Flying Sparks – All the Cool Kids are Doing It
It’s this new comic on the streets where you read it and feel adventurous but wake up the next morning and find out you’ve been romance comicked and you don’t even mind. I speak in memes now. Only in memes. My comic to-be-read pile is looking a little thin...
A Sniper’s War
Up for some pro-Russian propaganda? I got a flick for you. Be warned, though. It’s half cool, half head-slapper. A Sniper’s War presents the story of Deki, a Serbian who enlists in the Russian backed “Ukrainian Separatist” movement that sprung up in the district between Ukraine proper and Russia...
New Look Audio
The Audio Page here at the House Of Jon needed some attention. Changes in the Castalia House sales process, and the publication of three new audiobooks in the Quantum Mortis Universe, made it necessary to do some quality control. That’s a mighty fine looking shelf if I do say so myself....
The Lego Movie: A Cynical Hot Take
The Lego Movie: The Retroactively Named The First Part is a fine movie. With the sequel, The Lego Movie2 : The Second Part out in theaters now, it seemed the opportune moment to raise an issue with the underlying message of the original film. For those that haven’t seen it...
Castalia Reviews: Honor Flight
Today I’ve got a review up for a nice little indy gem of a sci-fi book called Honor Flight. Head on over and check it out if you’d like to know what a decent version of Old Man’s War looks like....
Happy President’s Day
I don’t trust the plan. I trust the God Emperor. But I trust God first and foremost, and so I celebrated this Presidents’ Day with a Rosary and request that Our Lady watch over him and guide him through the dangerous waters in which he swims. There is truth...
Solemn Veterans Day
What can be said that hasn’t already. Thank you boys for all of your sacrifices to make the world safe for whatever the hell it is they are doing down in Florida these days. I’d feel bad about using today’s commemoration to score cheap political points, except that most...
Must. Resist. Watchmen.
Amazon Prime has made Zack Snyder’s Watchmen available in both regular size and jumbo Director’s cut size, and it’s tempting to give it a re-watch. So why does this post show an image of the Farrelley Brothers’ Something About Mary? Because they are the same kind of movie. Wipe the...
Deadpool: Too Soon? Yep
Mainstream comics are so much worse than I thought. All dazzle, no razzle. I’m a sucker for ten cent comics, particularly when they are bundled in plain brown wrappers and sold in ten packs to clear shelf space down at the local friendly comic and game and community based...
Zero Jumper: A Meta-Review
Yesterday I told you about Alterna Comic’s Zero Jumper. In the interests of showing Peter Simeti, the big hearted entrepreneur behind Alterna, an open and honest appraisal of the comic, I waited until today to discuss the broader cultural issues that surround this particular company. Mr. Simeti is a...