When the popular RPG Kingdom Come Deliverance was discussed a couple years ago the topic of historical accuracy in games became pretty heated.  Now with its release, and some information about Assassin’s Creed Origins historical references coming to light the topic is in our media again.  How important is historical accuracy in games though?  I … [Read more…]

There has been a lot of background noise around the recent release of Black Panther.  Unfortunately it did cause me some trepidation in going to see it.  I thought, this better be good or the noise around it will be an absolute nightmare beyond what it already was.  It is a MCU movie though, and … [Read more…]

The Island is an ongoing webcomic series set in a future Earth that has been ravaged by war.  Anant, a sailor on an Indian naval submarine arrives on the island seeking the town of Peony Hill.  He’s met by a strange young woman who offers to help.  Nearby is also a Chinese aircraft carrier where … [Read more…]

It’s not often a comic leaves me speechless but Peter Simeti did it with The Chair.  I got into the series late, during the re-release newsprint edition and now I’m a little sad that I missed the original run ten years ago.  Perhaps if I hadn’t had my head buried so deep in Marvel (to … [Read more…]

Eight times to the theater in the month of December.  Overall, it was an absurdly good month.  Not a single movie that I saw fell under a B.  I don’t think that’s ever happened before. I started off the month with The Man Who Invented Christmas, a dramatization of Charles Dickens writing A Christmas Carol.  … [Read more…]

Recently author Jon Del Arroz was banned from attending WorldCon 76 in San Jose.  No specific reason was given, but a post on the convention’s Facebook page indicates that Jon intended to violate the event’s Code of Conduct.  We reached out to the press contact for WorldCon and unfortunately received no further clarification.  Their response … [Read more…]

2017 was a great year for geekdom.  We saw some great movies, games, and comics this year.  Awesome books and tech, and all fun things we geeks and nerds love.  Amidst all the negativity, conflict, and arguments there’s been a lot of good to be had.  So here’s a look 2017’s Best of Geek based … [Read more…]

Rags: A Zombie Shopping Spree is a preview comic for a series put together by Brian Ball, Trent Luther, and Luigitot Tuerel.  The issue gives us a glimpse of the life of Marine Cpl Regina Ragowski in the midst of a zombie outbreak.  It appears, from information on the site that the regular run will … [Read more…]

Editor’s Note: I could not avoid spoilers completely.  I did try to brush past the big ones but there are a few here. The Last Jedi is a clear passing of the torch for the Star Wars franchise. Where The Force Awakens gives us an introduction to the ‘new generation’ the latest installment gives them … [Read more…]

Alterna Comics is proud to announce that the METAPHASE graphic novel by Chip Reece, Kelly Williams, and Peter Simeti, has sold out and is going back to print to fill a surge in demand. METAPHASE, originally created in 2014 and published in 2015, tells the story of Ollie, a boy with Down syndrome, that wants … [Read more…]