Greg Rucka joins Dark Horse comics

by | Oct 12, 2013 | Comics

Multiple Eisner Award winner Greg Rucka (LAZARUS, QUEEN & COUNTRY, STUMPTOWN) will be joining Dark Horse comics. Dark Horse will be the home of VEIL. The story opens when a beautiful girl wakes up in an abandoned subway station with no memory of how she got there....

Film Review: GRAVITY

by | Oct 11, 2013 | Films

Directed by Alfonso Cuaron Written by Alfonso and Joseph Cuaron Starring: Sandra Bullock and George Clooney (with the voice of Ed Harris) Despite its universally good reviews, GRAVITY is not for everyone. It’s static and dizzying at the same time. It’s quiet but at...

Hard Case to publish lost Block novel

by | Oct 10, 2013 | Books, News

Word came this today that Hard Case Crime will be publishing BORDERLINE, a Lawrence Block novel that has been out of print for over 50 years. The book will also feature a very cool new cover by Michael Koelsch. On the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico,...

Jo Nesbø to take pseudonym

by | Oct 10, 2013 | Books, News

Jo Nesbø, who has had massive success under his own name, will become somebody else. Nesbø will publish BLOOD ON THE SNOW in the fall of 2014, with BLOOD ON THE SNOW 2 (a title that will almost certainly change) following in spring of 2015. British publisher Harvill...

Doom Patrol #19 with Kate (and Dan)

by | Oct 10, 2013 | Comics

Kate is sitting at the kitchen table, head in her hands, pouring over DOOM PATROL #19. She slams the cover on the book shut and looks up at Dan, brow furrowed. D: ::looking very uneasy:: Er, easy on the book there, Red. That Grant Morrison DOOM PATROL trade collection...

My Five Faces of Bouchercon

by | Oct 9, 2013 | Books, Events

When I was first asked to write about my experience with Bouchercon 2013, my first thought was: “Oh, this could get complicated.” Instead of a review or a critique of the convention, I decided to give a personal glimpse into it. As I thought about it, there were five...