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Last week we had an overview of weapons throughout history and how it's a constant game of balance and oneupmanship. Now we're looking at future weapons and Scifi stuff! There's a lot of potential ...

Halloween is just around the corner, so what better thing to do than talk about monsters?

Specifically, what has motivated humanity to create them, talk about them, fear them and love them across time and across culture.

Monsters are generally linked with our sense of fear. Fear is an adaptive ...

Now that's a little TOO scary!

Horror is perfect for metaphor and allegory. In fact, a horror story is often allegorical by default, what with its bizarre landscapes and freaky beasties.

Here are some categories of horror and some thoughts on what they symbolize:

Reality Bites


psycho killer! Qu ...

Dance With the Devil
the attraction and repulsion of horror


There a few things - movies, books, stories and TV shows - that scared me enough as a kid that I still remember them. Some are just moments from a book, show or whatever that wasn't that scary beyond that one ...

Photo: “Android Blues: Complete, Graphic Novel (Test Prints)”. Android Blues created by Stahlberg. (September 2024)

Here is a chance to be a proud owner of the GORGEOUS, tangible first edition Android Blues graphic novel (450 Pages). Sign-up on the Pre-Launch Kickstarter to reserve a copy. The first TWO HUNDRED book ...

The Red Carpet submissions have not only closed but …*drumroll* …

The group shots are already ready! I'm ahead of my game for a change!

However as I was making the group shots I came across completely by chance (fortunately) of a CASUAL submission entry that had been sent to ...

Photo: “M.Organ Milestone (Adults Only)”. M.Organ Art by MOrgan. (August 2024)

M.ORGAN ART MILESTONE

MOrgan writes:

“Hi



M.Organ Art reached 800 pages on Sunday, August 25.



Since the update probably isn't safe for the front page, I've made up a hopefully safe image.



Have ...

This is an amazing musical themed comic about the destined meeting of Blotto with Cork and the musical magical they made together… Blotto is stuck playing guitar for a boring Christian band in church, lorded over by a bossy harridan of a bandleader. And when he studies at music school ...

I'm still rewatching Star Trek the Next Generation, slowly, and Better Call Saul as well. Both are a treat, and they use pretty much opposite types of continuity. Or close to it -

Next Gen was made in the 80's and early 90's. At the time, the decree ...

Photo: “Abbeycourt Manor, Spring 2025, Venue TBD”. Albino Squirrel Productions Flier by ShadowGamer. (June 2024)


ShadowGamer of Powerup Comics, Powerup Adventure, If Bernie Won, Super Brigade, Gamer Dilbert, and Abbeycourt Manor has MEGA NEWS that is so Out Of This World that it is In This Actual World.

ShadowGamer Reports ...