You're Fast Becoming Prey to Every Cliché-Ridden Convention in the American...
The problem of Susan.It’s September 15th, 2012. Ne-Yo is at number one with “Let Me Love You,” with Pink, Public Enemy, and Fun also charting. In news, an attack on the American embassy in Libya...
View ArticleAn Imaginary Story (The Last War in Albion Part 67: Whatever Happened to the...
Last War in Albion will now be running on Wednesdays, with TARDIS Eruditorum moved to Mondays and Fridays for the remainder of its run. This is the seventeenth of twenty-two parts of Chapter Eight of...
View ArticleComics Reviews (10/23/14)
And at long last, we're back. As ever, in ranked order, best of the week at the end, with the caveat that I liked everything enough to pay money for it. And I just trimmed my pull account by 25%, so...
View ArticleHai! (The Power of Three)
It's basically what watching this feels like.It’s September 22nd, 2012. Script is at number one, with Ne-Yo, Pink, Flo Rida, and Fun also charting. In news, Dale Cregan kills two police officers and is...
View ArticleIn the Forest of the Night Review
Review forthcoming.Patreon backers will be notified when it is ready.It is not too late to back.
View ArticleUNIT, a History
A commissioned essay for Assad Khaishgi.Since Doctor Who first hit upon the idea of doing stories set in the present day, a fundamental aspect of its mythology has been the question of how civil...
View ArticleWelcome to Night Vale - "The Librarian" Review
Abigail Brady would like to talk to you about Welcome to Night Vale.Have you listened to Welcome to Night Vale? It’s a podcast. That doesn’t explain it. Podcasts are usually chat shows - Night Vale...
View ArticleThe Day After The World Ended (The Last War in Albion Part 68: The Apocalypse)
This is the eighteenth of twenty-two parts of Chapter Eight of The Last War in Albion, focusing on Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing. An omnibus of all twenty-two parts can be purchased at Smashwords. If...
View ArticleComics Reviews (October 30th, 2014)
As ever, ranked from least enjoyed to most, with everything being a book I was willing to spend money on.All-New X-Men #33The original X-Men touring the Ultimate Universe is proving a bit sloppy. Too...
View ArticlePop Between Realities, Home in Time for Tea 84 (Call the Midwife, Supernatural)
Jill Buratto is a nurse specializing in end of life issues, a general badass, and my wife.In case you missed the boom, Call the Midwife is a BBC period drama about a group of midwives servicing...
View ArticleDark Water Review
The review of Dark Water will be up as soon as I post it. If you'd like to be notified when it goes up, it's still not too late to back these reviews on Patreon.
View ArticleDon't Look Away (The Time of Angels/Flesh and Stone)
Oh shit oh shit I need a new caption joke.It’s April 24th, 2010. Usher and will.i.am are at number one with “OMG,” with Lady Gaga, Plan B, and Timbaland also charting. In news, the Deepwater Horizon...
View ArticleUs vs Gallifreybase vs Th3m
Pushing Last War in Albion until tomorrow - was just about to image it up when this crossed my desk, and I want to deal with it.So, in the wake of Dark Water, the site usvsth3m ran a piece entitled "16...
View ArticleComics Reviews (The Fifth of November, 2014)
As ever, from least favorite to favorite, with everything being something I willingly paid money for.AXIS #4I've been getting this out of spite, out of a general commitment to know what's going on with...
View ArticleSome Incomprehensible Biological Process (The Last War in Albion Part 69: The...
If you were expecting comics reviews today, they went up last night.This is the nineteenth of twenty-two parts of Chapter Eight of The Last War in Albion, focusing on Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing....
View ArticleOutside the Government 20: Wizards vs Aliens
One of my favorite moments in About Time, a book series I don’t get to talk about much anymore having long since gotten ahead of them, is in its critique of The Sensorites, a story that is wrongly, if...
View ArticleDeath in Heaven Review
Thank you so much to the 171 people on Patreon who made these reviews possible. It's not been the easiest past two months, and this has been an absolutely huge help. Come Christmas, I'll be back with...
View ArticleA Little Bit of Nip in the Air (The Snowmen)
Abominable special effects.It’s December 25th, 2012. Justice Collective are at number one with “He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother,” blocking the X-Factor winner from its traditional Christmas coronation...
View ArticleGiants With Leaking Boats For Feet (The Last War in Albion Part 70: The...
This is the twentienth of twenty-two parts of Chapter Eight of The Last War in Albion, focusing on Alan Moore's run on Swamp Thing. An omnibus of all twenty-two parts can be purchased at Smashwords. If...
View ArticleComics Reviews (November 12th, 2014)
I liked the "post this as soon as it's ready" approach last week, so I think I shall make it a regular thing. As ever, ranked from worst to best of the week, with everything being something I...
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