Allen Steele’s CAPTAIN FUTURE Space Opera is making a come back and leading the pack is an old pulp favorite, science fiction’s first superhero, the man of tomorrow, Kurt Newton, also known as – Originally gracing the cover of his very own pulp magazine and debuting in 1940, Captain Future was an instant hit; the […]
Tanya fills us in on what we should have paid attention to in December
New Spanish language releases, periodicals, films and more in this monthly roundup
Experimenter Publishing has released the latest issue of the World’s First Science Fiction magazine – Amazing Stories – with a Special All Canadian Fiction and Artwork issue. Behind the scenes, Canadian authors, artists and fans (as well as a few expats living in Canada) have been an integral part of this publication effort. Not to […]
Lo bueno de las convenciones son, sobre todo, la gente que conoces. Es así que durante el I Festival Internacional de Literatura de Horror de Virginia, conocía Muyjondo Digital Art, quienes hicieron una portada para mi cuento “La devoradora de Soledades”. Conversando con ellos luego, me di cuenta de su interesante y original propuesta de […]
Amazing Stories artist launches comic Kickstarter
Ever wonder what a fine art-themed episode of The Simpsons would be like? One Ontario, Canada-based artist has, and they’ve shared their vision through funny mash-ups between famous paintings and Simpsons characters. Known simply as @fine_art_simpsons on Instagram, the artist replaces historic figures in fine art paintings with beloved characters like Homer Simpson, Ned Flanders, Edna Krabappel, and Milhouse […]
London’s Royal Opera House has announced its upcoming post-COVID performance season, which will apparently include a new adaptation of Jim Henson’s classic fantasy film The Dark Crystal… Source: See THE DARK CRYSTAL as a ballet next year in London | Boing Boing
The Chinese Galaxy Award for 2020
AmazingCon announces mascot and T-shirt
Can’t go to a con? How about revisiting on and getting turned on to the UKCM – and one of its artist members – at the same time.
The top SFR covers of 2019
Editor’s Note: Jack’s con report was delayed owing to an internal issue resulting in the article not appearing on the scheduling calendar. Measures have been taken to insure that this particular glitch does not happen again. Our apologies to Fabien and our readers. With the 50th edition of Comic-Con coming up next week in San […]
What does the future portend for a world inhabited by the franchise generation?
The 2019 Chinese Nebula Award short list is announced
A review of the comic Snarked! forms a preview to a con report on London’s MCA event
“Supercolonia” by Héctor Alvarado, Great America reviews. The first volume dedicated to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba and Chile; Proxima magazine’s 2017 content online; Discourse magazine highlights Ursula Le Guin, and more
The inside skinny on being a fantasy artist
February’s offerings from Latina America
Tanya rounds up the past month’s offerngs
Every one hundred years, a new Shadowpact comes together when there is a great magical crisis afoot.
Tanya reviews us – Amazing Stories – from blog to magazine to future plans.
Congratulations to this year’s Rotsler Award winner!
You know you’re a big deal when they issue a trading card with your picture on it! Happy birthday!
Fantasy comics from oldies-but-goodies to up-coming releases!
Little Jack Horner, Jack B. Nimble, Jack the Giant Killer…they’re all ALIASES!
Some personal thoughts on the passing of one of the field’s brightest stars. Goodbye, Harlan. Hope you get to wherever you wanted to go.
New renderings of space habitat art from the 1970s
Cosplay and Crossplay coming to an MCM Comic Con near you (actually, London)
A March roundup, in which Amazing Stories is prominent, numerous reviews are written and film and fandom are discussed.
