A TV series in the Gundam franchise by Sunrise and Bandai In the final stretch of the first arc, the crew of The Diva is placed in quite the predicament. Captain Grodek has discovered the… Read More

A Multiplatform game for DS, PS3, 360, PS2 and Wii – I reviewed the Wii version With the upcoming AEW Dynamite game being produced by Yukes, WWE is about to have it’s first le… Read More

A Pay-Per-View event by Impact Wrestling I know that I’m months and months late for this one, but I started this review a while back and for some reason never finished writing it. B… Read More

2021 is dead and gone, and good riddance! It’s a new year, and a great time to start looking back at some big stuff from 2021 in order to look forward. Big shocker, The Pandemic is sti… Read More

A Television show by the BBC You might have thought I forgot about my promise to keep watching Red Dwarf, but good news – I’m right here with yet another episode review! When… Read More

A manga by Kenji Saito & Parabora Goodbye! I’m Being Reincarnated! Vol. 1 does a good job of being the antithesis of some of the Isekai genre’s worst aspects, while still… Read More

A Book by John Christopher Man science fiction is wild! Who would ever dream up a story about a virus that started in China and was hidden until it wreaked havoc on the local population… Read More

A manga by Oishi Romy and Meshe As expected, Ryoka and Shuhei have moved on to another level, but it’s still just Ryoka that can remember any of the details of their ordeal. For tho… Read More

A manga by Nobuaki Tadano I’m not really sure if this is better categorized as a science fiction manga or a horror manga, but it definitely follows my horror trend last year. 7 Bill… Read More

A manga by Oishi Romy and Meshe It appears after all my hype and hat-tipping to my man, Shuhei, was in vain as he really did not stand a chance in a one-on-one battle with a monster hellb… Read More

A book by by Neville and Valerie Bennett, edited by Rachel Simons The Falklands War is something I should know more about, but sadly am pretty ignorant on aside from the absolute basics… Read More

by Harutoshi Fukui and drawn by Kōzō Ōmori Confession time – I have yet to see the film for Gundam NT despite being a huge Gundam fan. I’m usually on it, but I… Read More

A manga by Oishi Romy and Meshe After the introduction of “X” (pronounced “Sai”) version 2.0, it seemed like Ryoka and Shuhei were once again stuck in an unwinnabl… Read More

A manga by Oishi Romy and Meshe At the end of my last review, I talked about how I went into chapter two with my idea of what the “rules” of this story were, assuming this wou… Read More

A Videogame for multiple platforms It’s been a while since I’ve played a Doctor Who videogame, but with my son’s recent obsession with Daleks, came an idea that we could… Read More

A book by John Christopher Continuing from my last two reviews, I have finally come to the final book in the Tripods trilogy, The Pool of Fire, as written by John Christopher in the late… Read More

A Graphic novel by Maud Begon based on Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1912 classic It has been quite a while since I’ve read Frances Hodgson Burnett’s 1912 classic The Secret… Read More

A Graphic Novel by Wilbert Van Der Steen and Marc Legendre Perhaps my first foray into the world of European Comics was when I got hooked on the 1990’s Tintin television series base… Read More

A Book by Hew Strachan Hew Strachan is perhaps one of the more celebrated World War I experts, and delivers a book that strives to be different than all of the other World War I books on… Read More

An audio drama by Wondery After quite enjoying a podcast by Lindsay A. Graham called American History Tellers, I decided to look into something he mentioned on an interview podcast &ndash&hell…Read More

A Graphic Novel Izu, Madd, & Kalon I’m not going to lie, I’m not really into E-Sports in any way, and to avoid sounding like an old out-of-touch man, I don’t quite … Read More

P Pay-Per-View event by Ring of Honor Wrestling (ROH) I run hot and cold with Ring of Honor (ROH) Wrestling. I’ve actually seen them live a handful of times, and they really know ho… Read More

I somehow never managed to go to the “old” version of the Truman Library – this is despite the fact that my Grandfather actually worked for some of his family in Kansas, an… Read More

An audio Drama by Cavan Scott as part of The High Republic multimedia series. Lourna Dee has been presented as a fearsome character. She has been characterized as the most ruthless, and… Read More

