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'Maharaja', the "cinema novel", is coming
What exactly is a “cinema novel”? Animation Xpress #317 (26 June 2012), reports that Hyderabad-based BTales (the B is for Bharavi) will publish Maharaja in July, the “first ever cinema novel in...
View ArticleShort film: Loscon XIV's 'Clearance Papers'
Did I ever tell you that I once wrote a movie script? It was Furry, too.This was twenty-five years ago, in 1987. Clearance Papers was only a 9-minute amateur film – an embarrassingly amateurish amateur...
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Secret of the Stone Frog
David Nytra is a relative newcomer to the world of fantasy graphic novels. Still The Secret of the Stone Frog, his first work as a writer and illustrator, is drawing a lot of interest from fantasy...
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Review: 'The Species of Blessing Avenue', by Graveyard Greg
The Species of Blessing Avenue consists of three short stories: “The Species of Alone” and “The Species of Rivals”, published by Smashwords in June and October 2010, and “The Species of Triumph”,...
View ArticleMovies: 'Dorothy of Oz'
How many Oz movies have there been? The Wizard of Oz (1939), of course. Return to Oz (1985). Dorothy in the Land of Oz (1980). Dorothy and the Scarecrow in Oz (1910), The Land of Oz (1910), His...
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Review: 'Wereworld: Rage of Lions' and 'Wereworld: Shadow of the Hawk', by...
These are Books 2 and 3 in Jobling’s Wereworld saga. Book 1, Rise of the Wolf, was reviewed here last May. Viking has ignored my request for review copies, so I had to wait for the Glendale Public...
View ArticleAnimation: 'Dorothy of Oz' becomes 'Legends of Oz'
Cartoon Brew reports that, “Now that Disney’s Oz The Great and Powerful is a box office hit, let the Wizard of Oz remakes commence.” CB goes on to report via Variety that, “Clarius Entertainment will...
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Ha! Thrust! Parry! Spin!
Chivalry and Knavery is an on-line black & white comic strip created, written, and drawn by P. T. Cooper. Now in its eighth year, this comedic sword & sorcery adventure strip is rated as a...
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Review: 'Tails from the Upper Kingdom', by H. Leighton Dickson
It was hard to believe that a man could see twenty-three winters before he began to live. It is harder even to believe that his life began all at once, on one night, with the occurring of three obscure...
View ArticleReview: 'Wereworld: Nest of Serpents' [and] 'Wereworld: Storm of Sharks', by...
These are Books 4 and 5 in Jobling’s Wereworld saga. Book 1, Rise of the Wolf, was reviewed here in May 2012, and Books 2 and 3, Rage of Lions and Shadow of the Hawk, were reviewed in January 2013. The...
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Review: 'Wereworld: War of the Werelords', by Curtis Jobling
It’s over! This is Book 6 and the conclusion of Jobling’s Wereworld series, which began with Wereworld: Rise of the Wolf, and continued through Rage of Lions, Shadow of the Hawk, Nest of Serpents, and...
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Furry novella anthology 'Five Fortunes' to debut at Further Confusion 2014
Fred Patten will have a new anthology, Five Fortunes, on sale at Further Confusion 2014. The 415-page tome, published by FurPlanet, presents five brand-new novellas by fan-favorite Furry authors, four...
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If He Only Had the Nerve
This month, with the second issue of the 5-issue mini-series Tales from Oz, Zenescope Entertainment focuses on the Oz fans’ favorite furry when Grimm Fairy Tales Presents Tales from Oz: Cowardly Lion...
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Return to the Pridelands!
Here it is, straight from Variety this morning: “Disney is looking to get new mileage out of its Lion King franchise with a new animated series and TV movie planned for its Disney Channel and Disney...
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Review: 'Songs in the Year of the Cat', by H. Leighton Dickson
This is Book 3 of the Tails from the Upper Kingdom; the direct sequel to To Journey in the Year of the Tiger and To Walk in the Way of Lions. In those two, Captain Kirin Wynegarde-Grey, a genetic...
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The Lion Blocks
Perhaps it was inevitable that someone would turn Lego toys’ popular anthropomorphic fantasy series Legends of Chima into a comic book — and Papercutz were the ones to do it. No less than three volumes...
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Review: 'Blacksad T.5, Amarillo', by Juan Díaz Canales & Juanjo Guarnido
As is now usual, I want to thank Lex Nakashima for ordering this from Amazon.fr and loaning it to me for this review.Spanish writer Juan Díaz Canales and artist Juanjo Guarnido met while working at an...
View ArticleDisney to produce new 'Lion King' direct-to-TV movie in November
Whoa; we didn’t see this one coming -- so soon, anyway. Multiple sources (abc.news.go.com; Animation Scoop; ComingSoon.net; Variety; etc.) announced yesterday that the Disney Channel will present a...
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Review: 'ROAR Volume 6: Scoundrels' edited by Mary E. Lowd
Mary E. Lowd takes over the editing helm of the ROAR series from Bad Dog Books, taking on the theme of "Scoundrels" for this year. The 28 stories in ROAR volume 6 explore scoundrels from the...
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Review: 'Learning to Go' by Friday Donnelly
Learning to Go is a sweet, romantic read with a light touch and plenty of humour; no mean achievement for a book with BDSM and abusive relationships as its core themes. Rufus the tiger's life is stable...
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