Book Review: Wizard World
Book Review: 'Wizard World' by Roger Zelazny4 / 5 Stars'Wizard World' (411 pp) was published by Baen Books in October 1989. The cover art is by David Mattingly.This is an omnibus edition, compiling two...
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View ArticleBook Review: Soldiers of Paradise
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View ArticleThe Thing from Another World issue 1
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View ArticleI Shoulda Loved Ya
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View ArticleKustom Kulture: Von Dutch, Ed 'Big Daddy' Roth, Robert Williams & Others
Kustom KultureVon Dutch, Big Daddy Roth, Robert Williams & OthersLaguna Arts Museum / Last Gasp1993This 11 x 11", 96- page trade paperback is the catalog to the eponymous art show held in 1993 at...
View ArticlePulp Horror: All Reviews Special Edition
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View ArticleConrad Vs Kaplan: Battle of the Network Stars 1976
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View ArticleShamballa: Anderson Psi Division
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View ArticleVisions of the Future
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View ArticleThe Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII
Book Review: 'The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII'edited by Karl Edward Wagner3 / 5 Stars'The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII' (239 pp) was published in November 1984 and features cover...
View ArticleBook Review: Lord of Dark Places
Celebrating Black History Month 2020Book Review: 'Lord of Dark Places' by Hal Bennett2 / 5 StarsHere at the PorPor Books Blog, we observe Black History Month by reading and reviewing a book - fiction...
View ArticleMoving Fortress by Barreiro and Alcatena
Moving Fortressby Ricardo Barreiro (story) and Enrique Alcatena (art)adapted by Chuck Dixon and Tim Truman4Winds Publishing Group, 1988'Moving Fortress' first was published in 1987 as a serial (La...
View ArticleRobert Palmer: You Are In My System
Robert Palmer'You Are In My System'October 1983'You Are In My System' first was released in August 1982 as a single by the U.S. band The System. English singer Robert Palmer heard the song and was...
View ArticleSwords of the Swashbucklers
Swords of the Swashbucklersby Bill Mantlo (story) and Jackson Guice (art)Marvel Graphic Novel No. 14 (1984)'Swords of the Swashbucklers' (64 pp.) is Marvel Graphic Novel No. 14, and was released in...
View ArticleArts Unknown: the Life and Art of Lee Brown Coye
Arts UnknownThe Life and Art of Lee Brown Coyeby Luis OrtizNonstop Press, 2005'Arts Unknown' (176 pp) is one of a number of overviews of fantasy / sci-fi art edited by Luis Ortiz and published by the...
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