A Wrestling Pay-Per-View by All Elite Wrestling This Pay-per-view, without a doubt, was possibly one of AEWs biggest shows in their short history, and perhaps one of their most important… Read More

A Pay-Per-View Event by Fite.TV and EC3 In 2013 TNA Wrestling introduced a new character named Ethan Carter III. he was the kayfabe nephew of company owner Dixie Carter, and fake grandson… Read More

One of the more interesting places that I have traveled to during this project it would have to be a small town in Kansas named Lecompton. Nestled off of I-70, not too far from Lawrence KS… Read More

Sometimes, it’s good to get outside and take a walk around, I like to do it in conjunction with looking at Historic markers since it gives me a little goal to achieve when walking from… Read More

In one of my mini trips to my birthing grounds (Kansas), I wanted to make sure I went back to Osawatomie to visit the John Brown Museum that is there. That particular chapter is yet to come… Read More

A Pay-Per-View Event from the National Wrestling Alliance What an incredible couple of weeks in Wrestling it has been! We’ve seen some stuff I’ll talk about in another review… Read More

A Book by Sarah Seaton OOOOF! I felt like I needed a drink while reading this. Childhood and Death in Victorian England by Sarah Seaton is a hard read. That isn’t to say it… Read More

A Manga By Shima Shinya (Author), Justina Ireland (Author), Mizuki Sakakibara (Illustrator) I have been really impressed with the Star Wars multimedia Event – The High Republic. Usu… Read More

A book by Dr Jonathan Oates In my honest opinion, Pen & Sword is at it’s best with their selection of true crime books. I appreciate them a lot because most authors have a tende… Read More

A book by by Arthur Chichester I found this book sometime last year via looking up information on a YouTube channel I have grown to love called “Bald and Bankrupt” by the same… Read More

A manga by Tsukasa Saimura, Kozo Takahashi As we head closer and closer into spooky season, I saw this in my queue and decided – “why not let’s look at a Japanese take o… Read More

A Book By by Jacki Hill-Murphy Reading about adventurers or explorers is not really in my historical wheelhouse, so I was unfamiliar with Isabella Bird prior to reading this book. If she… Read More

A Graphic Novel by Jakub Topor Going into this, I had no idea what to expect considering the description. The unlikely plotline of two extreme right-wing white nationalists falling in lov… Read More

Normally when I do these, I am visiting local historical sites and talking about historical events that happened in the Western Missouri, Eastern Kansas areas. This entry is a bit different… Read More

A Graphic Novel by Aimée de Jongh The Dust Bowl is an often overlooked period in United States history, lasting from 1934-1936, and 1939–1940. When times were already rough f… Read More

One thing I sometimes like to do on my Kindle is roll into the News stand section and check a few magazines out here and there. I get a few subscriptions for free with Amazon Prime, but… Read More

When I was a kid, a staple of the handful of field trips that a student would go on in the general Kansas City metropolitan area, was Missouri town 1855. I recall making such a trip sometime… Read More

In my tour of both Kansas and Missouri sites including The Battle of Mine Creek and The Marais Des Cygnes Massacre Memorial, the final stop was Butler, Mo for The Battle of Island Mound Stat… Read More

A book by Julian Maxwell Heath As a child, I had a deep fascination with the remarkable culture of Ancient Egypt. I still enjoy reading about Kemetic deities, and spend countless hours wa… Read More

My son is now at that age where he can attend events and go to big activities and actually enjoy it, and even remember it down the road. Because of this, I have been bringing him to a handfu… Read More

A book by Rhoda Wooldridge I’m doing a project for by blog where I visit historical places, do a reading from a book on the topic, and write about it. When it came time to visit a p… Read More

A comic by Brandon M. Easton and Hideyuki Kikuchi As a youngster. I recall the exact moment that I fell in love with anime. Granted, I had unwittingly been watching it for years (Voltron… Read More

A book by Alisa Kwitney NOTE: I received a free preliminary, and likely unedited copy of this book from Netgalley for the purposes of providing an honest, unbiased review of the material… Read More

