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Our Valued Customers: A Single-Panel Webcomic That Knows More About Geek Culture Than You Do

October 15, 2013 // 1 Comment

Today we’re going to branch out from SFF comics and talk about a Boston-based artist who chronicles fans of mainstream SFF comics, movies, and TV shows with his black and [...]

[Outside the Frame] Re-reading An Old Favorite: Sam Kieth’s THE MAXX

June 18, 2013 // 2 Comments

We’re going to slip, just a little, into mainstream territory, and talk about one of my favorite comics from the early 1990s: The Maxx, created by Sam Kieth. In 1993, I [...]

[Outside the Frame] Indies at the Eisner Awards

June 11, 2013 // 1 Comment

Now in its 25th year, the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards have announced their nominations for 2013. Voting is still open to industry professionals, and the winners will be [...]

[Outside the Frame] Tony Millionaire’s Wacky Genius is on Display in “Billy Hazelnuts”

April 16, 2013 // 1 Comment

Tony Millionaire’s Billy Hazelnuts is a child-like fantasy, at once impossible but also intricately detailed. The story focuses on the love triangle between two [...]

[Outside the Frame] Richard S. Carbonneau’s “The Marvel: A Biography of Jack Parsons” Illustrates Failure

April 2, 2013 // 0 Comments

This well-designed collected edition of Carbonneau and Ng’s webcomic about the life of occultist Jack Parsons looks like a magical grimoire the book’s subject would have [...]

[Outside the Frame] Trese: Supernaturual Noir Komiks Done Right

March 19, 2013 // 3 Comments

In 2005, Budjette Tan and Kajo Baldisimo published the first Trese comic. Not a cop, but working with them, Alexandra Trese and her faithful assistants solve the crimes [...]

[Outside the Frame] A Brief History of Independent Comics in the United States, Part 1

February 26, 2013 // 2 Comments

When I started this column I talked a little about what independent comics were, but not how we got here. Presently there are two major “mainstream” comics [...]

[Outside the Frame] Strange Attractors by Charles Soule (Archaia)

February 19, 2013 // 0 Comments

Archaia Entertainment has a promising new comic on the horizon with Charles Soule’s Strange Attractors. The book is a love letter – partly to New York city, [...]

[Outside the Frame] Daniel Clowes’s “The Death Ray” Is More Indie Than Usual

February 12, 2013 // 2 Comments

Daniel Clowes is an American cartoonist most well known for his book Ghostworld, which was made into a movie starring Steve Buscemi and Thora Birch, and Art School [...]

[Outside the Frame] Gerry Alanguilan’s “Elmer” – The Greatest Chicken Comic Ever

February 5, 2013 // 0 Comments

When I started writing this column, I had a handful of comics I knew wanted to talk about. Stories that had affected me so much I wanted to tell the world about them. Elmer [...]

[Outside the Frame] Lewis Trondheim’s “Ralph Azham 1: Why Would You Lie to Someone You Love?”

January 29, 2013 // 0 Comments

French cartoonist Lewis Trondheim brings a darkly humorous book to Fantagraphics with the publication of Ralph Azham 1: Why Would You Lie to Someone You Love? Trondheim [...]

[Outside the Frame] Tale of Sand: Ramón K. Pérez illustrates Jim Henson’s lost screenplay

January 15, 2013 // 3 Comments

As I’ve mentioned before, Archaia Entertainment continues to publish some of the most beautiful work in indie comics today. Produced under the direct supervision of The [...]

[Outside the Frame] My Favorite Comics of 2012

January 8, 2013 // 4 Comments

The holidays are a time to be thankful, to remember what was good about the year, and to give to others. Personally, I am thankful that I get to read ground-breaking comic [...]

[Outside the Frame] Archaia’s Retro-Future Robot Comic, Rust, by Royden Lepp

December 18, 2012 // 2 Comments

Archaia Entertainment not only produces some of the most beautiful work in comics today, but they helpfully allow you to search their titles by genre (see the list here) so [...]

