When adapting an Italian comic book that stars a moody Rupert Everett lookalike investigating crimes of the undead and aided by what is essentially Groucho Marx, the first thing you should do is…well…not do that. But, the makers of Dylan Dog: Dead of Night just couldn’t help themselves. Truth be told, I can’t really blame … Continue reading
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Hail to the Chief
Way back in December, one of my earliest posts on Rhoades to Madness was my excitement over seeing Honest-to-Godforsaken Abe cutting a swath through the vampire legions on the big screen. If Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter the book had a fault, it took the subject matter too seriously, taking a Doris Kearns Goodwin-style approach to … Continue reading
The Great Emancipator, Bitches
Easily one of the cooler ideas for an alternate history mash-up, Lincoln’s brooding personality and the turmoil of the day lend a lot of credence to the notion that there were vampires running amok in the 1860s and Honest Abe was fighting a clandestine war against them. The novel was written by Seth Grahame-Smith, who … Continue reading