Monthly Archives: September 2010

Richard Moore’s “Boneyard” Featured in Rue Morgue Magazine

September 16th, 2010 | Posted in Boneyard, comics, Richard Moore, Rue Morgue magazine

I have to brag on one of my kin. I went to the bookstore today to review the September 2010 issue 104 of Rue Morgue magazine and found my brother’s comic book work featured prominently in their comic section “Blood in Four Colours.” The feature includes a full page look at Richard Moore’s Boneyard that […]

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“I Am the God of Everything:” Esotericism, Youth Culture, and Violent Video Games

September 15th, 2010 | Posted in video games, Western esotericism

I received a notification today from the Center for Studies on New Religions that some of the papers presented at their 2010 conference in Torino were available online. One of them caught my eye, and after reading it I recognized that it dovetails with the subject matter of TheoFantastique. The paper is by Melanie J. […]

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James Cameron Interview: Avatar Canon, Pandora Depression, and “Geek Cred”

September 14th, 2010 | Posted in Avatar, fan cultures, geek cultures, James Cameron, religion

There was an interview with James Cameron in August in Entertainment Weekly that just came to my attention. I found three items in the piece of interest. First, an interesting question is asked about what may be referred to as the “cinematic canon.” The interviewer, Benjamin Svetkey, asked about the new version of Avatar with […]

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Forthcoming Documentary: 2001: Beyond the Infinite: The Making of a Masterpiece

September 12th, 2010 | Posted in 1960s, 2001: A Space Odyssey, science fiction

Today we have the luxury of enjoying any number of big budget science fiction films. For younger fans it’s easy to take this for granted. But some of us remember when this was not the case. Along the way to our present state of science fiction and fantasy reigning at the box office, various gems […]

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Kevin McCarthy Passes Away at 96

September 12th, 2010 | Posted in 1950s, Obituary, science fiction

Various media outlets are reporting that Kevin McCarthy, the actor who starred in Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) has passed away at the age of 96. As fans of the history of science fiction cinema know, Invasion of the Body Snatchers stands out as one of the classics of 1950s science fiction/horror. McCarthy’s work […]

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Call for Papers on Fairy Tales

September 8th, 2010 | Posted in call for papers, conference, fairy tales

The Popular Culture Association has another call for papers, this one coming in the area of fairy tales. The CFP is reproduced below. Curiously, there is no mention of contemporary fairy tales as expressed through Guillermo del Toro and his masterpiece Pan’s Labyrinth, or as Walter Rankin has suggested in his book Grimm Pictures (McFarland, […]

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SyFy Channel’s “Beast Legends” Debuts This Week

September 7th, 2010 | Posted in cryptozoology, monsters

The SyFy Channel has an interesting series that debuts this week called Beast Legends: Beast Legends is a new six-part series that journeys around the world using scientific data to reconstruct what mythological monsters, from Krakens and Griffins to Fire Dragons, would have looked like. In each of the hour-long episodes, Beast Legends uncovers historical […]

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History Television: The Real Vampire Files

September 6th, 2010 | Posted in vampire

History Television will be broadcasting The Real Vampire Files on Tuesday, September 7. The website provides a description of the program: Dracula, Nosferatu and Twilight‘s Bella are all part of cinema history and the Vampire legend, but is there any truth behind the spine-chilling fiction? At first bite, the vampire seems to be just the […]

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Ray Harryhausen – Master of the Majicks Vol. 3

September 5th, 2010 | Posted in Ray Harryhausen, stop-motion animation

The third volume of Ray Harryhausen – Master of the Majicks by Mike Hankin, with a focus on the British films, is now available for pre-order through October 3. The Archive Editions website describes this volume with the following: Foreword by Caroline Munro Preface by Guillermo del Toro From his Preface to Volume 3 — […]

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Science Fiction and the Parasitic Human

September 3rd, 2010 | Posted in science fiction, social commentary

Recently James Lee made national headlines when he entered the Discovery Channel building, took hostages, and threatened to kill them and blow up the building. Thankfully the situation ended with the hostages escaping unharmed and the only loss of life came with the gunman at the hands of law enforcement. In the wake of the […]

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