Anyone with even a passing interest in Francis Ford Coppola’s famed trilogy of Mafia films would do well to check out Peter Cowie’s The Godfather: The Official Motion Picture Archives. Not only does the book detail the making of the films (with a primary focus on the 1972 original) via text and photos, there are...
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March 26, 2013November 10, 2025News
Comics: Cliff Galbraith Discusses the 2013 Asbury Park Comicon
I’ve known Cliff Galbraith for at least a decade. We first met at the Comic-Con International: San Diego, where I was walking the floor in search of interesting stories and he was hawking copies of his gloriously anarchic, highly entertaining comic Rat Bastard. We hit it off immediately, and enjoyed catching up at every show...
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February 17, 2013November 10, 2025News
Books: Tom Kaczynski on Uncivilized Books
As briefly mentioned at the end our previous conversation, the indefatigable Tom Kaczynski is more than a gifted comics creator. He’s also the publisher and driving force behind Uncivilized Books, an upstart press specializing in comics collections and original graphic novels. Now, if you happen to be a regular reader of this column and that...
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February 14, 2013November 10, 2025News
Books: Gary Scott Beatty on Tales of Fear
Gary Scott Beatty is someone whose work I’ve been following with real interest for the past few years. Not that I ignored him before that. Rather, it’s his recent activities, especially as a small press publisher with a singular vision that makes total sense in today’s fluid market, that’s proven to be particularly interesting. What...