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Cartoonists Nick Bertozzi and Dean Haspiel Interview Each Other
FOG! Chats With Howard Chaykin About The Return of ‘TIME²’
Marty Krofft (1937 – 2023); Gen X’s King of Saturday Morning Television
Once Upon a Time in Gotham: FOG! Chats With Academy-Award Winning Writer John Ridley
FOG! Chats With John Walsh, Author of ‘The Wicker Man: The Official Story of The Film’
Upcoming DC Comics Alternate Covers Spotlight José Luis García-López 1982 Style Guide
Joe Dante’s ‘Matinee’ Arrives in a 4K UHD + Blu-Ray Collector’s Edition Set on June 25 from Shout! Studios
‘Chinatown’ Celebrates 50th Anniversary With New Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD Release On June 18
Boston’s Coolidge Corner Theater Reopens After Extensive Renovations
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘One From the Heart: Reprise’ on Digital April 9 & 4K Blu-ray May 7
Upcoming DC Comics Alternate Covers Spotlight José Luis García-López 1982 Style Guide
Joe Dante’s ‘Matinee’ Arrives in a 4K UHD + Blu-Ray Collector’s Edition Set on June 25 from Shout! Studios
‘Chinatown’ Celebrates 50th Anniversary With New Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD Release On June 18
Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘One From the Heart: Reprise’ on Digital April 9 & 4K Blu-ray May 7
‘Drive-Away Dolls’ Arrives on Digital 4/12; Blu-ray 4/23
Sneak Peek: ‘Marvel Studios’ Thor: The Art of The Movie’
TwoMorrows’ Reveals ‘It Rose From The Tomb’
FOG! Exclusive! ‘Happy Days: The Official Cookbook’ Serves Up Some Very Cool Recipes
FOG! Exclusive! First Look at ‘John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando: Rise of the Sludge God #1′ From Dark Horse Comics!
Read an Excerpt From ‘Aliens: Bishop’ by T. R. Napper
Craig Yoe Launches Autobiographical Comic, ‘Woman & Man’ on Kickstarter!
The Folio Society: ‘DC: Batman’ (review)
Welcome to the 2023 Forces of Geek Holiday Gift Guide! Part One: Home / Office / Life
First Look: ‘Marvel Studios’ The Infinity Saga: Iron Man: The Art of the Movie’
Toho Reveals Upcoming Godzilla Day Promotions!
Welcome to the 2023 Forces of Geek Holiday Gift Guide! Part One: Home / Office / Life
The Forces of Geek 2023 Back to School Gift Guide
‘Superman: The Movie’ Web3 Experience: Multimedia Living Movie Experience from WBHE and Eluvio Available Today!
How Pop Culture Is Shaping Our Digital Lives
Welcome To The Forces of Geek 2022 Holiday Gift Guide
‘Civil War’ (review)
‘The Triplets of Belleville’ aka ‘Les triplettes de Belleville’ (Blu-ray review)
Joe Dante’s ‘Matinee’ Arrives in a 4K UHD + Blu-Ray Collector’s Edition Set on June 25 from Shout! Studios
‘Monkey Man’ (review)
‘Chinatown’ Celebrates 50th Anniversary With New Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD Release On June 18
‘Prince and Purple Rain: 40 Years’ Celebrates Prince’s Most Iconic Album and Film
‘New Kids on the Block 40th Anniversary Celebration’ – New Book Relives NKOTB’s Rise to Superstardom
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Announces ‘The Color Purple’
‘Weird: The Al Yankovic Story’ 4K UHD (review)
FOG! Chats With The King of Comics Kayfabe, Ed Piskor, About the ‘Hip Hop Family Tree Omnibus’
Audible Announces New Audio Original ‘Slayers: A Buffyverse Story’; Premieres October 12
Jack Quaid to star in Mike Mignola, Thomas Sniegoski’s ‘Grim Death & The Electrocuted Criminal’ Audio Podcast
Listen! ‘You Already Know’ Podcast Episode 1: “Akoins”
Podcasts Celebrating Television’s Past
‘Cartoon Logic’ Podcast Launches
‘Doom Patrol: The Fourth and Final Season’ Comes to DVD & Blu-ray on April 9th
‘Andor’ S1, ‘Obi-Wan Kenobi’, ‘Moon Knight’ S1 and ‘The Falcon and The Winter Soldier’ S1 Coming to 4K UHD and Blu-ray For The First Time!
‘Shōgun’: Clavell’s Epic is Updated For Our Time… Maybe For All Time (television review)
‘Three Little Birds’ (TV Mini-Series review)
‘That Girl: The Complete Series’ (DVD review)
‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ (SXSW review)
PAX Commemorates 20th Anniversary, East Returns to Boston March 21-24, 2024
Toho Reveals Upcoming Godzilla Day Promotions!
Titan Books Set To Publish ‘Epic’ RuneScape Novels From May 2024
FOG! Chats With Gaming Legend John Romero About His New Autobiography, ‘DOOM Guy: Life in First Person’
Blue Man Group: New Acts, Same Hue (theater review)
‘Tis An A Faire To Remember!: FOG!’s Benn and Liz Robbins Revisit Carvershire
‘Cirque du Solei Boston Presents ‘Twas The Night Before …(review)
Star Wars Celebration 2022: A New Hope
Hayao Miyazaki: Academy Museum of Motion Pictures Exhibition Catalog (review)
Boston Cinegeeks! We’ve Got Passes for ‘Sting’
Boston Geeks! We’ve Got Passes To See The First Two Episodes of ‘Fallout’
Boston! We’ve Got Passes To ‘Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom’ in 3D!
Boston Cinegeeks! We’ve Got Passes For ‘The Creator’ Starring John David Washington
Boston Cinegeeks! We’ve Got Passes For ‘Expend4ables’ Starring Stallone, Statham, Dolph and Fiddy
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Ah, good taste! What a dreadful thing! Taste is the enemy of creativeness.” – Pablo Picasso. “Keep on Truckin’!” – Robert Crumb. Years...
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It should come as no surprise to anyone but a complete idiot that I completely reject everything that the so called Comicsgate cabal represents...
You guys know Burning Man just finished up? Maybe this is a bigger deal to me than it is to you, living in San...
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More specifically, to the ones who can’t understand that what they are doing is only hurting themselves, and are open to learning another way...
HOWARD CHAYKIN is a longtime veteran of the comic book business, serving as an artist and writer for nearly every publisher of comics in...
What we recognize as modern comic book fandom had its real start in the very early 1950s, in the form of what was called...
I dunno if you guys know this, but I’ve been a Star Trek fan for pretty much my whole life. If anything, Captain Kirk,...
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I was watching CAPTAIN AMERICA: WINTER SOLDIER the other night, because my wife and kid were visiting her grandmother and I was holding down...
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Like everyone, I blame social media. I don’t like to bring politics to my Facebook wall, but seems like everything is politics, nowadays, so,...
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Do me a favor. It’s a big favor, so I understand that most of you won’t. But if you’ll indulge me: Go make something....
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The great author William Faulkner once stated, “In writing you must kill your darlings.” In Pop Culture, you should do the same. I have...
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