Sites I Like

November 17, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

Roughly ten years ago, I was eliminating lots of excess in my reading. Magazines took the brunt of that elimination as they were unwieldy, expensive and in most cases, uneven on a month-to-month basis. Just as I was cutting great swaths through these and other insidious collectibles, I discovered a very specific publication from England Read More

FTH Comics Corner: Superman: American Alien #1

November 15, 2015 Author: John Amenta

Max Landis, writer of the found footage superhero film Chronicle, and son of Hollywood director John Landis, gives writing comics a go, and sets his sights on penning a good Superman story. This should be easy, as Supes has 75 plus years of history to mine from, and is one of the most recognized figures Read More

Tags: Clark Kent, Max Landis, Nick Dragotta, Superman, Superman: American Alien

Historical Note

November 14, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

As the resident Armchair Historian of this page, I find myself digging into old tomes, encyclopedias and websites that follow current archaeological investigations. Sometimes though, I discover historical items of interest through the strangest of means. In the most recent case, while watching an episode of the inane USA Network program WHITE COLLAR, I learned Read More

The Great Game

November 11, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

To mix it up here at the FtH page, every Tuesday or Wednesday I’ll be posting recaps from the weekly role-playing game sessions that I run for a group of people typically every Monday night. This game has been a concurrently running series of adventures using the Advanced Dungeons and Dragons first edition rule set, Read More

FTH Comics Corner: Back To The Future

November 11, 2015 Author: John Amenta

IDW, just in time to coincide with Back To The Future Day, celebrated on October 21st of this year, has begun releasing a miniseries based on the hit trilogy of films. Bob Gale, writer and producer of the films, lends his talents to creating a series of new short stories, featuring the characters fans have Read More

Tags: Back to the Future, Bob Gale, Delorean, Doc Brown, Marty Mcfly

FTH Film Review: Spectre

November 8, 2015 Author: John Amenta

James Bond returns for his 24th big screen adventure, Spectre. Given the high number of installments in the franchise, the odds would dictate that the quality of these films would have to fluctuate. This is true, for every Goldfinger, there has been a Moonraker. The good news for Bond fans across the globe is that Read More

Tags: 007, Christoph Waltz, Daniel Craig, James Bond, Spectre

Chatting with Dave Dorman

November 7, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

Dave Dorman is widely known for his iconic images of Star Wars characters, Indiana Jones and even high-profile superheroes. Many fans are likely unaware that Dave has been working on a personal project for the better part of the last two decades under the overall title of THE WASTED LANDS. The Wasted Lands are a Read More

Tony DiTerlizzi and Art

November 7, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

As an avid role gamer, you tend to get introduced to a plethora of artists of all types, styles and variety. I knew the name of Bill Willingham long before his ages-ago days at Comico, when his art overshadowed writing. Many other artists got their early starts working for table top role playing game publishers, Read More

Hello From The Hipsters!

November 6, 2015 Author: John Amenta

John Amenta here, otherwise known as Johnny Ganache, The D.A., not Sir Jon, or the other guy on FTH named John. Keep an eye on our new site for all kinds of cool articles and reviews. Keep listening to the show and come back here for high quality brain candy!