By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
This article is part of Vampire Thursdays, a series on vampires running this September to celebrate the return of The Vampire Diaries to our regular review slot and…well…to just plain celebrate vampires.
I was at the bookstore the other day and I bumped into some issues of Dracula Lives!, a comic book series that ran in the 1970s for 13 issues. In 2004, Marvel released a four-issue miniseries called “Stoker’s Dracula“, drawn and written by the duo of Roy Thomas and Dick Giordano, who…
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It’s September and the Vampire Diaries is back on the air. This being one of the shows we regularly review, we’ve decided to welcome it back by talking about all things vampire during the month of September. There will be interviews with experts in vampire fiction, articles on vampires and other fun-filled stuff.
Now, if you’re one of those who happen to be on vampire overload, you might be wondering why these suckers are so bloody popular right now. The answer: they’ve always been popular! While the…
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August 2010 Recap
Summer inches into fall and children return to school. But before you get into full-on September mode, why don’t you take some time to view the month that was at Innsmouth Free Press?
Interviews
- We talked to Jane Badler, of V fame. She played Diana in the original show and is now back on the new version as Anna’s mother.
- Writer and editor Jennifer Brozek chatted about her latest collection
- James Ng dazzled us with his examples of Chinese steampunk
- Gwabryel gave us a look at his horror and Lovecraftian illustrations
- Micro-interviews from Sanford…
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By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Don Kenn is a Danish director and writer of childrens’ shows who in his spare time, draws monsters on post-it notes. His numerous creations can be found at his online gallery and there are even creatures that look very Lovecraftian, with tentacles aplenty, including this Cthulhu rising from the water or these tentacles snapping a boat. Bizarre tree-monsters, a group of vampires (?), and voyeuristics ghosts complete the ensemble. It’s all lovely and creepy.
But who is Don or John (he seems to use both names)? Little is…
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By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
We continue our Summer of Unknown Writers series. Today, we talk about Daphne du Maurier, master of suspense.
I picked Daphne du Maurier for Summer of Unknown Writers because just a few weeks ago, I had hardly read anything by this English author. It seems most people know du Maurier because they have either watched one of the movie adaptations of her stories or read Rebecca, her most famous book. Most of the people in my age group are in the movie-watching category,…
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By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Animal attack movies kind of make sense (nature versus civilization, beasts versus man). Killer plant movies make less sense to me. I’ve never been terrified of my broccoli, though I do think there was a carnivorous-looking tree that used to eye me suspiciously.
The fear of killer plants probably stems from the discovery of some of the more bizarre species around, such as the Venus Flytrap, or exotic flora in distant locations such as the Amazon. Indeed, most of the early killer plant stories…
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