music and tales
In 1912 author Edgar Rice Burroughs introduced what would be one of the most well known literary characters in the world, second only behind Sherlock Holmes: Tarzan of the apes. The allure is obvious. An infant (from a well bred, high class […]
“In 1910 Anthony (Tony) Stark Built a Machine, a Suit he called the IRON MAN. Clad in steel, copper and brass the suit is powered by steam, fueled by the coal burning fire in the chest of the behemoth suit.” […]
Well, it had to come up sooner or later. You cannot discuss fantastical takes on the victorian era without sooner or later bring up the most recognized character in literature of ANY era. However, i wish to concentrate on great contemporary […]
What’s the scariest move you’ve ever seen? A lot of people say The Exorcist. And that’s a pretty scary movie. But for me, hands down, it is the classic Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory. You know, the OLD one. The one […]
My post yesterday on Little Nemo In Slumberland got me thinking about early comics and hence, the very first ones. While the first official “comic”, that is, sequential graphic storyline as we know it is The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck” […]
It is one of the greatest comic (graphic story if you will) masterpieces of all time and is actually on display in the Louve and has been shown in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. (I personally would kill to have […]
There are 3 web comics i follow religiously. The first is not an ongoing story, it’s xkcd, which come on, if you don’t know about what rock have you been hiding under? The 2nd is far dorkier comic i found […]
The Steampunk Opera contains a sort of mad scientist type, Annabel McAlistair, who i’ve put a lot of thought into, half of which doesn’t actually make it into the show since her story is only the first Act and i’ve […]
I am technically writing a sci fi opera or musicalish thing so it’s only fitting, and fun, that we review some awesome and fun sci fi tunes spanning the decades. The 70s Let us begin in the 70s. Weed was everywhere and […]