My experience with Ripper comics is limited.  I’ve read Brian Augustyn and Mike Mignola’s Gotham by Gaslight, a Batman tale set in 1889 where the Ripper has moved from London to Gotham City, continuing his grisly work.  The police arrest Bruce Wayne himself, and he’s sentenced to hang, but the truth is not only terrifying […]

On Nola Pfau’s website, X-Men Book Club, Kayleigh, and Claire were discussing Doug Ramsey, also known as Cypher, deeming him the worst X-Man ever.  I offer a taste of their exchange: Kayleigh: Cypher, frequently cited by fanboys as one of the worst X-Men of all time! But why? Does he deserve it? Claire: No, but […]

After reviewing Joe Haldeman’s The Forever War on his website (2010), Andrew Liptak concludes that the novel, despite its plot, isn’t military science fiction.  It’s not a “good romp with powered armor and shooting” that focuses on ordinance or military theory.  There are several parallels with Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein.  Haldeman and Heinlein focus […]