Tag Archives: Joe Hill

Adversity is the theme for this week’s review. It’s in everyone’s lives, to be sure. We all handle it in different ways, But the great things about reading other accounts – even fictional ones – help us to deal with them by seeing other people’s solutions. The visual nature of …

I’m all about completion. While I admire quality in pursuing one’s craft, I am also about getting the job done. Depending upon the situation, sometimes I would settle for just getting the job done to a level of acceptability than to a point of perfection. That happens in writing. Creators …

Christmas is actually just as appropriate a time for the supernatural and the macabre as Halloween is, and there’s a deep tradition going way back of telling supernatural tales during the holidays. Thus, in the haunted holiday spirit we offer our list of ten books to read when the weather outside is frightful but the fire is so delightful.

"Wraith: Welcome to Christmasland" is one of the creepiest comics I’ve ever read, and it’s because somehow Joe Hill knows which nerve ending to apply pressure on. In short, it’s a fabulous first couple of issues.

I’ve read and re-read all the Locke & Key volumes at least three times each now. It's that compelling a series. Go order them right now… I compel you.