Andrew Wright
This is the Summer and we are in Love
Yes, it’s true. After the harsh snows of winter have receded and the sun begins to timidly emerge, I start to get a little bit sick of the sad-sack indie music I’ve been listening to all year. There is something about driving with the windows down and the sun on your face that makes you want to put on some music that gets your blood flowing. Something that you can air drum your steering wheel to, or belt out at the top of your lungs, eliciting disturbed glances from pedestrians every time you sit at a light, waiting for it to change.
Inglourious Basterds (the film)
It is easy to forget exactly who Quentin Tarantino is. It doesn’t seem like it should be that easy to forget. He is the kind of director who is present in every moment of his movies in an entirely unavoidable way. He wants to be known, and his personality is of the bombastic type that seems like it would be near impossible to forget.
The Convalescent
One of the most important things in writing enjoyable fiction is establishing a well-defined voice, with character and identity that your readers will want to spend the next several hundred pages with. This is perhaps the greatest triumph of Jessica Anthony in her debut novel, The Convalescent.
Lovely By Surprise
I was lucky enough to have caught this film when it was touring the film festivals about two years ago. Since then I have eagerly awaited its distribution to a wider audience. The fact that it came out on DVD this month is bittersweet; I was excited that it had finally been released, but disappointed that it did not get the theater release it richly deserved.
More Than Ink: The Deformitory
This week’s comic is yet another Xeric Award winner, making it the third Xeric comic reviewed in this column. The Deformitory (not The Deformity, as I mistakenly referred to it for a week) was written and drawn by Sophia Wiedeman.
More than Ink: Dinosaur Comics
It’s been awhile since I’ve delved into the world of webcomics, so this week I am going to share what I consider to be one of the great gems: Dinosaur Comics.
More than Ink: Amulet Book Two: The Stonekeeper’s Curse
Amulet is a graphic novel series written and drawn by Kazu Kibuishi that is geared towards young adults. It is published by Scholastic’s Graphix imprint, the same imprint that is republishing Jeff Smith’s Bone series in color.
More than Ink: Old Man Winter
Old Man Winter is a slim volume that contains 5 short comics written and drawn by J. T. Yost. Stylistically it is similar to Box Brown’s Love is a Peculiar Type of Thing, which I reviewed earlier this year.
More than Ink: Spotlight on Geoff Johns
Geoff Johns is an idea writer. He does not have exceptional skills at crafting dialogue like Alan Moore or Neil Gaiman, or their ability to weave together a complex and subtle narrative structure.
Star Trek
The latest Star Trek film is the best sci-fi movie since Danny Boyle’s Sunshine.
Recent Comments
- Vampire-Diaries.es | Tu primer mejor recurso de la serie en español. on INTERVIEW w/ Kevin Williamson + Julie Plec of Vampire Diaries
- Cast & Crew Interviews: Let’s Talk about Season 2 : Devoted to Vampire Diaries on INTERVIEW w/ Kevin Williamson + Julie Plec of Vampire Diaries
- Jim on Meeting of Important People Quit Music LIVE @ the Warhol
- Vampire Diaries Spoilers – Julie & Kevin Interview on INTERVIEW w/ Kevin Williamson + Julie Plec of Vampire Diaries
- Интервю с Джули Плек « Български фенсайт посветен на Vampire Diaries on INTERVIEW w/ Kevin Williamson + Julie Plec of Vampire Diaries
