Monthly Archives: October 2011

or THE HONESTY OF COMPLETE DESPERATION “So — punk WHAT? Actually, what do the purported punk SF writers have in common? Stylish Gibson, antic frazzled Sterling, the pure-hearted and liberal Robinson, hot-eyed Shirley — all over 30, perhaps, but what … Continue reading →

The Shadow Line is a tv show created by Hugo Blick that ran earlier this year on BBC2. It didn’t do particularly well, it wasn’t responded to as much more than another cop show and disregarded by immediate reviews. By … Continue reading →

Why, exactly, are comics still being sold as “cool”? Western comics and their readers have for so long been the subject of stigma. Of comics being for children, for the socially awkward and maladjusted, for the intellectually slumming, for perverts. … Continue reading →