Author Archives: Lamar Furbanks

If Shakespeare and Leonardo da Vinci could be reanimated, put in a room together, and told to produce something for geeks (and if they were taught modern English), it would be Planet of the Apes: Cataclysm. That's a huge exaggeration of how good Read More

Writer, deep thinker, party maniac, philosopher, and damn good writer, Douglas Adams has plenty of material. And the weird thing is that, although you can enjoy the easy read and lighthearted jokes, you’ll also find yourself marvelling — years later, Read More

Nothing makes genre fiction more satisfying that packing it full of absurd tropes. The creative minds behind the best genre productions — from Stephen King and Agatha Christie to Joss Whedon and George Lucas — take downright goofy tropes and work them Read More

This first installment shows potential. POTA is all about action and intrigue, and we’ve got a good foundation for both. If Boom! can work in apes pontificating about their superiority while acting like a bunch of savages, we’ve got a real winner on our Read More

The Expendables represents one of the greatest unoriginal ideas of all time: Take all the best action heroes and put them in one movie. Of course, there’s one fly in the ointment: they’re all men. So let me present a somewhat more original and totally Read More

It’s time to take a look at the behemoths of science fiction and fantasy. I’m not talking merely profitable or interesting, or fresh approaches to a crowded field. I’m talking about the cultural freaks of nature so massive they suck up everything around Read More

There has been a recognition over the years that the sidekicks and other young heroes can rise above the original patronizing purpose of providing young readers someone to “identify with.” Young Justice is the latest in a long line of graphic novels and Read More

Ducks are great: you can watch them swim around in a pond or watch them try to cross a road. Or, you can pit them in a fight to the death designed to answer the burning question few have dared to ask: who would win in a fight, Darkwing Duck or Duck Dodgers? Read More

If you're like me, you like all things POTA. Well, maybe not the Mark Wahlberg version. But besides that, almost all things POTA. And at the end of the previous issue, there was plenty to like: intrigue, betrayal and, best of all, sanctimonious apes. So Read More

How dare you call them monkeys? They’re apes! And they do more than just talk. They rush into warfare, indulge in sweeping generalizations, and plot to stab each other in the back every time they turn around. Basically, it’s a hairy version of Read More

What do you do with two beloved characters that all geeks love, and no reasonable geek hates? You pit them in a contest that ensures at least one of them will DIE! Read More

If you are looking for reliable, prolific authors specializing in various forms of fantasy, Hickman and Weis are a writing team you need to know about. While the quantity of their work is impressive, it's the reliable quality — ranging from "Hey That Read More