2023 Filk Hall of Fame Inductees The Filk Hall of Fame honors those who have contributed to filk over the years as performers, organizers, and facilitators. New inductees are announced annually during FilKONtario. Dave Hayman, founder and […]
Tolkien Society Awards 2023 The Tolkien Society Awards 2023 winners were announced April 1. BEST ARTWORK Other finalists BEST ARTICLE Other finalists BEST BOOK Other finalists BEST ONLINE CONTENT Other finalists OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION AWARD Pixel Scroll […]
“From The Land Beyond Beyond” — An Intimate Personal Remembrance of Ray Harryhausen By Steve Vertlieb: Ray Harryhausen remains one of the most revered figures in fantasy/sci-fi motion picture history. Born June 29, 1920, Ray […]
“65” Mini-Review By Jonathan Cowie: Several of our local SF group went to see the film 65 (trailer here from the writers/directors Scott Beck and Bryan Woods. First up, if you checked beforehand the teaser synopsis on IMDB, then beware […]
Pixel Scroll 3/10/23 Those Who Scroll Away From Pixelas (1) AMAZON BAILS. Amazon notified subscribers they are leaving the digital and print magazine subscriptions business, apparently. Several Filers sent me a copy of their notice […]
Groot Teams Up With Heroes from All Corners of the Marvel Universe in New Stormbreakers Variant Covers WE ARE GROOT! In April, Groot will not only play a surprising role in a new run of […]
Cats Sleep on SFF: Boskone Lis Carey shared this adorable photo: Cider working hard at Boskone. Now, she’s helping me verify people’s vaccination status. Earlier, she volunteered in Dragonslair Children’s Program, although autocorrect thought that […]
Cats Sleep on SFF: The Last Unicorn Cider here. I hopes it’s okay I email you uninvited. A Book came for Mom, you call her Lis, but she needed a nap. So I supervised it […]
Pixel Scroll 2/11/23 Do Pixels Prefer Coke Or Pepsi? No, It’s Scroll Soda For Them (1) ONE ARTIST, INDIVISBLE. Charlie Jane Anders’ latest Happy Dancing newsletter is about “J.K. Rowling and ‘Separating the Art from […]
When Should Fans Expect the 2023 Hugo Nominations to Open? Just ten days before the January 31 deadline for people to join and be eligible to nominate for the 2023 Hugo Awards, the Chengdu Worldcon […]
Explore New Corners of Wakanda in Marvel’s Voices: Wakanda Forever #1 The next edition of Marvel’s Voices acclaimed anthology series, Marvel’s Voices: Wakanda Forever, a special Black History Month one-shot, hits stands on February 15. […]
2023 DGA Awards Film and TV Nominations The Directors Guild of America have announced the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film and Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Television, Commercials and Documentary for 2022. […]
The Chengdu Worldcon’s “Hugo X Academy” A January 3 entry on the Chengdu Worldcon’s Chinese-language website describes plans to educate Chengdu Worldcon members about participating in the Hugo Awards voting process. The (computer-translated) headline reads: […]
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