We Are the Industry

We Are the Industry

The gatekeepers of legacy print and comic book publishing have a habit of referring to themselves as "the Industry". Claiming that exclusive label may have been justified when the only alternatives were underground comics Xeroxed at the library or vanity presses. That claim started to sound disingenuous with the explosion…
July 31, 20185 Comments
Combat Frame Data: XCF-08D-1

Combat Frame Data: XCF-08D-1

  XCF-08D-1 Dead Drop    Technical Data Model number: XCF-08D-1 Code name: N/A Nickname: Dead Drop Classification: custom energy weapon optimized high mobility combat frame Manufacturer: Zane Dellister Operator: Zane Dellister First deployment: CY 1 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 19 meters Weight: 50 metric tons Armor…
July 30, 20185 Comments
Generational Astrology

Generational Astrology

If you frequent social media and dissident blogs, it's hard to escape the phenomenon of people getting woke to generational differences. Much is made of Strauss-Howe generational theory. Some claim they can predict where the country's heading based on the age of the people in charge cross-referenced with the general…
July 27, 201847 Comments
Star Knight Saga

Star Knight Saga

Visionary, scholar, and Man of the West Bradford Walker announces his campaign for The Star Knight Saga, Book One: Reavers of the Void! No one's ever attempted a Space Opera like this. Real Robots, Super Robots, Knights with Laser Swords, Space Battleships fighting fleet actions by the thousands, heroes you…
July 26, 20189 Comments
SFF Death Report Greatly Exaggerated

SFF Death Report Greatly Exaggerated

Longtime readers may remember when I posted this graph: That image made the rounds and caused a bit of a stir in certain indie quarters a couple years back. Most of us sensed that the market for science fiction books had drastically shrunk since the good old days. A lot…
July 25, 201816 Comments
#owngoals: World Con Edition

#owngoals: World Con Edition

Courtesy of author Yakov Merkin Even before the Campaign to End Puppy-related Sadness was a glimmer in Larry Correia's eye, it was an open secret among normal SFF fans and authors that World Con had entered terminal decline. If you don't know what World Con is, you're not alone, and…
July 24, 201818 Comments
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Combat Frame Data: CF-06

CF-06 Grenzmark II   Technical Data Model number: CF-06 Code name: Grenzmark II Nickname: Grento Classification: mass production flight-capable combat frame Manufacturer: Seed Corporation Operator: Systems Overterrestrial Coalition First deployment: CY 1 Crew: 1 pilot in cockpit in chest Height: 17.5 meters Weight: dry weight 50.4 metric tons, full weight…
July 23, 201810 Comments
Gunn Control

Gunn Control

Leftists took vicious delight in ruining anyone who failed to celebrate their transformation of the West into NYC's 42nd St. circa 1974. And they could libel, deplatform, and disemploy with impunity while the controlled opposition of Conservative Inc. played the Washington Generals to the Left's Harlem Globetrotters. But now that…
July 21, 201821 Comments
Fat Kafkatrap

Fat Kafkatrap

Alpha Geek Daddy Warpig shares news of the latest SJW kafkatrap disguised as entertainment. Netflix's trailer for its new series, Insatiable, is facing a backlash across social media for its apparent "fat-shaming" plot. The series stars Debby Ryan as Patty, a high school teen who has been bullied because of…
July 20, 201821 Comments
Eat the Universe Indeed

Eat the Universe Indeed

Bleeding Fool reports that failing legacy comic book publisher Marvel Comics is ostensibly reaching out to fans by offering a slate of sub-G4 tier programming, including a barely Marvel-themed cooking show. The two on the right look like they just discovered Heather Antos' boiled bunny in that pot. Ever since Marvel…
July 19, 201830 Comments