The Con Artist by Fred Van Lente My rating: 3 of 5 stars A breezy, wry look at the life of a comic-book artist in…
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In memoriam—Harlan Ellison 1934-2018 Yesterday, I learned of the death of Harlan Ellison. Ellison, who was born in 1934 in Cleveland, Ohio, was 84. I…
Sticky Fingers: The Life and Times of Jann Wenner and Rolling Stone Magazine Ever wonder what went on behind the scenes at Rolling Stone? Though…
With the announcement of a new Doc Savage movie starring Dwayne Johnson, is the thirties pulp character heading for a resurgence?
Maria Semple on her novel Today Will Be Different, growing up with a scriptwriter dad, and learning to love Seattle
The Collected Neil the Horse revisits one of the craziest comics published during the eighties black-and-white boom
A close encounter with Elvis Costello
Looking back at the Looking for Mr. Goodbar movie In a recent post, I wrote about Judith Rossner’s Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Reading the 1975 bestseller was…
Weird, wacky and often well-written, the 1973 bestseller-turned-into-a-Diane-Keaton-film was based on a true story.
Like myself, Bif Naked was raised in Winnipeg and moved to Vancouver in the early nineties. Unlike me, she’s been successful. Ba dum tsh! I…
Coming in at nearly 500 pages, A Guide for the Perplexed is enough Werner Herzog for even the most ardent fan of the German (he…
Elmore Leonard Movies—Get Shorty In honour of the recent passing of Elmore Leonard, I’ve embarked on a mission to watch and review movies based on…
Movies #2 and 3 in my 10 Days of Leonard mission.
John Updike’s last in the Rabbit series packs as much punch today as it did 23 years ago.
L. Ron Hubbard was a genius. (Yeah, right.)
A 1974 biography of the Playboy publisher offers a fascinating glimpse into publishing, the ’60s and ’70s, and some strange work habits.
Review of book two of the 2013 project 52 Books.
Vancouver band the Be Good Tanyas make an appearance in House of Holes.
An excerpt of an interview with Michael Chabon, author of Telegraph Avenue.
Where’s the House of Mirth author when you need her?