About Me…
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I’ve been writing provocatively on-line since around 1998: about Canadian film/TV, Canadian culture & identity, as well as about comic books and graphic novels. But I also occasionally write fiction, with stories published in Strange Horizons, Daily SF, On Spec, the acclaimed Tesseracts anthology (the 19th volume), and other places over the years. I mention this because I’ve put out a few pulp story collections. And if you enjoy this blog, essays, reviews, and/or any of my websites, one way to show support would be to check out MY FICTION COLLECTIONS and, if they look interesting…buy one! It ain’t PATREON or anything, but it’s a way of showing you think what I’ve been doing is worth doing, and would help keep this blog and the websites up.
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Category Archives: Canadian film and TV
Reviewing: True Patriot (“Canadian Comic Book Adventures”)
This is part review/part broader analysis. So I’ll be looking at both the 2014 soft cover TPB, True Patriot, as well as referencing some superhero prose anthologies and some of my own writings in the field. Plus I’ll be reflecting … Continue reading
Does Canadian Film & TV Have its Own Hollywood-Style Sexual Predators?
(I originally established this blog primarily to write about Canadian film & TV. In recent months I’ve diversified, both to pontificate about other topics of interest to me, and also because most of my Canadian film/TV musings were going to … Continue reading
Behind-the-Scenes: “The Monster of Gander (Newfoundland, of course)”
This is another one of my (irregular) posts looking behind-the-scenes at individual stories in my collection of Canadian superhero stories — which I’m posting, well, in the hopes you might stumble upon this blog, get mildly intrigued, and buy the … Continue reading
What’s in a Name? Superheroes and National Identity
This is part of my irregular series of posts looking behind-the-scenes at the prose superhero collection, Masques & Capes: An Imaginary History. Obviously I’m hoping to promote the book, but I’m also reflecting on comic book superheroes, cultural identity, and … Continue reading
Behind-the-Scenes: The Canadian Film Biz..and Superheroes!
Today: another in my irregular series of behind-the-scenes pieces detailing some of the creative process behind the stories in my collection of Canadian superhero prose tales, Masques & Capes: An Imaginary History. Now, obviously, a writer banging on about the … Continue reading
Exploring Canadian Identity in Canadian TV
Just a link to my most recent Canadian film/TV rant at Huffington Post Canada — uh, I mean, considered opinion — on Canadian film & TV and cultural identity. Y’know, my usual bedbug. This time inspired by a tweet essay … Continue reading
Behind-the-Scenes Story: “The Sinister Affair of the Group of Eight”
In my desire to promote my short story collection of Canadian superhero stories that span from the 1930s to today, I’m going to post a few pieces delving into individual stories and some of the creative decisions I made (obviously … Continue reading
Blogging About Canadian Comics
I’ve been on a bit of a kick recently writing about superhero comics — and especially Canadian superhero comics. Traditionally this blog was mostly concerned with talking about Canadian film & TV. But my interests have always been broader, and … Continue reading
Another Great Canadian Babes List (2014)
And now we return to that frivolous but oh-so culturally imperative theme — Hot Canadian Babes! About two years ago I posted a list of 33 Hottest Canadian Babes (specifically actresses rather than models or other celebrities). Part of the … Continue reading
The Wrong About “The Right Kind of Wrong”
(And no — I don’t know why there are no paragraph breaks! Technology sucks!) Canadian film seems to go through phases. Much to my surprise there’s been a recent spat of something that used to be a fairly rare beast … Continue reading
