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Book Review: Hero and the Terror
Book Review: 'Hero and the Terror' by Michael Blodgett3 / 5 Stars‘Hero and the Terror’ (251 pp) first was published in 1982; this New English Library paperback was issued in 1988 as a tie-in with the...
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Black Cross Part One
Black Crosswritten and illustrated by Chris WarnerDark Horse comics, January 1988Part One'Black Cross' debuted in the July, 1986 issue of Dark Horse Presents (DHP), the newly formed comic company's...
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Black Cross Part Two
Black Crosswritten and illustrated by Chris WarnerDark Horse comics, January 1988Part Two
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Book Review: Seek the Fair Land
Book Review: 'Seek the Fair Land' by Walter Macken4 / 5 StarsHere at the PorPor Books Blog, we like to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by reviewing or showcasing a fiction or nonfiction book that deals...
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Lovecraft: The Myth of Cthulhu
Lovecraft: The Myth of Cthulhuby Esteban MarotoIDW, February 2018'Lovecraft: The Myth of Cthulhu' (80 pp) was published in hardcover by IDW in February 2018. This book compiles three black-and-white...
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Book Review: The Big Enchilada
Book Review: 'The Big Enchilda' by L. A. Morse4 / 5 StarsL. A. Morse wrote several crime and horror novels in the late 70s and early 80s. One of these novels, The Flesh Eaters, is out of print and...
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The Pastel City by Bruce Pennington
'The Pastel City' by Bruce Penningtonwraparound cover artwork for the 1971 New English Library paperback by M. John Harrison
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Book Review: The Owl
Book Review: 'The Owl' by Robert Forward2 / 5 StarsThe Owl (247 pp) was published by Pinnacle Books in August 1984; the cover artist is uncredited.A sequel, titled The Owl: Scarlet Serenade was...
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Delores Taylor RIP
Delores Taylor, RIP27 September 1932 - 23 March 2018Delores Taylor on a press junket for Billy Jack, Minneapolis area, 1970sDelores Taylor died recently at age 85. While she was best known for playing...
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Mike Hinge and Lou Stathis
Mike Hinge and Lou StathisThis photo was apparently taken at a sci-fi fan gathering sometime in the 1970s. Mike Hinge (left) (1931 - 2003) was a New Zealand-born artist who contributed some memorable...
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Robny the Tramp in 'Scrap'
Robny the Trampby Juan Boixin Chatarra ('scrap')1976In 1976 the Spanish artist Juan (also spelled as 'Joan') Boix (b. 1945) created what would be a series of comics about Robny the Tramp (Robny el...
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Book Review: Strangler
Book Review: 'Strangler' by T. Jeff Williams3 / 5 Stars'Strangler' first was published in 1978 by New English Library under the title 'Sonny'. This Bantam Books version (217 pp) was released in the US...
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Trashman Meets the Fighting She Devils
Trashman Meets the Fighting She Devilsby Spainfrom Subvert Comics No. 1Rip-Off Press, 1970NOTE: this comic is likely to offend modern sensibilities..........
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Book Review: Jog Rummage
Book Review: 'Jog Rummage' by Grahame Wright4 / 5 StarsThis strange little book first was published in hardcover in 1974, with this Pan Books paperback (205 pp) released in 1977. The cover artist is...
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The Sleazy Reader
The Sleazy Readerissues 5 - 7 (October 2017 - February 2018)The advent of amazon's Createspace self-publishing imprint has revolutionized the publishing of zines. There now are quite a few titles...
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Lucky by Greg Kihn
Greg Kihn 'Lucky'April, 1985In 1985 Baltimore-born rocker Greg Kihn released his album Citizen Kihn, with the song 'Lucky' the designated single. It reached number 30 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on...
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Book Review: God Stalk
Book Review: 'God Stalk' by P. C. Hodgell4 / 5 Stars‘God Stalk’ (284 pp) first was published in hardcover in 1982; this Berkley Books paperback was released in August, 1983. The artist who created the...
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Hole in the Wall Books
Hole in the Wall BooksFalls Church, VirginiaEarlier this month, on a sunny, breezy Friday, I decided it was the perfect day to make one of my twice-yearly or so visits to 'Hole in the Wall Books',...
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