- Pixel Scroll 11/23/24 Virtual Pixels Just Scurry Around On Screens, Trying To Fake It
(1) BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE SHORTLIST. The Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Comic Fiction Prize shortlist includes two genre works — High Voltage and Ministry of Time. The Bollinger is awarded to “the funniest novel of the past 12 months, which best evokes … Continue reading
- First Look at Marvel & Disney: What If…? Mickey & Friends Became The Fantastic Four
The next Marvel and Disney mashup comic adventure, Marvel & Disney: What If…? Mickey & Friends Became The Fantastic Four #1, hits stands on January 18. The highly-anticipated one-shot by writers Steve Behling and Riccardo Secchi and artist Lorenzo Pastrovicchio! … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 11/22/24 The Pixel Doesn’t Have Fur, Doesn’t Purr, And Can’t Walk Through Walls
(1) IT CAUGHT ON IN A FLASH. Shelley Roche-Jacques considers “Flash fiction as a distinct literary form: some thoughts on time, space, and context” in a research paper available at Taylor & Francis Online. …In this article, I consider what makes flash fiction qualitatively different from the short story. I demonstrate that the mobilisation of a story world is necessary for a text to function as flash fiction and that this can be a useful way of distinguishing the form from prose poetry. This is a new and necessary distinction, as critics and writers seem to have found the two forms very difficult to separate. I also consider how the interpretation of short texts is highly bound … Continue reading
- SFWA Approves New Poetry, Comics Nebula Awards
The SFWA Board of Directors has approved the addition of Poetry and Comics categories to the Nebula Awards. SFWA President Kate Ristau told members yesterday, “We are thrilled to honor and celebrate our genre creators in these new Nebula categories.” … Continue reading
- Toy Review: McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Cyborg: Teen Titans
By Cat Eldridge: I collect a limited number of these figures, and this was one I wanted. McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse Cyborg: Teen Titans is the full name given to this action figure. He’s based on his appearance in the Teen … Continue reading
- Golden Joystick Awards 2024
The Golden Joystick Awards 2024 winners were revealed in the online broadcast November 21. Final Fantasy 7: Rebirth won four awards, among them Best Leading Performer for Cloud actor Cody Christian and Best Supporting Performer for Aerith’s Briana White. Helldivers 2 collected … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 11/21/24 Pixels That Need Pixels Are The Happiest Pixels In The Scroll
(1) NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS. No winners of genre interest, but omnivorous readers will want to know who received the 2024 awards. Publishers Weekly led its coverage with a joke from the ceremony: …[L]ongtime Saturday Night Live cast member Kate McKinnon, [was] the … Continue reading
- Pixel Scroll 11/20/24 The Scroll Is Good. The Pixel Is Evil
(1) JOHN WISWELL COVER LAUNCH. DAW Books has shared the cover of Wearing the Lion, the second novel from Nebula Award-winning John Wiswell, which will forever change how you understand the man behind the myth of Heracles—and Hera, the goddess … Continue reading
- Autumn Leaves Crime Fiction Awards News
The days are getting shorter – that must be why they give these crime fiction awards at night! PETRONA AWARD The winner of the 2024 Petrona Award for the Best Scandinavian Crime Novel of the Year is: Jógvan Isaksen will receive a … Continue reading
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