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Jim 'Dragon' Kelly 1946 - 2013
Jim 'Dragon' Kelly 1946 - 2013Some sad news, as Blaxploitation film star, and karate legend, Jim 'Dragon' Kelly dies of cancer at age 67.Below I've posted scans of a 1996 issue of David Walker's Bad...
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Book Review: Videodrome
Book Review: 'Videodrome' by Jack Martin3 / 5 StarsThis New English Library paperback edition of ‘Videodrome’ was published in the UK in July, 1983. ‘Jack Martin’ was a pseudonym for the well-known...
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Father Shandor: The Empire of Sin from Warrior No 6
'Father Shandor, Demon Stalker''The Empire of Sin'from Warrior (UK) No. 6, October, 1982In this installment of the 'Father Shandor' series, our hero is dead, and his body interred in Hell. But his...
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Book Review: Random Factor
Book Review: 'Random Factor' by Joel Henry Sherman2 / 5 Stars ‘Random Factor’ (329 pp) was published by Ballantine / Del Rey in April, 1991; the cover artwork is by Paul Chadwick. The book is comprised...
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'Heavy Metal' magazine, July 1983
'Heavy Metal' magazine, July 1983 It's July, 1983, and MTV and FM radio are dominated by The Police and the massive success of the Synchronicity album. But there are also some good songs that aren't...
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'Contagious' by Charles Burns from Taboo No. 1
'Contagious' by Charles Burns from Taboo No. 1‘Taboo’ was a black and white horror comic anthology, nine issues of which were published, in trade paperback format, by Steve Bissette from 1988 to...
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The Odyssey by Navarro and Sauri
'The Odyssey' by Francisco Navarro (writer) and Jose Sauri (art) 'The Odyssey' (64 pp) was published in hardback by Heavy Metal magazine; the book is undated, but apparently was published in 2006. It...
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Star Raiders
'Star Raiders' by Maggin and LopezDC Graphic Novel No. 1, 1983Throughout the early 80s, DC comics looked on with some degree of envy as Marvel exploited the popularity of Heavy Metal magazine by...
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Out There Where the Big Ships Go
Book Review: 'Out There Where the Big Ships Go' by Richard Cowper3 / 5 Stars‘Out There Where the Big Ships Go’ (191 pp) was published by Pocket Books in the US in October, 1980. The cover artwork is by...
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Kris Kool by Caza
'Kris Kool' by Caza I found out about 'Kris Kool', and Caza's webpage, via the 50 watts blog, a site devoted to offbeat book design and illustration. Caza's webpage is, of course, in French, but you...
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Book Review: The Castaways of Tanagar
Book Review: 'The Castaways of Tanagar' by Brian Stableford2 / 5 Stars ‘The Castaways of Tanagar’ (319 pp) was published by DAW Books in April, 1981. The cover artwork is by H. R. Van Dongen....
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Luther Arkwright and Harry Fairfax
Luther Arkwright and Harry Fairfaxby Bryan Talbotillustration from The Adventures of Luther Arkwright No. 4 Dark Horse Comics, June 1990Showing inspiration from such sources as Gustave Dore and William...
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Book Review: The Stone God Awakens
Book Review: 'The Stone God Awakens' by Philip Jose Farmer 3 / 5 Stars‘The Stone God Awakens’ was issued in paperback by Ace Books in July, 1973, with a cover illustration by J. H. Breslow. Artist...
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All This and Frank Sinatra, Jr, too
All This and Frank Sinatra, Jr, tooby Drew Friedmanfrom the August, 1983 issue of Heavy Metal magazine
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Heavy Metal August 1983
'Heavy Metal' magazine, August 1983 August, 1983, and in heavy rotation on the FM stations, and on MTV, is Loverboy's 'Hot Girls in Love'. Cheesy as it was back then, it's substantially better than...
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