BearManor Media News — q&a

Q&A with David Da Silva, Author of Martial Arts in Cinema Volume 2: The Golden Era (1988-1997) 1. What made you decide to focus specifically on the 1988-1997 period for this second volume? That decade represents the absolute explosion of martial arts into mainstream Hollywood. After the groundwork laid by Bruce Lee in the 1970s and the Hong Kong wave, you suddenly had Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme becoming genuine box office titans. But more importantly, this era saw martial arts infiltrate every action film: whether it was Sylvester Stallone in Rambo III, Mel Gibson in Lethal Weapon, or...

Q&A with Maranee Landau, author of The Wonderful Comic Books of Kenneth Landau  1- Q- What inspired you to write about your fathers career? A- When my father passed away in July 2012, I came across artwork, letters, comic strips, and collectibles I’ve never seen before. I found diaries of my grandfather's who is a concert violinist for MGM studios, and a diary of my fathers. It took me about a year to realize that there was a story here that needed to be told. One that many people would be very interested in. When someone by the name of...

Q&A with Frank Dietz, actor & author of Monsters, Movies and Me - True Tales of My Journey Into Cult Horror Films   What inspired you when you were younger?   The first movie I remember seeing was ABBOTT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, and it had a major impact on me, one that has lasted every decade since. The Universal monster films, Hammer horror films and Ray Harryhausen movies were all inspirational, along with authors like Richard Matheson and Ray Bradbury. Famous Monsters of Filmland magazine was like a roadmap pointing the way to my career.   Why did you...

  Q&A with Brian Gari, author of We Bombed In New London The Inside Story of the Broadway Musical Late Nite Comic  1. Where did you come up with that title?I recalled a play entitled We Bombed In New Haven and since my show started out in New London Connecticut and did not get the best reviews, I thought my title might be a funny parody. 2. Was the show based on a true story?Not entirely. I had a long relationship with a ballet dancer and wrote a lot of songs about her. I had also spent years in the...

10 Questions and Answers with Mark Arnold, author of Unconditionally Mad 1. Why a MAD Magazine book now? My publisher, Ben Ohmart, has been bugging me for a history of MAD book for almost a decade. After the success of "If You're Cracked, You're Happy, Part Won and Part Too" it seemed inevitable that I would eventually tackle America's foremost humor magazine for the past 70 years.  2. Why didn't you want to write it? I didn't want to do it for a number of reasons. I knew it would be a massive undertaking, and in the end, I was...