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Not much substance to ‘Twilight Zone: Shadow & Substance’

The Twilight Zone: Shadow & Substance #1 Written by Mark Rahner Illustrated by Edu Menna, Thiago Ribiero Published by Dynamite It hardly needs to be said that the original televised incarnation of The Twilight Zone (1959-1964) was a high water mark for fantastic fiction. The second (1985-1989) was a more than worthy successor that drew …

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Alien Invasion Month: “The Monsters Are Due On Maple Street”

Just beneath that perfectly manicured rose garden is a nest of vile insects. When the drapes are closed on the house across the street, unspeakable acts are being perpetrated. Behind those well-practiced smiles lie tortured minds, the sufferers and the perpetrators both. For every exhortation of the glorious American Dream, there is an equally on …

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Remember Me: Richard Matheson (1926-2013) – “Just” A Great Storyteller

A week after James Gandolfini died, we lost another Jersey boy: novelist, short story writer, film and TV screenwriter Richard Matheson. His was not as well-known a name to the general public as Gandolfini’s, certainly, and perhaps only familiar to sci fi and fantasy fans, the genres within which he scored some of his most …

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The Art Of The Title: 50 Of The Best TV Title Sequences

When starting a new television show, the thing I look forward to the most is the title sequence, so it only felt right to devise this list when I heard the theme was favourite television shows this month. In early television there wasn’t a huge focus on title sequences; their only purpose was to present the …

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Remember Me: Jack Klugman (1922 – 2012)

For most, Jacob “Jack” Klugman’s defining role was Oscar Madison, the quintessential white collar guy with a blue collar New York sensibility – loud, oafish, impulsive, a compulsive gambler and an inveterate slob – on the TV series adaptation of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, which ran on ABC 1970-75. Those among the AARP crowd …

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