Firefly

With its blend of strategy, psychology, and chance, the classic card game of poker has a canny knack for finding its way into unexpected places, including the weird and wonderful world of science fiction. In various...

Lewis Call is a professor history at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Call’s research interests in Intellectual History, Anarchism, History of Sexuality, and Science Fiction Studies. After publishing various articles on Buffy the Vampire...

On Friday, March 31, 2017, in Room 300DE at the Anaheim Convention Center, from 4:00 – 5:00, a panel occurred at WonderCon to discuss Joss Whedon’s most famous television series. Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Two Decades...

Several years ago, I had developed a course at Rutgers University called “Labor in Popular Culture,” where we would watch a different labor-oriented movie or TV show each class, and delve into the history and issues...

The covers: Five covers for you to fly off and find if you’re a hardcore fan. The Regular cover is a beauty by interior artist Phil Noto. This shows Poe in X-wing fighter gear, helmet on,...

Television and science fiction fans alike are mourning the passing of Emmy-nominated actor Ron Glass, who was perhaps best known for his breakout role and portrayal of Detective Ron Harris in the seventies sitcom, ‘Barney Miller‘ along...

Since it was abruptly cancelled back in 2003. Fans have been longing to see a continuation of Joss Whedon’s western science fiction series ‘Firefly’. In the intervening years we got ‘Serenity’ back in 2005 and the...

Futuristic, modern spaceships of TV and movies can be an inspiration for home design. Make your home futuristic with cutting-edge technology, but also mod interior design. Here are some ways you can use iconic, sci-fi ships...

Farpoint is one of the most fun, fan friendly and fascinating conventions on planet Earth. You can get there any way you wish. I actually beamed in , however, you can use a starship, shuttlecraft, wormhole,...

The cover: New artist, inker, and colorist, Stuart Immonen, Wade von Grawbadger (since when don’t inkers rate cover credit?), and Justin Ponsor, have created a terrific cover that features my favorite character: Luke Skywalker. It seems...

The cover: Boba Fett has got his sights set on young Luke Skywalker. The Jedi in training could be a threat to the bounty hunter as he has his lightsaber held ready. I like covers where the...

In the new book, Joss Whedon: Geek King of the Universe, author Amy Pascale has succeeded in writing a beautiful, engrossing, biography of Joss Whedon, the brilliant writer/director, who, at the age of 50, is hopefully...