James Stark returns to LA after 11 years in Hell with a mission of vengeance. The first thing he does is mug a rich coke head, steal his clothes, taser and wallet. Stark, known to the denizens of Hell as Sandman Slim, the monster other monsters are afraid of, is a classic anti-hero. He’s sarcastic, not nice, self destructive and he’s hard to kill. Sandman Slim is sarcastic, not nice, manic, and darkly funny. My first encounter with Sandman Slim was hearing an audio clip […]
If you go into the woods today…
In the little town of Fairfold, people know that faeries are real. You need to be careful and not call too much attention to yourself, like the tourists frequently do, or the faeries may play dangerous or even deadly pranks on you. One of the things that lures tourists to Fairfold is the glass coffin, deep in the woods. In it, there is a horned boy, sleeping eternally. He is a thing of otherworldy beauty with the tips of his ears sharp as knives. He’s […]
Half Angels vs. Half Angels (With Pictures)
Full disclosure: I’m a member of the Christian Comics Arts Society, which is a “network of Christian fellowship for comics fans, pros, and amateurs”. Another member wrote this book and provided me with a free copy in exchange for a fair and honest public review. As an aside, members write biblically or theologically themed comics and also secular comics that may or may not have anything to do with theology or certain worldviews. I wanted to enjoy Nephilites because the concept is interesting and recently popped […]
Souls cross ages, like clouds cross skies
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell is an old book, fairly known, I would say, and even put onto the big screen. By now the premise of this book should be familiar to most; six interwoven tales of one person reincarnate spanning the years between 1850’s and a dystopian future. Each tale varies distinctly in style and tone from old journals to crappy mystery novels to sci-fi uprisings. I feel wearied by the mere recounting of six stories in one. Mainly because I don’t feel like […]