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Book Review: The Dragonriders of Pern
Book Review: 'The Dragonriders of Pern' by Anne McCaffrey3 / 5 StarsThis hardcover Omnibus (751 pp) was published by Doubleday under the Science Fiction Book Club imprint in October of 1978. The cover...
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Ax by Ernie Colon
Axby Ernie ColonMarvel Graphic Novel No. 441988'Ax' (48 pp) is Marvel Graphic Novel No. 44, published in 1988. Veteran comics artist Ernie Colon (1931 - 2019) did both the story and art.As the book...
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The Holy Mountain (trailer)
'The Holy Mountain' by Alejandro Jodorowskymovie trailer, 1973'The Holy Mountain' (in Spanish, La Montana Sacra) was intended to be a surrealist treatment of 'heavy themes' and a further exploration of...
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Reckless by Chrissie Hynde
Celebrating Women's History Month 2020'Reckless' by Chrissie Hynde5 / 5 StarsHere at the PorPor Books Blog, we celebrate Women's History Month by reviewing a book - fiction or nonfiction - that tells a...
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Tales from the Plague by Richard Corben
Tales from the Plaguecover art by Richard CorbenEclipse Comics, 1986The comic itself is something of a letdown; Corben's art has a loose, half-hearted quality and the text, contributed by Dennis...
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Book Review: Nebula Award Stories Four
Book Review: 'Nebula Award Stories Four' edited by Poul Anderson2 / 5 Stars'Nebula Award Stories Four' first was published in hardback in December, 1969. This Pocket Books mass market paperback edition...
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Thorgal: Wolf Cub
ThorgalWolf Cubby Grzegorz Rosinski (art) and Jean Van Hamme (writer)Cinebook, 1990 / 2010'Thorgal' is a very popular Franco-Belgian comic book (album de bande dessinee) that has, unfortunately, never...
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Those Guys
Those Guys !(Que Tipazos)Metal Hurlant (Spanish edition) 1981Ummmm.....yeah. It's a French thing, I guess.As far as I can tell, this photo feature - also titled 'Strip tease of the Humanoids' - never...
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'Good Lord' from Bizarre Adventures issue No. 20
'Good Lord !'by Marv Wolfman (story), Dave Cockrum and The Crusty Bunkers (art)from Bizarre Adventures (Marvel / Curtis) No. 20, Winter 1980Writer Wolfman intended this neat little 8-page comic to be...
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Closing universities was a good idea
Why closing colleges and universities probably was a good idea'Miss Manners' column, Washington Post, December 18, 2019
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Book Review: Drowning Towers
Book Review: 'Drowning Towers' by George Turner1 / 5 StarsGeorge Turner (1916 - 1997) was an Australian author who published a number of scf-fi novels during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. Many of these novels...
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Thorgal: The Lost Drakkar
'The Lost Drakkar'from Thorgal: Child of the StarsInk Publishing / The Donning Company, 1986In the mid-80s, the Norfolk, Virginia-based publisher The Donning Company released a set of English...
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RIP Juan Gimenez
R.I.P. Juan GimenezNovember 16 1943 - April 3 2020Humanoids has issued a press release stating that the Argentinian artist Juan Gimenez has died at age 76 from coronavirus. He was hospitalized in...
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Book Review: Ta
Book Review: 'Ta' by John Robert Russell4 / 5 StarsJohn Robert Russell (1927 - 2007) published three sci-fi novels in the 1970s: 'Cabu' (1974), 'SAR' (1974), and 'Ta' (1975).'Ta' (207 pp) was published...
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Chopper: Song of the Surfer
Chopper: Song of the Surferby John Wagner (story) and Colin McNeil (art)Fleetway / 2000 AD, 1990'Chopper: Song of the Surfer' (96 pp) was published by Fleetway / 2000 AD in August, 1990. It's a large...
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The Dark Age of Comic Books (TV Tropes)
The Dark Age of Comic Booksfrom 'TV Tropes'A very readable and entertaining essay about how the release of Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns and Alan Moore's Watchmen in 1986 ignited a trend...
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Book Review: Earth Cult
Book Review: 'Earth Cult' by Trevor Hoyle3 / 5 Stars'Earth Cult' (189 pp) was published in the UK by Panther in 1979; the cover art is by Peter Elson. In the U.S., the novel was retitled 'This Sentient...
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Wolfpack issue 5
WolfpackMarvel ComicsIssue 5, December 1988Marvel published some really bad comics in the late 80s and early 90s, but few (if any) were so inane as 'Wolfpack'. First marketed as a Marvel Graphic Novel...
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Book Review: Mojave Wells
Book Review: 'Mojave Wells' by L. Dean James3 / 5 Stars'Mojave Wells' (280 pp) was published by Avon Books in June 1994. The cover art is by Dorian Vallejo.As the novel opens, archaeology graduate...
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