Macabre Movie Mausoleum: Shakma
Baboon, mutated, killing people, nuff said.
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Author: Dr. AzarRising
Macabre Movie Mausoleum: The Tall Man
No relation to The Thin Man
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Macabre Movie Mausoleum: The Traveler
Welcome to Dr. AzarRizing’s Macabre Movie Mausoleum
Read moreComics are a Helluva Drug
Mission accomplished
Right now I’m typing this with one hand (get your minds out of the gutter) because in my other hand I hold something extremely dear to me (again, out of the gutter. Stop making this uncomfortable for the both of us). In my left hand I hold a very significant comic; Iron Man: Legacy of Doom #1. If that doesn’t sound familiar or important to you, that’s because it isn’t.
Read moreYes, We Do Like Scary Movies
RIP Wes Craven
By the time you read this, the news will have settled in, and life will have mostly returned to normal. For some of us, however, it’s impossible to wrap our heads around the news. Wes Craven has died of brain cancer at the too-soon-age of 76 years old; then again, if the man lived to 120, it still would have been too soon.
Read moreCreative Freedom
I assure you, they can do much more than write or draw -insert famous super-hero name here
As a child, I never paid much attention to the creators’ names printed inside of the comics that I collected each week. I was more interested in the characters within the books than who was responsible for their plight (wait, those characters are fictional?). As an adult, I pay close attention to the writers and artists that work on the books that I’m reading and have come to appreciate the work put into each title.
Read morePace Yourself or: How I Learned to Read a Horror Comic
Apparently, there’s a right way to read a horror comic
There was a time when horror comics sold as well as, if not better than, superhero comics. Unfortunately, that appears to no longer be the case, but that’s not for lack of effort by some incredible authors, including Scott Snyder, Steve Niles, and many others.
Read moreVilification of Tony Stark
Hero or villain? Marvel can’t decide.
Everyone knows and loves Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of Iron Man. However, the same cannot be said of his comic book counterpart. In the movies, Tony Stark is charismatic, endearing, and everyone’s favorite party guest. He has long been my favorite hero in the comics, but for the past decade, Marvel has been pushing him further and further into villain territory, sullying a legacy that goes back even before his role as a founding member of the Avengers.
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Geekade Top Ten: Horror Novels
What are the best horror novels of all time? Here’s Alex’s opinion.
By now most of you know me as a comic fan, and while that will always be true, there’s another world of geek in me that was born about the same time. Evident from my new book, “Nightmare Noir” (available here), I’m also a horror fan. I’ve long been fascinated with the macabre. With that in mind, I present to you my top ten horror books (not written by me).
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What Makes a Hero Super?
How does one get to attach the word “super” to their name?
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