Classics Reissued: The Authority
/A new hardcover reprint presents a pivotal comic book run to new fans and old fans alike. Open Letters talks with its go-to comics expert Justin Hickey about the definitive story arc of "The Authority"
Read MoreIn Paperback: Catching Fire
/The second volume in Suzanne Collins' phenomenally popular series is at long last available in paperback
Read MoreBook Review: The 5th Wave
/Is Rick Yancey's latest teen-targeted sci-fi thriller mere filler for fans waiting on the next "Hunger Games" volume, or is there some meat on its bones?
Read MoreBook Review: Wolfhound Century
/A killer stalks a dark-fantasy alternate version of the Soviet Union in Peter Higgins' fantastic debut novel
Read MoreThree AM, Outside the Pavilion
/If comic book artist P. Craig Russell didn't exist, we'd have to dream him up. Under the covers with a flashlight, Justin Hickey illuminates a pair of his sublime literature adaptations.
Read MoreA Little Cryptic, A Little Proud, A Little Mad
/In M. John Harrison's lyrical Viriconium trilogy, the high science of quantum physics meets the low art of fighting giant locusts. Justin Hickey finds a quiet spot to watch the chitin fly.
Read MoreOur Year in Reading 2012
/In this special feature, we look back at some highlights of the reading we did in 2012.
Read MoreOur Year in Reading 2012 Continues
/In this special feature, we look back at some highlights of the reading we did in 2012.
Read MoreA Hope in the Undead
/The Walking Dead, the hit TV series adapted from the zombie-apocalypse comics, offers fans a gripping and subversive take on the accidents of survival.
Read MoreThe Gods Themselves
/How is Hollywood like a clever boy who never tries? In every way imaginable. The story of two Total Recalls is a sad one indeed.
Read MoreThe Adam of Your Labors
/Expensive new Batman movies have become a Hollywood ritual, but the character has been thrilling readers - and reflecting a constantly-shifting culture - for seventy years
Read MoreThe Twilight(ing) of the Superhero
/Nerdy teenager Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider - and a super-franchise was born! As a new blockbuster Spider-Man movie hits the summer theaters, Justin Hickey takes us on a tour of the character's colorful - and often tortured - past!
Read MoreEndless Forms Most Brutal
/As Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" takes movie-goers back to the world of his "Alien" classics, we take a look at the long and lively history of modern cinema's most famous monsters.
Read MoreNo Strange Quirk of Fate
/This month sees the arrival of the long-awaited $250 million dollar Hollywood movie adaptation of Marvel Comics' Avengers. Lost in all the hype is the rich history of the comic itself; Justin Hickey explores the convergence of pulp and pixels.
Read MoreInto the Breach: Battle Royale and Hunger Games
/The box office record-setting movie adaptation of Suzanne Collins' The Hunger Games is the latest incarnation of an unsettling children-as-prey plot that's been with us in one form or another for a long time - and never more vividly than in Koushun Takami's Battle Royale
Read MoreA Book Every King Should Read
/George R. R. Martin's epic "Song of Fire and Ice" has sold millions of copies and is about to be a new HBO production. A timely appreciation gives you some idea of what all the fuss is about.
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