GEEK THEATER REVIEW – PART 5: CONSIDER THE SERVICES OF THE DEPARTED

My continuing review series of the plays collected in Geek Theater: 15 Plays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers is back after a very long delay! Each post will focus on one or two of the plays collected in the volume. Delightful in its simplicity, Brett F. Cox’s monologue Consider the Services of the Departed proposes a practical new spin on the zombie genre. Because … Continue reading GEEK THEATER REVIEW – PART 5: CONSIDER THE SERVICES OF THE DEPARTED

FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET – PART 5

Before I embark upon a big, issue-by-issue omnibus companion to my very favorite Marvel comic series, The Infinity Gauntlet, I am doing a series of shorter Pre-Game posts that will hopefully give a broad overview of what’s awesome about this this crazy little comic series. I will post a new piece each day this week. Here is the fifth of FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN … Continue reading FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET – PART 5

FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET – PART 4

Before I embark upon a big, issue-by-issue omnibus companion to my very favorite Marvel comic series, The Infinity Gauntlet, I am doing a series of shorter Pre-Game posts that will hopefully give a broad overview of what’s awesome about this this crazy little comic series. I will post a new piece each day this week. Here is the fourth of FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN … Continue reading FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET – PART 4

FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET – PART 3

Before I embark upon a big, issue-by-issue omnibus companion to my very favorite Marvel comic series, The Infinity Gauntlet, I want to do a series of shorter Pre-Game posts that will give a broad overview of what’s awesome about this this crazy little comic series. I will post a new piece each day this week. So, here is the third of FIVE THINGS TO KEEP … Continue reading FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET – PART 3

FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET – PART 2

Before I embark upon a big, issue-by-issue omnibus companion to my very favorite Marvel comic series, The Infinity Gauntlet, I want to do a series of shorter Pre-Game posts that will give a broad overview of what’s awesome about this this crazy little comic series. I will post a new piece each day this week. So, here is the second of FIVE THINGS TO KEEP … Continue reading FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET – PART 2

FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET – PART 1

For years I’ve been meaning to do a kind of omnibus companion to my very favorite Marvel comic series, The Infinity Gauntlet. Now that the Marvel movies have got Josh Brolin running around as Thanos, a hand full of infinity stones in the mix, and two Avengers: Infinity War movies on the horizon, I figure I better do this thing now before somebody else does. … Continue reading FIVE THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE YOU READ INFINITY GAUNTLET – PART 1

REVIEW: THE TEMPLE, OR, LEBENSRAUM

*SPOILERS* In considering Nat Cassidy’s absorbing new play, The Temple, or, Lebensraum, we would do well to first consider the many functions and responsibilities of adaptation. Cassidy’s play takes many elements from an H.P. Lovecraft short story from the 1920s called The Temple; though I think to say it is “inspired by” the story as Cassidy does in the playbill is indeed a more fair … Continue reading REVIEW: THE TEMPLE, OR, LEBENSRAUM

PRE-GAME: THE TEMPLE, OR LEBENSRAUM

My first proper Pre-Game of 2015 is for The Temple, or Lebensraum, which had its opening last night at The Brick, where it is being presented as part of 2015 Resident Artist Series. It will play through next weekend. Nat Cassidy is a super talented (and super nice) guy, whose work as a playwright, director, actor, and musician I have been sorely under exposed to. … Continue reading PRE-GAME: THE TEMPLE, OR LEBENSRAUM

Geoff Klock’s Casanova Book

I am late putting this up here, but my good friend Geoff Klock has just published a killer book through Seqart called The Future of Comics, The Future of Men: Matt Fraction’s Casanova. It’s a singular analysis of a bizarre comic that is very close to my heart. Here is the customer review I wrote on Amazon: Even after 15 years of reading and loving comics, Klock’s … Continue reading Geoff Klock’s Casanova Book

GEEK THEATER REVIEW PART 4: THE REST OF THE SHORT PLAYS

My ongoing review of Geek Theater: 15 Plays by Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers will come out in short bursts. Sometimes I will devote these mini posts to a single play, other times I might discuss a couple of plays per post as in the below. The two remaining short plays in the Geek Theater collection — Rapunzel’s Haircut by Cecil Castellucci and The Promise … Continue reading GEEK THEATER REVIEW PART 4: THE REST OF THE SHORT PLAYS