A graphic novel by Prosperi Buri NOTE: I received a free preliminary, and likely unedited copy of this book from Netgalley for the purposes of providing an honest, unbiased review of the… Read More

A Comic by Wayne Vansant, a reprint of a comic from 1996(?) In my recent interview with Antonio Gil, he had mentioned that one of his influences was Wayne Vansant, I was unfamiliar, so a… Read More

A Doctor Who audio adventure by Big Finish (#28 in the main range) Continuing on from Minuet in Hell (2001), this adventure follows the Eighth Doctor, as played by Paul McGann and Charley… Read More

A book by Simon Webb NOTE: I received a free preliminary, and likely unedited copy of this book from Netgalley for the purposes of providing an honest, unbiased review of the materia… Read More

A book by Kenneth Lesley-Dixon Cover NOTE: I received a free preliminary, and likely unedited copy of this book from Netgalley for the purposes of providing an honest, unbiased review… Read More

A graphic novel by Garth Ennis, Carlos Ezquerra, Hector Ezquerra, Tony Avina and Simon Bowland. NOTE: I received a free preliminary, and likely unedited copy of this book from Netgalley f… Read More

A graphic novel by Eric E. Glover (Author), Arielle Jovellanos (Illustrator) Cover via AmazonNOTE: I received a free preliminary, and likely unedited copy of this book from Netgalley for… Read More

Here it is, the next chapter in the long arduous epic that is waiting for my 6 Star Trek Mission Crates to show up. I’ve spoken on the past few crate reviews about the situation &ndash&hell…Read More

Continuing my day of being snowed-in, here is my second of third January loot box reviews. If you’d like to see more reviews of the various subscription boxes I get, please head rig… Read More

As I sit here, basically snowed-in after the sky dumped well over a foot of snow on my neighborhood with not a plow in sight, I figured I better post some reviews of the three Loot Crate box… Read More

Around the time I had just started college, I fell in love with an anime on Toonami Midnight Run called Cyborg 009. At the time, I was oblivious to the age of the property or that it was he… Read More

For a while now, my favorite wrestling promotion has NOT been WWE or Impact Wrestling, but Lucha Underground. I’ve always been a fan of lucha libre, ever since one of my friends and I… Read More

“Compassion Doctor. It has always been your greatest indulgence…” This year, I have decided to not read too many Doctor Who spoilers, to not look at set reports, or to no… Read More

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(From Red Dwarf) If you have a funny image that would make a great edition of The Monday Meme, feel free to send it to my Tumblr, Facebook, or email it to me! Links for these options are&nb&helli…Read More

If you have a funny image that would make a great edition of The Monday Meme, feel free to send it to my Tumblr, Facebook, or email it to me! Links for these options are located in the… Read More

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The McCoy Panel It’s been a few weeks since Planet Comicon, so this week Stephen discusses the rich convention schedule that has been popping up in Kansas City, MO in recent years. A b… Read More

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“In an urban society everything connects, each person’s needs are feed by the skills for many others, our lives are woven together in a fabric, but the connections that make so… Read More

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AKA season 1, episode 12 Episode 11 of The Tripods was an action-heavy chapter that dealt with the boys resorting to theft to get food while traveling to the White Mountains. The aftermath… Read More

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A review of Big Finish Audio drama 25 Written by: Steve Lyons Directed by: Gary Russell Sylvester McCoy (The Doctor), Sophie Aldred (Ace), David Tennant (Feldwebel Kurtz), Toby Longworth (H… Read More

Hope you enjoyed episode 2 of the new podcast! Here’s a selection of relevant links and videos that I rambled about in the episode. Feel free to comment and ask questions if you have… Read More

This week, the podcast takes a look at post-apocalyptic fiction in the 1980’s – starting out with a movie that was banned in 1965 by the BBC for being “too horrific”… Read More

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“Every time you go back to Gallifrey, it starts to make the Time Lords a bit too domesticated,” said Gatiss. “I know that’s why Russell T. Davies came up with the… Read More

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Sylvester McCoy and me As you can see from the title, this post is largely unrelated to the main theme of this site, and happens to be a convention report. Thankfully, as you can see from th… Read More