SF Comics and More

Very pressed for time today, so there's likely even more than usual that I missed. (Which I'll hopefully find either tonight or tomorrow). In other news, I'm very happy to be an official "irregular" at SF Signal! Huzzah!


E-Fiction
At Manybooks, The Doomsman by Van Tassel Sutphen (1905).

"The state of civilization in 2015 New York will closely resemble that of England in the early days of Saxon settlement -- primitive people will dwell sparsely in patriarchal stockades and will fight and hunt with bow and arrow."


Available in free e-book formats HERE.




And 365tomorrows has "Assignment #0110110" by Asher Wismer

"Next came the shockwave. If the wind was a slap, the shockwave was a solid punch, pounding every inch of my body, the pain powering right through the epidermis to the muscle and bone and beyond. Although I couldn’t feel it directly, I knew that with the shockwave came a deadly blast of active particulate radiation, enough to kill me many times over."

Online HERE.


Gaming
There's an online "Random Dungeon Generator" for Labyrinth Lord (D&D) and Mutant Future (almost Gamma World) online. The results are a bit, well random, but they could easily be used as starting points for DMs.

Online HERE [via RetroRoleplaying: The Blog]



Video
Streaming at Divers and Sundry, The Thief of Baghdad (1924) a very early silent fantasy film. Dated, but certainly watchable.

Online HERE.

And Jon's Random Acts of Geekery is streaming Atom Age Vampire (1960). Definitely one for "b" movie fans.

Online HERE.








Comics
The Horrors of it All has a cool post-code (not a typo) horror story "The Mark of the Witch" from Witching Hour #11. (And a short bonus)

Online HERE.







Dark Horse Comics Presents has a new, free issue, number 18, for online reading including,

Star Wars: Dark Times: "Blue Harvest" part one, Usagi Yojimbo: "Saya," and Buffy the Vampire Slayer: "Harmony Bites."

All online HERE.




The Comic Book Catacombs has a shipwreck and jungle adventures with Rulah (A.K.A. female Tarzan clone #4) in "The Terrible Treasure". Good fun.

Part one is HERE, part two is HERE.




Fortress of Fortitude has a cool double billing of SF comics today. "Ten Billion B.C." from Charlton Comics’ Outer Space #19, with somewhat minimalist art by Steve Ditko and “Plaything” from Weird Tales Of The Future #6.


Both are online HERE.




Grantbridge Street & other misadventures has online theawesome The Demon #1, by Jack Kirby. A mixture of fantasy, horror, superhero, and even SF that was pure Kirby.


Online HERE.







Cool-Mo-Dee has Grimm's Ghost Stories #29 in CBR format. That's an unusually wild cover for Grimm's.





Available HERE.





At Diversions of the Groovy Kind, classic post-apocalyptic sf from Charlton, Doomsday +1 #1, drawn by John Byrne. Quite good.



Online HERE.








And Crosseyed Cyclops has Secret Mysteries#17 available for download in CBR format. I'm always amazed at how many decent pre-code horror comics were produced in such a short time.




Available HERE.






Art
Patrick Reilly has a very cool gallery of fantasy and pulp/sf art at deviant art. A must see.

Online HERE [via Helgas galaktische Funkbude]




Other Cool
Sci Fi Songs wants you! John Anealio is asking for help writing the next Sci Fi Song. Now is a good chance to be creative.


More details are HERE.






Variety SF reviews, and links to a free online version of Paolo Bacigalupi's "The Gambler" (novelette, free). Life in a near-future commercial internet newsroom.

"My father was a gambler. He believed in the workings of karma and luck. He hunted for lucky numbers on license plates and bet on lotteries and fighting roosters."

The review and link are HERE.



The Cimmerian has a look at the upcoming J. R. R. Tolkien version of The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún, coming out this May (which I'll be buying this May). Very interesting and there's a link to a free earlier version of the story by the rather good fantasy, writer William Morris.

Online HERE.








The Silver Key has a thorough review of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Children of Hurin. Definitely worth a read (both the book and the review).



Online HERE.









And a double shot of coolness from Frederick with a complete cover gallery of the short-lived magazine Star Trek Fan Clubs. Available online HERE and a scan of "Dracula Has Risen From The Grave" from issue #10 of Fantastic Films available HERE.