It’s now September, and, with a second season officially in the works, impossible to deny Netflix’s Stranger Things the title of summer’s buzz-worthiest show. In eight episodes, the Duffer Brothers manage to synthesize everything great about ’80s pop entertainment—Stephen King, Steven Spielberg, Marvel, D&D, and synthesizers—without once resorting to empty pastiche. It’s nostalgia with a soul, rare enough […]
Fan favorite writer Jim Zub’s latest is the ongoing Glitterbomb; the first collected volume released in February. It’s a horror story for our times. Set in the world of modern-day Hollywood, it follows Farrah Durante, a once-popular actress from a cult show who has descended into obscurity, for reasons for that have less to do with a lack of talent […]
