- Marvel Celebrates 50 Quacktastic Years of Howard the Duck
Next year marks 50 years of Howard the Duck, and Marvel Comics will pay tribute to the iconic fowl with a year-long series of variant covers featuring the lovable loner teaming up across the Marvel Universe. From nabbing the Infinity … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 12/16/22 I Think There Is A World Market For About Five Pixel Scrolls
(1) BAD NEWS FOR SFF MAGAZINES. [Item by rcade.] Neil Clarke posted on Mastodon that Amazon has informed Clarkesworld that it is ending Kindle Subscriptions in 2023 and trying to get magazines to move to Kindle Unlimited: In an absolutely … Continue reading
- Review: Avatar: The Way of Water
By Craig Miller. [Reprinted by permission from Facebook.] It was back to the Directors Guild last night for a screening of Avatar: The Way of Water. Overall, I really enjoyed the film. Like the first Avatar movie, the story itself … Continue reading
- A Genre-Adjacent Essay Appropriate for Today
By Rich Lynch: As the Peanuts cartoon in the newspaper reminds us, today is Ludwig von Beethoven’s birthday. His 252nd, to be exact, and the local classical music radio station is celebrating the day by airing many of Beethoven’s best-known … Continue reading
- Dream Foundry 2022 Art and Writing Contest Winners
Dream Foundry announced the winners of its 2022 Art and Writing Contests on December 16. ART First Place, Monu Bose Prize for Art Second Place Third Place WRITING First Place Second Place Third Place In both contests the first place winner receives $1000; … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 12/15/22 Pixel’s Turn To Scroll
(1) LOCUS REACHES CROWDFUNDING TARGET. The Locus Magazine Indiegogo appeal hit the target today. When I checked in they had exceeded their $75,000 goal and were at $78,571. Although today was the announced deadline, Locus has extended the appeal to … Continue reading
- Film Nominations Announced for 28th Critics Choice Awards
The Critics Choice Association (CCA) has announced the film category nominees for the 28th Annual Critics Choice Awards and genre films are heavily represented. Everything Everywhere All at Once leads this year’s film contenders, earning fourteen nominations overall. In addition to … Continue reading
- Review: The Complete Psychotechnic League, Volume 1
In the aftermath of World War III, with restoration of peace and order, and the efforts to cope with the nuclear fallout, a new science of the human mind is secretly invented. Its inventors and those who study and work … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 12/14/22 Scroll My Pixeling Down, Sport
(1) LOCUS CROWDFUNDING NEARS FINISH LINE. The Locus Magazine Indiegogo campaign wraps up tomorrow. Backers have pledged $73,015 of $75,000 as of this afternoon – they may make it! Sarah Gailey interviewed Locus’ publisher and editor-in-chief at Stone Soup: “Liza … Continue reading
