Captain Newbie!: A 3-D Pete Cartoon
By Mike Fisher
15 June 2009
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Captain Newbie!: A 3-D Pete CartoonBy Mike Fisher15 June 2009
Copyright © 2009 Mike Fisher (Comments on this piece | Articles Forum | Main Forum Index | Forum Login) Mike currently lives in sunny San Antonio, Texas, where he works as a news illustrator and animator for the San Antonio Express-News. He has a fabulous wife, Margi, and three cool kids, Joe (17), Andrew (14), and Faith (10). Mike really likes the smell of old, decaying comic books. Mike's website is http://www.goofaman.com/ and his email is fivefish@satx.rr.com. |
by Daniel Peretti 15 March 2010 Saying that all Superman stories qualify as science fiction wouldn’t be entirely accurate, despite the presence of science fiction motifs and conventions. Many of them are traditional adventure stories, or perhaps more appropriately classified as sci-fi, since many of them choose not to explore themes related to human nature or the “something more” that many writers insist as a component of true science fiction. An Empire in Words: The Great Library of Alexandria by Jennifer de Guzman 8 March 2010 But this much is clear: The Great Library of Alexandria was a bid toward immortality, a stay against annihilation. In the ancient world, Alexandria was a remnant of Alexander the Great's empire and a major cultural and trading center. Ships that sailed into the harbor were forced to hand over their scrolls to the library, where scribes made copies. The library gave the copies to the scrolls' owners in place of the originals, which became part of the Great Library's collection. The collection held works of only of drama and poetry and philosophy, but also scientific texts, works of mathematics, astronomy, medicine and mechanics. The library was the known world, past and present, under one roof: the ultimate empire. Fall of a Superhero in Doctor Who: "The Waters of Mars" by Kristin King 1 March 2010 There is an inherent contradiction in superhero fiction. The stronger the villains are, the more powerful the superhero must become. And the worse the situation, the more serious the consequences of the superhero's actions. Unless stopped, the superhero crosses a line and becomes not our protector but our villain. A Stranger in a Strange Land: Ricardo Pinto and the Stone Dance of the Chameleon by Angeline Adams 22 February 2010 "Although it is within our power to eliminate poverty, for example, I'm not so sure that we have it in us to avoid the most terrible consequences of global warming. I feel that, because there is always hope that a human being can be talked around—talked off a ledge, talked into putting down his gun—too many of us treat our planet as if it was amenable to such persuasion. It isn't: it's not human, and it's implacable." |