Andromeda Spaceways In-flight Magazine

Please welcome the newest Sponsor of Evil, Andromeda Spaceways In-flight Magazine. Each issue of this popular science fiction & fantasy magazine contains over 40,000 words of fiction, articles, interviews, reviews and editorial. Published every 2 months, Andromeda Spaceways is a brilliant and refreshing sci-fi publication.

The stories tend towards the light-hearted -- which fits my tastes perfectly.

Issue 25, the current issue, has some fantastic stories. Right out of the box, they hit you with two great ones: "The Mana Bar Kid" and "Knight Wanted." Both of these tales have great story hooks. The first is a play on the old "kids starving in Africa" line parents give finicky kids at the dinner table. Throw in a matter transporter to actually send the food to those kids -- and a stranger at the door -- and you have a really quirky story. "Knight Wanted" unfolds as a king holds a 21st-century-style interview for a knight -- with a satisfyingly clever twist at the end.

There are other intriguing stories -- like "In Walked a Goblin," "The Old Oxford Charm," and "The Red Priest's Vigil" -- and you have hours of enjoyable reading. Throw in a colorful features like poetry, reviews, and author biographies and you have hours of enjoyable reading.

Did I mention that it's only $4 for a PDF and $6 (+S&H) for a print copy?

CBR Top 50s

Comic Book Resources has announced two Top-Fity-Of-All-Time lists: One for writers and one for artists. Each lists includes a short bio of the person who made the list, a headshot, and an example of his or her work.

Herblock Retrospective

[Editor & Publisher] The Library of Congress is holding a Webcast tomorrow relating to editorial-cartooning legend Herblock, according to the ComicsDC blog.

Sara Duke, the LOC's curator of popular and applied graphic art, will speak during the online event -- which begins at 2 p.m. eastern time. To listen, follow this link.

Herb Block ("Herblock") was a masterful cartoonist whose cartoons about President Nixon were a devestating comment on the Watergate Era. This has the possibility to be a very interesting Webcast. From the Wikipedia:

He pointed out the dangers of Soviet aggression, the growing Nazi menace, and opposed American isolationists. In 1942, he won the Pulitzer Prize for the first time. He joined the Washington Post after serving in the military during World War II.

In the early 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of his recurring targets, for whom Herblock coined the term "McCarthyism" in a particular cartoon in 1950. He won a second Pulitzer Prize in 1954.

Herblock vigorously attacked the political abuses and scandals of the Nixon Administration and won his third Pulitzer Prize in 1979. Nixon canceled his subscription to the Washigton Post after Herblock drew him crawling out of a sewer.