R. Scott Bakker Talks about Writing Fantasy, Writers, and Canadian Lit.
Fantasy Author R. Scott Bakker (and fellow Londoner) lectured recently at Fanshawe College as part of Fanshawe’s Arts and Letters program, and unfortunately I missed it due...
Toronto Comic Book Shop Claims to Be World’s First for Kids
A new comic store focussed on kids has opened up in Toronto, which I think is a great idea. It’s ironic, I spent most of my teen...
80’s NY Horror Host Morgus shows Godzilla
Ahh, I love old horror hosts. I grew up on Elvira, Superhost from Cleveland (WUAB!) and of course MST3K. This video from the Internet Archive (courtesy Bill...
Giant Monsters Attack!: Misleading Giant Monster Movie Posters (Part 2)
My friend Mr. Mysterious Pants has put up another post in his series on misleading Giant Monster movie posters. Fun stuff! And even though he’s right about...
Season 4 of Clone Wars starts tonight!
Can’t wait! Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Season 4 – Extended Trailer [Standard Definition] – YouTube.
How Star Wars Saved the Comic Book Industry
The late 1970s were a bad time for comics – declining sales and new forms of media were coming into the limelight, and the local comic book...
Toronto strippers among ‘most intellectual’
On any given night, about 50% of the city’s exotic dancers on the job are fresh-faced college or university students who are shedding their clothes to earn...
5 Things You Do Every Day That Are Actually Addictions | Cracked.com
#1 is a bit of a surprise, but the others sound pretty reasonable. I was expecting “checking e-mail/Facebook” to be somewhere on the list too…. 5 Things...
What is Steampunk?
I’ve always had a fondness for steampunk, and an appreciation for the esthetic it presents, but the truth is (if you want me to be honest) I...