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Tag: Cold War
Comic Review: DC: The New Frontier Absolute Edition
I have a very complicated set of feelings about comics, especially comics from the Big 2. There are elements I like, characters I like, authors & artists… Read more “Comic Review: DC: The New Frontier Absolute Edition”
Book Review: A Very Dangerous Woman
“It was no doubt easier to believe in the ultimate rightness of the cause when one was no longer likely to be its next victim.” It… Read more “Book Review: A Very Dangerous Woman”
Tabletop RPG Review: 1990s Handbook
In my previous reviews of the Cthulhu Now supplements Secrets, A Resection of Time, and At Your Door, I’ve probably made it clear that I don’t actually… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: 1990s Handbook”
Book Review: The Lost World of Communism
“Until 1945 Adolf Hitler was the greatest for us as Germans and I was extremely disappointed when I later found out what kind of person he really… Read more “Book Review: The Lost World of Communism”
Comic Review: Velvet Volume 3
The third and final volume of the Velvet series, ‘The Man Who Stole the World’ is a fitting and satisfying conclusion to this Cold War thriller. Ed… Read more “Comic Review: Velvet Volume 3”
Comic Review: Velvet Volume 2
Volume 2 of Velvet picks up right where the first volume left off, with our heroine in deep sheep dip. The onion of lies and double crosses… Read more “Comic Review: Velvet Volume 2”
Comic Review: Velvet Volume 1
I wrote this back in 2015, when I first read Velvet. I’m finally sitting down to volume 2. What can I say? I sorta fell off the… Read more “Comic Review: Velvet Volume 1”
Book Review: Future Lovecraft
My perennial statement about anthologies: they’re a mixed bag. This book definitely holds to that. It’s got a lot of stories, from a lot of different creators.… Read more “Book Review: Future Lovecraft”
Matthew J. Constantine 