There’s a scene in Karin Tidbeck’s Amatka where the main character, Vanja, goes into a locked archive in her office to file papers and surreptitiously search for secret details about her commune’s past. Outside, a stern secretary watches the clock to ensure Vanja doesn’t spend too much time alone with these secrets.

Winsor McCay looms so large over the world of cartooning and animation that no ordinary book can contain the majesty of his work. This is no ordinary book.

The end of Summer Challenge is bittersweet. It means school is starting up and the prizes have all been awarded. The good news is there’s a new Star Trek show premiering this fall, with a whole new cast and a whole new mission. Before the franchise begins this new chapter, let’s take another look at its past.

From the beginning, Star Trek attempted to raise filmed science fiction above the level of more pulpy fare like Captain Video or Flash Gordon.

Star Trek comics have been around almost as long as the TV series.

Harlan Ellison is a writer whose personal infamy matches his professional fame. He’s won heaps of awards, written across all mediums and genres, and left behind a body of work whose size is equal to its influence.

Remember the 1994 Keanu Reeves/Sandra Bullock joint Speed? It was an action film pitched to film executives and the public alike as “Die Hard on a bus.” 

Thirty years after the release of his most famous work, most people still don’t know the name Koji Kondo. This installment of the 33 ⅓ series goes a long way toward correcting that.

I work in a library, so maybe it’s no surprise I’m not much of an athlete. In fact, I’ve never truly understood games at all, including video games, board games, and all the sports balls.

I didn’t eat vegetables as a kid I don’t mean I choked down random green beans or gagged my way through the occasional salad.

Superhero movies have dominated Hollywood for nearly a decade, but superheroes' popularity is nothing new. Characters like Batman, Captain America, and Wonder Woman have been popular for over seventy years, but many of their caped brethren have fallen through the cracks of history.

The worst thing about history is its lack of monsters. There’s Hitler, of course, the gold standard of historical bad guys, but when I say monsters I mean MONSTERS--mysterious, possibly hairy and/or scaly creatures of unknown origin, things you run from in the night and hope aren’t lurking under your bed. Unfortunately, monsters like Hitler are real and those other guys aren’t, but that leads us to the best thing about history: you don’t have to let facts get in the way of telling a good story.