Bouchercon as an ongoing event

Every year mystery fans gather at conventions and conferences. Bouchercon is clearly the BIG SHOW.When you attend you become a “member” for one year. This basically means you get to nominate for the following year’s anthony awards. But it’s...

Bouchercon 2004

Official Press release of where the money came from and where it went.Bouchercon 2004:Murder Among the Maples Press Release / Communiqué 1500 Mystery Authors, Booksellers & Fans Donate $30,000 to LiteracyTORONTO – More than 400 days after Bouchercon 2004:...

Anthony Ballots

The Anthony Award Ballots arrived at our home today,I’m not going to tell you who to nominate, but I would like to remind you that short stories from Crimespree can be nominated and I’ll email them out on request to help with nominations. Including JS...

Tom Strong – from America's Best Comics

When I first started reading comics as a kid I fell in love with them, the vibe of the stories from the sixties and seventies really did something for me and to me. I get the same vibe from Tom Strong. Created by Alan Moore and Chris Sprouse, Tom Strong has become one...

DVD review – Mercenary For Justice

I remember Steven Seagal’s first films, they had lots of action, great throw away lines and lots of fighting. I really loved Under Siege. As of late Seagal is not the box office draw he once was, however he still has plenty of films coming out on DVD. His...

In Theatres Now MISSION IMPOSIBLE 3

Let us cut to the chase: Mission: Impossible 3 is the best of the series. Is that really a major accomplishment? Well, the first was ok, but nothing special. The second was simply more of John Woo’s stylish fighting with little else; more flash than substance. Quite...

Upcoming DVD's for May 9th

This week has only one new release, but 3 releases filled with all sorts of goodies. Reviews for most of these titles will be available here on the Zone early next week. May 9 Munich(2005) (Universal) Dir: Steven Spielberg; Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciaran Hinds,...

RESCUE ME

Denis Leary did one of my all time favorite cop shows a few years back. The Job was funny,smart and sure seemed to be full of real people, not actors doing a role. I’ve watched the DVD set at least three times and will watch it even more. I love the rapid...

FREE Comics Day

In one week the fifth annual event “Free comics Day” will take place. Industry wide participation has helped make this a success and this year should be even better.   What this is exactly is a chance to go and get some free comics from participating...