Author Archives: Lamar Furbanks

When you think about it, there’s good POTA and there’s bad POTA. This little gem almost has everything you could want from the POTA franchise: scantily clad warrior women, heroic sexy manly men, a weighty political subtext, and, most importantly, apes. Read More

In a post-apocalyptic world, bands of roving recreants wander the Earth and mutated humans threaten humanity, while a small group of cryogenically preserved military and scientific elite must find a way to not only survive, but bring back a semblance of Read More

Last issue, we saw a lot of action. This issue, not so much. This issue has a lot of what they refer to in the business as exposition. Some people think exposition is inherently bad. But I don’t think that way. Exposition, if done right, can still Read More

The Green Lantern Corps is an intergalactic law enforcement organization, but of all the Corps members from Earth, none of them has any previous law enforcement experience. I’m not saying every recruit needs a law enforcement background, but it might be Read More

What do you get when you take a bad guy persona and inject it with good guy core values? You get the Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups of genre fiction. Here’s a list to show you what I mean. Read More

Space travel, intergalactic super powers, and colors in their names — with that much in common, it was only a matter of time before Silver Surfer and Green Lantern faced each other in the ultimate contest: Fandom Deathmatch! Read More

A lot of people seem to think Stan Lee is phoning it in with Soldier Zero. But it's kind of obvious: he's totally phoning it in. The real question: is he so good that, even if he’s phoning it in, Soldier Zero is still a good comic? The answer is a Read More

Who would win in a fight between CTU's Jack Bauer and Cordell Walker, Texas Ranger? Read More

The thing that’s so charming about Darkwing Duck, aside from his habit of not quite saving the day, and his cool costume, is his outrageous ego. In real life, you can’t get away with too much ego. It will always blow up in your face (unless you’re Read More

Whacky, wise, or wondrous, wizards play an important role in fantasy and fantasy-derived genre fiction. Along with the young hero on a quest and the evil overlord, wizards are one of the most common archetypes of fantasy fiction. Let’s get a good list Read More

From dance to drugs, disco left its distinct mark everywhere. No form of entertainment, including science fiction, escaped the awesome power of the disco era. Strap on your roller skates and put on your short shorts as we take a look at the Read More