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The Zombie Times, November 2016 Film Festival Issue (emag review)
Regular readers of my reviews here on SFCrowsnest may recall that I used to review issues of ‘The Zombie Times’, a newsletter on all things to do with the living dead which was published on a roughly...
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Uncanny Magazine #13 (emag review).
‘Uncanny’ is a magazine of fantasy and Science Fiction that also features author interviews and non-fiction essays. Fiction first then. ‘Don’t You Worry, You Aliens’ by Paul Cornell has no aliens, no...
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The Jack Kirby Collection Sixty-Nine (magazine review)
‘The Jack Kirby Collector Sixty-Nine’ is the usual mix with a few interesting articles, a few minor pieces about Kirby trivia, many accolades for Jack and lots of lovely pictures. In ‘Prospeak’, Steve...
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Illustrators # 16 (magazine review)
Although I could probably think of a couple better choices of covers from the contents for Illustrators # 16, I can’t recall seeing this montage of Superman illustrations by Neal Adams before....
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Back Issue # 93 December 2016 (magazine review)
There are a lot of captains in comicbooks. One has to wonder why, outside of Nick Fury, that few come with a higher rank starring in their own comicbook. Certainly, none of them ever rose to a higher...
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Comic Book Creator # 13 Fall 2016 (magazine review)
The dual cover of Comic Book Creator # 13 shows what is the meat of this issue, namely interviews with artists Ramona Fradon and Michael W. Kaluta, which tends to make light of the other material...
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Uncanny Magazine # 14 (emag review)
‘Uncanny Magazine’ is a bimonthly periodical that features essays and fiction. I’ll pick out the highlights. The first fiction is ‘Bodies Stacked Like Firewood’ by Sam J. Miller. When Cyd, a...
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol. 27 no. 4 #103 (mag review).
As Paulo de Costa is this issue of ‘On Spec’s interviewed author, I might as well start with him. ‘Once Dad, Always Here’ shows a future in which privacy and copyright have been abolished and the...
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Alter Ego # 144 January 2017 (magazine review)
A new ‘Alter Ego’ for the new year. Yah! Editor Roy Thomas announces that the magazine is going bimonthly because he’s doing too much and that list is staggering, so not surprised so less of an ‘Oh!’....
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Perihelion SF – online magazine (emag review)
‘Perihelion SF’ is free to read on-line and contains a bit of non-fiction and some short stories as follows. Top of the click list on the left side of the page is ‘A Breath Of Aphrodite’ by Rebecca...
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Sept/Oct 2016, Volume 131 # 727...
I’ve got a bit behind with my reviews of ‘The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction’ recently. This issue, however, has been well worth the wait. It is ‘MoF&SF’s first Special Author issue in a...
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Back Issue # 94 February 2017 (magazine review)
If ever there is a cover that will guarantee sales, then put one illustrated by Neal Adams on it. The opening interview in this issue of ‘Back Issue’ examines his creation of Ms. Mystic and several...
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Comic Book Creator # 14 Winter 2017 (magazine review)
Although the latest edition of ‘Comic Book Creator’ is mainly devoted to artist Kelley Jones, it starts with Singapore artist Sonny Liew, who describes his rise to fame a slow climb rather than a quick...
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Jack Kirby Collector Seventy (magazine review)
The theme of this 70th issue of ‘Jack Kirby Collector’ is ‘Kirby: Alpha’, to be followed next issue by ‘Kirby :Omega’. ‘Beginnings And Endings’ or if you will, ‘Life And Anti-Life’ to quote editor John...
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The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Nov/Dec 2016, Volume 131 # 728...
The last issue of ‘The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction’ for 2016 contains four novellas, no novelettes and seven short stories, as well as the usual non-fiction articles. It also contains a...
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Alter Ego # 145 March 2017 (magazine review).
Despite having a ‘Monark Starstalker’ cover, this issue of ‘Alter Ego’ is devoted to that little known film from 40 years ago called ‘Star Wars’, long before it got referred to as ‘A New Hope’....
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Back Issue # 95 April 2017 (magazine review).
This specific issue of ‘Back issue’ is devoted to ‘creatures of the night’ on the cover although this is a wide brief or why include Marc Spector aka Moon Knight for its opening volley cos he’s hardly...
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Illustrators # 17 (magazine review).
I always get a happy gleam in my eye when I recognise a particular cardboard envelope through the letterbox. Two on the same day just feels even luckier although I will be discussing the two magazines...
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On Spec: The Canadian Magazine Of The Fantastic vol 28 no. 1 #104 (mag review).
‘On Spec’, the Canadian magazine of the fantastic is one of those small enterprises struggling to keep the flame of short fiction alive. It’s mostly short stories like these. ‘Skywalkers’ by Marcelle...
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Illustrators Special Issue # 1: Warren Magazines – The Spanish Artists...
People like to be in on the first of anything so having a special edition specialising in a particular subject has to have some pull. Read the title: ‘Illustrators Special Issue # 1: Warren Magazines –...
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