By Nick Maylor It’s been a rough couple of years for fanboys. Adam West, Steve Ditko and now, the man, the legend, Stan Lee has shuffled loose the mortal coil. The king of cameo acting and co-creator of Spider-Man, The X-Men, The Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man and so many more, Stan Lee…
By John H. Foote Whatever type of human being he might have been, hard taskmaster, Nazi sympathizer, ani-Jew, Walt Disney lived to entertain, to create. His creation, Mickey Mouse is as synonymous with the movies as Charlie Chaplin and Marilyn Monroe. The animated shorts he made prior to 1937 were groundbreaking for the art form,…
By Nick Maylor My mother grew up in England and in the 1960s, Halloween wasn’t really a thing. However, less than a week after October 31st would be Guy Fawkes night. For the week leading up to November 5th, kids would go door-to-door, collecting firewood and other sundry items that would be set ablaze on…