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Zetari by John M. Burns
'Zetari' by John M. BurnsAccording to his interview in George Khoury's 2004 overview of British comics artists,True Brit, John M. Burns (b. 1938) first began illustrating comics in 1954. Over his 50+...
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Book Review: Generation
Book Review: 'Generation' edited by David Gerrold2 / 5 Stars‘Generation’ (236 pp) was published in July 1972 by Dell Books. The cover illustration is by Robert Foster.Like Gerrold’s 1971 anthology...
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Tarzan and Jane
Tarzan and Janeby James Michaelsonfrom Zona 84 issue 20, 1985This illustration was part of the promotional package for the 1981 film Tarzan, the Ape Man, starring Bo Derek. It apparently was considered...
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Book Review: Cestus Dei
Book Review: 'Cestus Dei' by John Maddox Roberts4 / 5 Stars'Cestus Dei' (283 pp) was published by Tor Books in June 1983. The cover art is by Kevin Eugene Johnson.This novel first was published, in...
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Impacto Directo
Impacto Directo(Direct Impact)by Paul Kirchnerfrom Zona 84 Almanac, 1987I can't remember if this one-pager never appeared in Heavy Metal. How it wound up in the Spanish magazine Zona 84 1987...
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Spain: Street Fighting Men
Spain: Street Fighting MenFantagraphics Books, November 2017'Spain: Street Fighting Men' (304 pp) was published by Fantagraphics Books in November 2017. Like all the titles from Fantagraphics, this is...
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Book Review: Pilgrimage
Book Review: 'Pilgrimage' by Drew Mendelson3 / 5 Stars‘Pilgrimage’ (220 pp.) is DAW Book No. UE1612, and was published in April, 1981. The cover illustration is by John Pound. This was the first novel...
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Irving Greenfield RIP
Irving A. Greenfield, RIPFebruary 22, 1929 - April 1, 2020Somewhat belatedly, I discovered that Irving A. Greenfield passed away on April 1, 2020, at age 91. Greenfield was a one-man publishing...
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September is Western Month
Here at the PorPor Books Blog, we like to take a break from reading and reviewing sci-fi, horror, and fantasy novels to spend time with books from other genres. For September 2020, we’ve decided to...
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Hot Lead: Most Wanted 'All Reviews Special'Edited by Justin MarriottMay 2020Well, here we another compilation of reviews of vintage paperbacks, edited by a leading historian and collector of...
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Book Review: The Slavers
Book Review: 'The Slavers'(Carmody)by Peter McCurtain5 / 5 Stars'The Slavers' (156 pp) was published by Belmont Tower books in January 1970. It's one of what eventually would be six westerns featuring...
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CD Review: Spaghetti: Duck You Suckers !
CD Review: 'Spaghetti: Duck You Suckers !'One Million Dollar Records, June 19994 / 5 starsAll of the tracks on this CD are available at this YouTube link.Back in the late 1990s, the indie music CD...
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Book Review: Fire in the Wind
Book Review: 'Fire in the Wind'(The Gringos, No. 3)by J. D. Sandon3 / 5 Stars‘Fire in the Wind’ (Gringos No. 3, 173 pp) was published in the UK in 1979 by Mayflower / Granada. The cover artist is...
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Book Review: West Texas
Book Review: 'West Texas' by Al Sarantonio3 / 5 Stars‘West Texas’ first was published in hardcover in April, 1991 by M. Evans and Company; in 2001, Stealth Press released another hardcover version....
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Book Review: El Mestizo
Book Review: 'El Mestizo' by Alan Hebden and Carlos Ezquerra2 / 5 Stars'El Mestizo'(64 pp) was published by Rebellion in November 2018. It's part of the 'Treasury of British Comics' imprint, which - as...
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Book Review: Edge: The Loner
Book Review: 'Edge: The Loner' by George G. Gilman4 / 5 Stars'Edge: The Loner' (125 pp., February 1972) was the first entry in the 'Edge' series of western novels issued by the New English Library...
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Ron Cobb RIP
Ron Cobb RIPSeptember 21, 1937 - September 21, 2020Ron Cobb, cartoonist, artist, and designer, passed away at age 83 on September 21.Back in the early 80s I was fortunate to obtain a copy of the 1981...
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CD Review: Spaghetti II: 'Revenge !'
CD Review: Spaghetti II: 'Revenge'Million Dollar Records, 1999Well, the reception for 'Spaghetti: Duck You Suckers !' led to the crafting of a sequel, titled 'Spaghetti II: 'Revenge !' from One Million...
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Book Review: Winter in the Blood
Book Review: 'Winter in the Blood' by James Welch3 / 5 Stars‘Winter in the Blood’ first was published in 1974; this Bantam Books paperback edition was released in November 1975. The artist who provided...
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