The third episode of TNT’s Snowpiercer did a better job of keeping me from thinking about the premise too much. Which is good because the show has some interesting things going on that I want to see play out.

This is one of life’s little ironies, pure coincidence, where reality blows a fuse, kind of stupid, a little bit fun. And absolutely true. Rebellion, perhaps better known as a Games developer and publisher of 2000AD are resurrecting an assortment of classic British comic characters for their Smash! Special. None of…

TNT has a mixed record with genre shows. The Librarians was goofy fun but the less said about Falling Skies (especially the last season) the better. After two episodes I’m still not sure where the TV adaptation of Snowpiercer falls in that spectrum.

This makes me feel old. Andy Capp’s lad Buster is sixty years old this week. It’s no secret that Capp’s creator Reg Smythe detested the little tyke. He resented Fleetway launching a weekly comic trading on his layabout Northerner. Buster’s parentage became obscured when IPC/Fleetway parted company with the Daily…

It’s World Dracula Day. Bram Stoker’s novel was first published 123 years ago today, though a stage version raised curtains in London on 18th May 1897. Since then the demonic Count has infected all kinds of media, Auntie Beeb will be showing the ballet next weekend.