The world of superheroes has many unique, iconic, and loyal companions, and some of them, while quite adorable, can get ...

Since the very beginning, the comic book industry has thrived on weird and creative ideas, and none are better than the wackiest team-ups and crossovers. The best of these combine completely ...

Because I want to make sure that the person to whom I’m recommending a book will at least like the book, I often shy away from recommending “weird” books. By weird, I mean books where people ...

Superman has been around since superheroes comics began, so of course some of those stories are bound to be absolutely insane ...

Someday, when I open a bookstore and the big bucks roll in, I’ll display titles in narrow categories, ensuring no one finds anything and has to wander. This summer survey will be my trial run.

It is the aim of Kate Marshall’s excellent new book, “Novels by Aliens: Weird Tales and the Twenty-First Century,” to rectify this neglect. For Marshall, an English professor at the ...

Now, she’s the author of a book with a tongue-in-cheek guide to living like it’s 999 AD — or thereabouts — called “Weird Medieval Guys: How to Live, Love, Laugh (and Die) in Dark Times.” ...

Recommending a weird book ... Because I want to make sure that the person to whom I’m recommending a book will at least like the book, I often shy away from recommending “weird” books.