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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH WILLIAM SCHOELL FOR SUPER-ACTION: THE COPPER AGE OF DC COMICS Why are super-heroes suddenly so popular? Comics, movies, TV shows – what gives? Believe it or not there was a time when super-heroes were not so popular and series were dropped right and left in favor of horror, romance, and science fiction comic books. It was in the so-called “silver age” that super-heroes began rising again and it is a trend that continues to this day. Decades ago kids stopped reading comics when they, say, went to college, but when the comic books became more sophisticated in...

Interview with Anthony Slide on his new book on Bobbie Kimber Who Is Bobbie Kimber?I suspect that is a question that most Americans will be asking. And I am not going to suggest that he is actually known in the U.S. — although he certainly should be. Bobbie Kimber was a British ventriloquist, who began his professional career in the summer of 1938. He worked in female attire in large part because there weren’t any female ventriloquists and he was rather a novelty. His name, of course, is asexual, and so audiences did not necessarily know he was a man...

Q&A with Gabriel Bergmoser, author of The Lecter Variations - A History of Hannibal Tell us a bit about the book. The Lecter Variations is an analytical deep dive into every corner of the Hannibal franchise, starting with the release of Thomas Harris’ seminal Red Dragon and moving chronologically up to the 2021 TV series Clarice. It explores the behind-the-scenes story of each book, movie and show, but also delves into their merits and pitfalls. What sets this apart from previous books about the Hannibal films?Previous books like The Hannibal Files or Making Murder: The Fiction of Thomas Harris were...

Two Firesigns, Three Books -- all reviewed by Kurt Luchs: https://www.exactingclam.com/issues/no-14-autumn-2024/two-firesigns-three-books/