http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_109_ROTJ_Commentary.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSIt’s been 30 years since the original Star Wars trilogy came to its epic conclusion, and to celebrate the guys have...

Earlier this month, we had the distinct pleasure of speaking at length with author Max Allan Collins, crime fiction writer extraordinaire and hand-picked successor of the late, great Mickey Spillane.  Within the scope of that interview, I mentioned that Spillane’s Mike Hammer...

Joe Simon.  Jack Kirby.  Each man a giant in the world of comics, this match-up is as legendary as Martin and Lewis, Tracy and Hepburn, or Lennon and McCartney.  If you just thought “who?” to any of these names amongst names, proceed directly to Google or...

I’ll admit that I’ve never been a huge fan of tie-in novels.  Despite having read my share of them for the site already, more often than not, these type of books make me feel like they’re dragging an episode out.  Worse yet, there are times when it becomes...

Dallas Comic Con 2013 has been put to bed for another year. I have a lot of great things to say about this con, and what great guests, dealers, and groups they had. Not only was everyone in good spirits (including William Shatner himself!), but most of the other attendees I met were generally...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_108_DanaFredsti.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSIn this special Mother’s Day edition of the podcast, we talk zombies with Plague Nation author Dana Fredsti… because...

As someone who has spent a lifetime studying art and animation, one of the greatest joys I have in life is to get a peek behind the curtain at the creative process.  When our friends at Titan Books offered up The Art of Epic for review, I jumped at the chance. From the publisher: From...

Nightmare in Silver was written by Neil Gaiman, directed by Stephen Woolfenden and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara, Jason Waktins as Webley, Warwick Davis as Porridge, Eve de Leon Allen as Angie, Kassius Carey Johnson as Artie, Tamzin Outhwaite as Captian, and...

The Crimson Horror was written by Mark Gatiss and stars Matt Smith as the Doctor, Jenna-Louise Coleman as Clara, Diana Rigg as Mrs. Gillyflower, Rachael Stirling as Ada, Catin Stewart as Jenny, Neve McIntosh as Madame Vastra, and Dan Starkey as Strax. From the BBC Website: Something ghastly...

The world of film has lost a legend, and many of us have lost a bit of our childhood.  American stop-motion animator Ray Harryhausen has passed away in London.  He was 92. Before Industrial Light and Magic, Harryhausen was the Master of Monsters, best known for the skeletons in...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_107_Neuromancer.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSFor the book club this month, we all read listened to William Gibson’s Neuromancer.  For those not in the know (and...

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http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_106_FreeComicBookDay.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSS The SciFiFX crew takes the show on the road and sets up fortifications in front of Comic Book Craze in Garland, TX....

Way back at the beginning of the year, which I realize is ancient history where the internet is concerned, I reviewed James P. Blaylock’s return-to-steampunk novel, The Aylesford Skull.  I said at the time that this was part of a series, and that while each volume was standalone,...

http://media.blubrry.com/scififx/p/www.scififx.com/podcast/scififx_podcast_105_MaxAllanCollins.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: iTunes | Android | RSSSome people only dream of meeting their heroes.  Award-winning author Max Allan Collins has been handed the torch by...