Thoughts on Daniel Lowry’s The Green Knight

J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis played an important part in exposing me to fantasy literature, as did T.H. White with his Arthurian writings. They're not only great fantasy authors, but their work provides a great lens for asking important questions about Arthurian books and movies. Is a real warrior just a fighter, or someone like …

Book Review: The Grand Inquisitor (Graphic Novel)

Comics (or the new proper term, graphic novels) are one area of my reviewing/writing where I wish I did more. I dabbled in editorial comics when I was a journalist (republished in a web comic collection Whales Speaking Yiddish). I've also written some web comics with spooky yet silly plots (the Grim Reaper's private life, …

Dorothy Sayers, Cozy Mystery, and the Murder of God

Today, June 13, is the birthday of Dorothy L. Sayers (1893-1957). Sayers wrote many interesting books in her lifetime, but may be best remembered for her detective stories. "In all [these] stories you will experience the battle between Good and Evil. There are wicked people here." - Otto Penzler1 It's been said more than a …

Book Review: Dear Henchmam by Hope Bolinger and Alyssa Roat

If writing a good parody is hard (and believe me, it is), writing a good follow-up to that parody is even harder. The pressure to top past work can be intense. For these reasons, I was curious but worried when I got my copy of Dear Henchman, the sequel to the hilarious superhero parody Dear …