A science fiction fairy tale melodrama? Sign me up! Here's my take:

"A friend asked me if Jupiter Ascending was any good. This was a hard question to answer! Its imperfections have been noted to the point of exaggeration. There is a lot of world-building exposition, there are long chase scenes, and there are characters that could be more realistic ( Read more... )

I interviewed Mike Grell, the comics writer/artist who inspired many aspects of the costumes, characters and stories on Arrow. He loves the show! He was tickled by the one reference to the corrupt "Judge Grell", which impressed his family: "My family after 40 years in this business suddenly thinks I am famous ( Read more... )

Whoa, it's been a long time since I posted about my writing! Let's start with the most recent interviews, then the Supernatural Talks.

Today, I posted a column of 13 Questions that I asked ANDY GRABIA, curator of an exhibit of my late roommate's comics. Andy is an interesting fellow, but do take a look if you have an interest in how comics can ( Read more... )

I grew up with the Swan Lake Rudi van Dantzing set on the National Ballet of Canada and the Romeo and Juliet he set on the Royal Winnipeg Ballet. Romeo and Juliet the first ballet I ever saw; Evelyn Hart was Juliet: how could I not love ballet after that? Actually, that performance inspired an interest in dance that led to my years as a dance ( Read more... )

The first week of the Supernatural winter Hellatus is upon us! To help bide the time, here is what Sequential Tart thought of the middle episodes of the season so far ( Read more... )

Supernatural Talks are back at Sequential Tart! This week, we go back to the good old days of episode 7.01 Meet the New Boss:
http://www.sequentialtart.com/article.php?id=2110

I loved the first episode of the season. Here's one reason why:

My favourite bit of camera ( Read more... )

I've been doing a bit of research for a review of the new comic featuring Deadman (DC Universe Presents #1 ( Read more... )

I was introduced to iZombie this summer. WOW, it is gorgeous! That's maybe not surprising because Mike and Laura Allred did the artwork. Chris Roberson is a relatively new writer for DC. His Fables-spinoff, Cinderella, was a good start, but he really shines with iZombie, which is completely a universe of his own making ( Read more... )

I posted a few more reviews of DC's "new 52" comics in Sequential Tart ( Read more... )

All that writing I've been doing is being published now!

Let's start with Teen Wolf. I got into this after some good word-of-mouth, and I'm really glad that I did. kadymae was one of the enthusiasts who convinced me to give it a go. We got together to ( Read more... )