Anita Blake is the main character in a series of novels by Laurel K. Hamilton. The Anita Blake series came along in the very early days of the Urban Fantasy boom. In many ways Anita Blake shaped what female protagonists of Urban Fantasy heroes have become. In short, Anita can be considered one of the Grande...

Welcome back Spacies! This week on Meet Cleaver Theatre the Pandoracon Edition we’re heading off to Hong Kong…oriental city of mystery! We’re gonna take a stab at the 1988 chop-socky robot “classic” “I Love Maria”! It’s all about crimefighting in the streets of...

I look back on my childhood in wonderment. I wonder that my parents let me do and read some of the things they did. My folks rarely held anything back from me, reading wise. I began reading “Heavy Metal” when I was 10, for example. My folks drew that line at anything that the comic book store kept in the...

(Before I go any further I must put in a little warning: “Spoilers, sweetie.” If you are not current on Doctor Who you may wish to stop reading until you’ve gotten all the way through the most recent season of the show.) Yes, it’s time for one of the most intriguing and best dressed Women of...

In 1992 Joss Whedon (creator of oh so many things beloved in geek/nerdom) brought us a singularly appealing movie; Buffy the Vampire Slayer. At first blush it just looked silly. It was about a self-centered, cute ditzy cheerleader who just so happened to be the long lost mystical Slayer of vampires. Turns...