July 2020

I'd Really Like to Eat a Child, by Sylviane Donnio [an offbeat review]

I’d been looking forward to this one for a while based on the title alone. In my ongoing search for offbeat selections, it frequently...

And another thing...

Them: You got your preliminary character studies from the illustrator? Congrats! Me: Thanks. It's so cool to finally see them in the...

Cecil the Pet Glacier, by Matthea Harvey [an offbeat review]

Cecil the Pet Glacier might be described as avant-garde, somber, borderline surreal. If you use those adjectives on a regular basis,...

Claire? Is that you?

I got the preliminary character designs for Claire, Betsy, and the Martians! It's so exciting. I've never seen anything I've written...

Will the real Claire please step forward?

Ohmygod!Ohmygod!Ohmygod! Mariano says he may have the initial character design ready to show me by as early as this week. I don't know...

That's Not Your Mommy Anymore, by Matt Mogk [an offbeat review]

"Zombies?" you're thinking to yourself. "That is sooo early 2000's." Or maybe "Holy shit, that's inappropriate." You wouldn't be wrong on...

Monsters Eat Whiny Children, by Bruce Eric Kaplan [an offbeat review]

I have two children, neither of them whiny. I also have a donut tree in the backyard. And I can turn college loan statements into bacon...

CHARLES DUNN