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My Fairy Godmother is a Drag Queen by David Clawson
A review by Nalini Haynes Chris Bellows lives in a house with his alcoholic step-mother, stunning but spoilt step-sister and hunky step-brother of ambiguous intelligence …
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You may have noticed that Dark Matter Zine has not published any new posts lately. After years of pain, recent diagnostic procedures put my pain …
Surreal Killer — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Surreal killers are dangerous pundators because they missed their breakfast. In this case, he confronted the problem head on but with spotty outcomes. Want to …
Leviathan Wakes vs The Expanse
A review/commentary by Nalini Haynes Once upon a time in a galaxy far far away… Actually, in this galaxy. Actually, in this solar system. The …
3MT: Prejudice Kills
Context: The Three Minute Thesis is a public speaking competition I had intended to participate in this year. For reasons that will become obvious, I …
You don’t look jurassic — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
‘You don’t look jurassic,’ says the stegosaurus to the tyrannosaurus rex. The Guardian published a helpful article discussing the science behind Jurassic Park. Apparently most …
Rise and Fall of the D.O.D.O. by Neal Stephenson and Nicole Galland
A review by Nalini Haynes Melisande Stokes is a linguist at Harvard, enticed away from academic life by Tristan Lyons, a mysterious man claiming to …
CHIPS (2017)
A review by Nalini Haynes 40 years after the TV series started airing, a CHIPS movie hit screens — and the movie spoofs the TV …
Jurassic Pork — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
Jurassic Pork is bringing home the bacon. This would be a conspiguous dinosaur. Would this make a pterodactyl a flying pig? Does this mean Miss Piggy is a …
The Ones That Disappeared by Zana Fraillon
A review by Nalini Haynes Ezra, Miran and Isa are children living in slavery, tending opium plans in a basement in Australia. They’re rarely allowed …
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Regular readers may have noticed that posts have become less frequent and interviews even more so this year. Over the past few years I’ve increasingly …
Junkfoodman (aka the Green Hamburger) — a silly illo by Ian Gunn
I have no words for Junkfoodman. Obviously it’s a spoof of the Green Lantern, possibly a combo of Ronald MacDonald and the Green Lantern. My …
Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
A review by Nalini Haynes Humpty Dumpty fell off his wall and broke into hundreds of pieces. Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary of …
Kong: Skull Island
A review by Nalini Haynes A US soldier and a Japanese fighter crash on Wonder Woman’s island. There can’t be two islands that look the …