Author Archives: M.C. Shumaker

It's 1968 and you are a soldier stuck in the middle of a Vietnam jungle. You expect to kill a few, if not many in order to preserve your own survival. But are you prepared to kill them again once they rise and become the undead? You would be, if you Read More

At its most basic, The Righteous and the Wicked is a Western film filled with bad guys, good guys, bad guys gone good, and good guys gone bad. While that and a few hundred cowboy hats, horses, tumbleweeds, and a saloon make for a film that falls in the Read More

There are so many adjectives I could use to describe Fadiing of the Cries. Confusing. Dreadful. Painful. Horrendous. Terrible. Atrocious. But I will stick to bad. It's a classic and best sums up the overall feel of Fading of the Cries. Bad. Read More

I am sold. This thirty-two page comic managed to create a killer opening that will bring the reader in and force them to stay focused, eyes wide open on each panel of every page. I haven't been this engrossed in an opening since the series premiere of Lost. Read More

Draw the curtains, lock the doors, and light the candles. It's time to give in to all seven of the deadliest sins. It's time for A Miscellany of Murder. The Monday Murder Club has put together a tome of trivia, quizzes and real life tales meant to Read More

Do not read Axe Cop: Bad Guy Earth while drunk. It is very likely you will wake up the next morning with a tattoo of a T-Rex sporting mirrored sunglasses and machine gun arms on your thigh — not that there is anything wrong with that. But maybe if you Read More

Lovestruck is, plain and simply, about love. Not the altruistic emotion that inspires poets and saints, but the stuff that sells. Love is a business. Love is a commodity. Love is power, and all you need is love if you want to win. Read More

This issue focuses on none other than everyone's favorite nominee for worst mother of the year. Clara begins to zone out during a guild meeting and inadvertently finds herself forced into interacting with her family, which leads to a trip down memory lane. Read More

The con is over and you are back in the land of Muggles. You might notice a decrease in enthusiasm and an increase in sadness. Don't worry, after four days of nonstop geek and freak excitement, you are suffering what is known as Post-Con Depression (PCD). Read More

Cthulhu Tales Omnibus: Delirium is not a collection to be taken lightly. I was once like you, sane, calm, naïve. If I had known thirty-six hours ago how my life would turn upside down by the reading of Cthulhu Tales Omnibus: Delirium... if only. Read More

This quick guide will help you to make the best of your time at Dragon*Con and will cover a variety of helpful hints to make the next four days as pleasant for you as possible. Read More

After my last review of The Goon #34 I expected something with at least a sampling of the satisfying satire and wit, not to mention dark comedy, that I came to love in the universe of The Goon. But I'm going to be frank — this story managed to feel not Read More