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Scene Missing: The Making and Legacy of Gargoyles (1972)

In this Scene Missing panel, we dive deep into the 1972 made-for-TV movie Gargoyles .A cult classic that helped define the early wave of ’70s creature features. Joining the discussion are Gabriel Hardman, Jeff Parker, Ian Brill, and Allison Baker, each bringing their sharp insight into the film’s production, themes, and its influence on modern genre storytelling.The panel explores the film’s eerie desert setting and its surprising critical success, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Makeup that

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steve niles origins of cal mcdonald

Steve Niles is back, and he's bringing along one of his most enduring creations, supernatural private eye Cal McDonald.Best known for 30 Days of Night, The October Faction, and Criminal Macabre,tNow Cal returns in Cal McDonald: Plague of Evil and Other Stories, a new 216-page hardcover collection from Clover Press, featuring ten brand-new prose adventures. The book also features illustrations from an impressive lineup of artists, including Liam Sharp, Francesco Francavilla, Alison Sampson, and

scene missing secrets of the bermuda triangle

This week on Scene Missing, we venture into the mysterious Bermuda Triangle, where ships vanish, planes disappear, and 1970s television turned unexplained phenomena into prime-time entertainment!We're revisiting two made-for-TV thrillers, Satan's Triangle (1975), starring Doug McClure, Kim Novak, and Alejandro Rey, and Beyond the Bermuda Triangle (1975), starring Fred MacMurray.Plus, we examine Leonard Nimoy's In Search Of... and its investigation of the legendary mystery. Was it supernatural

svengoolie unmasked

Here' my 2022 indepth chat with horror host Rich Koz, from Me-TV. We're talking about the two-part Svengoolie comic anthology from Frank Miller Presents, which brings tsven nd his unique brand of spooky comedy to the printed page.Rich takes us behind the scenes of the project's creation, discussing the writers and artists involved and how Svengoolie's personality and humor translate from television to comics.We also look back at the history of the character, from the original Svengoolie, Jerry G

Wonder Woman at 85: DeConnick & Jimenez pt 1

In celebration of Wonder Woman's 85th anniversary, we're reaching back into the Word Balloon archives to revisit two conversations from 2022 with writer Kelly Sue DeConnick and artist Phil Jimenez, exploring their extraordinary collaboration on Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons.Since her debut in All Star Comics #8 in 1941, Wonder Woman has stood as one of the most iconic characters in comic book history. But in Historia, DeConnick and Jimenez take us back long before Diana's birth, reimagining the

Vision Quest Matchbox Street Fighter Reviews

Plus Digger, The Diplomat and other reviews

The Icon Art Festival with Sal Abbinanti

Sal previews the Nov 7th Icon Festival- A festival for art collectors, artists and storytellers in the historic Biltmore Hotel. Featuring Bill Sienkiewicz and Thomas Jane plus art From Bill Alex Ross Alex Nino Sanford Greene Njick Dragotta and more. We alsp discuss the making of the Sienkiewicz documentary, That Polish Guy

Star Trek At 60 with Robert Meyer Burnett pt 3

More Trek talk, the virtues of Kenneth Branagh as a director, Doctor who obsevations and RMB talks about his new star trek book of essays and kickstarter campaign

Star Trek At 60 with Robert Meyer Burnett pt 2

RMB talks about his new star trek book of essays and kickstarter campaign . Plus we review more of Season 4 of Strange New Worlds. We also discuss AI, Rob's Old Movie collection  and more

Wes Craig Superman The Stranger

Wes Craig is one of the most distinctive visual storytellers working in comics today. His dynamic layouts and inventive storytelling helped define Deadly Class, the acclaimed Image Comics series he co-created with writer Rick Remender, which also made the leap to television.Now Wes is taking on one of the biggest icons in comics with Superman: The Stranger, a six-issue DC Black Label series that he's both writing and drawing. It's a return to the Man of Steel's roots in 1938, with a young, brash

P Craig Russell Talks Night Music and Marvel Memories

Few artists in comics have brought the kind of elegance, imagination, and sheer visual storytelling that P. Craig Russell has delivered throughout his remarkable career. From his groundbreaking work on Marvel's Killraven with writer Don McGregor to his unforgettable interpretations of Doctor Strange, including the classic annual "What Is It That Disturbs You, Stephen?", Russell has always approached comics with a unique blend of fantasy, mythology, and fine art.Now Craig is returning to his

Sunday Conversation: Al Milgrom, Pt. 1

Remember waiting at the drugstore for the news distributor’s truck, then watching the druggist fill the spinner rack with fresh comics? In this two-part Word Balloon conversation, Al Milgrom takes us from that thrill of discovering new books into the Marvel Bullpen, where he worked as a penciler, inker, editor, and writer during a pivotal era.In Part 1, Al remembers hand-delivering artwork to John Romita Sr. and Virginia Romita, the creative chaos and personality clashes of the bullpen, and Marvel’s

TCM Host Eddie Muller and Comics

On this episode of Word Balloon, I’m talking with Eddie Muller, the host of Noir Alley on Turner Classic Movies. We get into his lifelong love of comic books and the connection he sees between comics and film noir: the crime stories, the striking visuals, and the characters who don’t always make the right choices. Eddie also tells me about the Film Noir Foundation, which he founded to preserve and restore movies that might otherwise be lost. It’s a conversation about two art forms we love and why