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
GEEK THEATER REVIEW PART 3: FOR THE LIVING
My 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 as in the below, other times I might discuss a couple of plays per post. For the Living is a simple but elegantly crafted short play by Chie-Goon Lee, and it kind of blew my … Continue reading GEEK THEATER REVIEW PART 3: FOR THE LIVING
GEEK THEATER REVIEW PART 2: MISSION TO MARS
I changed my mind – instead of a three more very long parts, my 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 as in the below, other times I might discuss a couple of plays per post. There will be *SPOILERS* in these reviews. … Continue reading GEEK THEATER REVIEW PART 2: MISSION TO MARS
GEEK THEATER REVIEW PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Every once and a while I stop what I’m doing and look around. This is the world, right? The real world? I wonder to myself: when did it happen? Was it the emergence of the internet? Or of convention culture? At what point did the geeks for reals inherit the Earth? When I was a teenager in Georgia in the 90s it felt like there … Continue reading GEEK THEATER REVIEW PART 1: INTRODUCTION
REVIEW: ASYMMETRIC
*SPOILERS, if you care about such things* There is a concept of terrifying beauty at the center of Asymmetric, an idea that encapsulates decades of American foreign policy with chilling accuracy. This idea doesn’t emerge until about midway through the show, so it helps that this svelte, deeply political espionage drama from playwright Mac Rogers clicks along so doggone fast. Produced by Gideon Productions in … Continue reading REVIEW: ASYMMETRIC
PRE-GAME: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS’ ASYMMETRIC
I have been dragging my feet on putting together this Pre-Game for Gideon Productions’ Asymmetric before my proper review posts in the next few days. There are a number of things contributing to this – two other reviews already in the queue for the site, a bigger project that I’ve been working on for Pop Matters about Joss Whedon, and also the wonderful and frenetic … Continue reading PRE-GAME: GIDEON PRODUCTIONS’ ASYMMETRIC
Surreal Time Press 