[Outside the Frame] A Wombat, A Dead God, and A Hugo: Ursula Vernon’s “Digger”

December 11, 2012 // 0 Comments

This past August, Digger by Ursula Vernon won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, beating out comics published by Vertigo and IDW, including such heavyweights of genre [...]

[Outside the Frame] Have you Read Richard Sala’s “Delphine”?

December 4, 2012 // 3 Comments

Richard Sala is a prolific artist of the weird and fantastical, with a varied collection of tales that feature detectives, witches, zombies, fairy tales, cat women, and more. [...]

[Outside the Frame] Interview with “Tails” creator Ethan Young

November 27, 2012 // 0 Comments

Ethan Young, whose comic Tails I reviewed in my last column, is a Chinese-American artist born and raised in NYC. He’s worked on a wide array of illustration projects, [...]

[Outside the Frame] The Best of Both Worlds: Tails, by Ethan Young

November 20, 2012 // 0 Comments

When you buy a comic from a mainstream publisher, a single issue or graphic novel produced by a team of big-name writers, artists, colorists, letterers, editors, and so on, [...]

[Outside the Frame] Atomic Robo, or How I Learned To Love an Insane Dinosaur Genius

November 13, 2012 // 6 Comments

Sometimes you need a little fun in your life. A moment to enjoy some good old fashioned science-fueled ass kicking. A happy ending would be nice too. I’d been a little [...]

[Outside the Frame] The Other Side of Comics

October 30, 2012 // 2 Comments

Deciding to write a bi-weekly column about alternative, small press, and creator-owned comics was easy. I love independent comics. Every week I enjoy new work from the [...]

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WINNERS: Signed Copies of ‘Stalking the Zombie’ by Mike Resnick

Published On: September 20, 2012

The winners of our giveaway for signed copies of Stalking the Zombie (signed by author Mike Resnick and cover artist Douglas Klauba) have been chosen and notified. Congratulations to: Aesha T. from Tempe, AZ Jake P. from Lake Station, IN You will be receiving your books soon! Thanks to everyone who entered.

TOC: Fantasy & Science Fiction Magazine, September/October 2010

Published On: September 20, 2010

Here is the table of contents for the September/October 2010 issue of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine: NOVELLAS"Orfy" by Richard Chwedyk NOVELETTES"Eating at the End-of-the-World Café" by Dale Bailey"The Door in the Earth" by Alexandra Duncan"The Literomancer" by Ken Liu"Uncle Moon in Raintree Hills" by Fred Chappell SHORT STORIES"The Window of Time " by Richard Matheson"How Seosiris Lost the Favor Continue Reading →

SF Tidbits for 9/20/07

Published On: September 20, 2007

John Scalzi officially announces Zoe's Tale, a new novel set in the Old Man's War universe. Unofficially, we had this yesterday. Meanwhile, over at Ficlets, Scalzi interviews Matthew Jarpe, author of Radio Freefall. And, because you can never get enough Scalzi (or so he tells us), John Scalzi reminds us over at his AOL gig about Star Wars: The Musical. Continue Reading →

SF Tidbits for 9/20/12

Published On: September 20, 2012

Interviews and Profiles John Scalzi's The Big Idea: Amanda Carlson. Suzanne Johnson interviews Alex Hughes. Asian America Writers' Workshop (Phyllis Fong) interviews Malinda Lo. Geek's Guide to the Galaxy interviews Tad Williams (podcast). Bookworm Blues interviews Tad Williams. My Bookish Ways interviews Jay Kristoff. Flickering Myth (Trevor Hogg) chats with the makers of Total Recall. The Well interviews Cory Continue Reading →

Subterranean Announces ‘Clash of the Geeks’ to Benefit Charity

Published On: September 20, 2010

From Subterranean Press:As some of you may know, my wife, Gretchen Schafer, is afflicted with lupus. This year a number of friends joined me to have some fun, and, we hope, raise a little money for the cause. Here's a short version of the particulars... Wil Wheaton, John Scalzi and Subterranean Press are proud to announce the publication of CLASH Continue Reading →