reviews

Secrets in the depths... Author:  Nick Pyenson We’re living in the age of giants.  Often weighing in at more than 100 tons, the baleen whales are unequivocally the largest animals to ever grace the planet’s surface.  For a guy like Nick Pyenson – paleontologist, adventurer and whale fanatic – this makes it a great time to be a scientist.  In Spying on Whales, he reveals much of what’s known about these gentle uber-giants.  It’s an intriguing look at some amazing creatures. The author divides the book into three sections, starting out with the past.  Pyenson explores how and why a [...]

Drifting on the Wings of Madness Author: Mark Waid Illustrators: Chris Samnee and Mile Allred Following Daredevil’s life-threatening adventure in Latvia, Dr. Doom’s sensory depriving nanobots are still creating havoc in Matt Murdock’s brain. With a short amount of time and the help of Hank Pym, Doctor Strange, and Tony Stark using science, shrinking, and superpowers the nanobots are defeated and Matt’s senses return. Matt is cured  . . . or is he? As events begin to unwind Matt’s long-time friend and fellow lawyer, Foggy, realizes that the normally depressed Matt is oddly cheerful – too cheerful. That’s when he [...]

“They’re Coming to Get You Barbara!” Author: John A. Russo Night of the Living Dead, at first a collaborative movie effort between George A. Romero and John Russo, defines zombies as we now known them: predatory, cannibalistic, mysteriously animated, roving in hordes, and prone to spreading their unique bondage to death through bites. Many of us grew up with the black and white film from 1968 and learned to both fear and love the phrase, “they’re coming to get you Barbara.” Subsequent zombie entertainment culture has run with the transformation of zombies from the rare, mindless, mostly harmless creatures resurrected [...]