Tween-Fest only a month from now!

Come join us for our annual T(ween)-Fest on April 9th at Sandy Petersen's house outside of Dallas. Address info etc can be gleaned from me, just drop me a note at ken@jabootu.com. The festivities will actually start Friday night, with a few/three movies following a theme. Side note: At Sandy's request, we're going to…
Monster of the Day #1303

Monster of the Day #1303

This one has kind of fallen between the cracks, I think, and it's a shame, because it's a pretty good movie. Not flawless, but pretty good. Jeffrey Combs take on Fox Mulder in particular is hilarious.
Monster of the Day #1302

Monster of the Day #1302

I'm assuming this is the worst of the bunch. I can barely remember anything about it, but I do remember walking out of the theater (I used to go see new movies once upon a time) thinking it was a real piece of crap. I vaguely remember it being one of those things that's…
Monster of the Day #1300

Monster of the Day #1300

Following the success of Freddy Krueger, we got a string of serial-killers-returned-from-the-dead-with-supernatural-powers. Wes Craven even ripped off his own creation, presumably hoping to have as popular a character he retained the rights too. Predictably, its hard to capture lightning in a bottle twice, and this one failed. This guys was a lot like Krueger,…
Monster of the Day #1297

Monster of the Day #1297

The thing about this book is that they have a shiny black sheen, like they were lacquered, and the often embossed color graphics just look really pop and fabulous. The interior pages are published on appropriately pulpy paper. This is a theme book, obviously.
Monster of the Day #1296

Monster of the Day #1296

One thing I love about this series (and I love everything about this series) is that you never know what they will do. It just seems that the editors put together a book on whatever interests them. This volume, like similar ones on Don Heck and Tom Sutton, focuses on an artist. There are…