A few that caught my eye this week... Action Comics #1089 - cover art by Skylar Pratridge Batman and Robin #24 - cover art by Jorge Fornes Superman: The Kryptonite Spectrum - cover art by Alex Eckman-Lawn Black Ritual: The Book of Nyx #1 - cover art by Nat Jones So, which were YOUR favorites?

Are wasps vindictive? (Asking for a wife who is aiming to take out the nest in her garden planter.) Oh, in case you missed it (or didn't want to trudge over to X to listen to it there) here is the Best Of episode in which my co-host, April Neale, and I discuss The Twilight…

This episode aired February 27, 1989. Hot young director Alex Bradey was obviously a nod to hot young director (at the time) Steven Spielberg who directed one of Columbo's earliest outings "Murder by the Book". Actor Fisher Stevens, who played the role of Bradey, was a hot young actor at the time, coming off the…

Getting his rough with Brussel sprouts - Crunchy eel... Out and About with Sharky: Alfie's... Peanut butter pretzel... Reminder: sausage rolls! Stubborn boy... Sharky tackles watermelon...  

How many episodes will you give a show before giving up? 1?  2?  3? 4 or more? When I was producing Dark Matter, the president of the production company emphasized the need for those first three episodes to be absolute bangers because, according to him (And this is an opinion held by many in the…

Columbo returned to television on February 6, 1989, eleven years after "The Conspirators" aired. In the years following "The Conspirators", Peter Falk made it clear that he would consider returning to the character at a manageable workload. Attempts to negotiate a new contract with Falk had fallen through back in 1978 and, again, five years…

Our Best Of series spotlights the very best episodes of the very best sci-fi shows as chosen by YOU the fans.  For those of you who would rather not venture into the wilderness that is X, I have converted our chats to mp4 for your listening pleasure.. My co-host Jeremy Adams and I discuss Farscape…

In the event you missed them - or didn't want to venture onto the X platform to check them out - here are the first two installments of the Best Of series, a month long marathon spotlighting the very best episodes of the very best sci-fi shows as chosen by YOU the fans. In our…

A late-it's-early blog entry! I have another 2025 crime read recommendation for you! Kills Well with Others by Deanna Rayburn Four life-long hitwomen for a clandestine international organization, now in their 60's, embark on a world-wide hunt for a vengeful assassin. I was at the farmer's market on Saturday, picking up some habanero peppers (among…

Traveling back to Toronto... Dozing off while snacking... Food inspector! Out and About - Pizzeria Badiali... Out and About: Roncesvalles... Super food... Sharky's workout tips...

After some deliberation, I've elected to discontinue my X Space series.  The Best Of marathon (spotlighting the very best episodes of the very best sci-fi shows as chosen by fans) was a lot of fun, mostly owing to the contributions of my wonderful hosts, but in the end they didn't engender as much interest as…

Me heading into this latest round of pitches... Community Notes in a nutshell... Things I hate to attend... A few more of my favorite 2025 Crime Reads... Karma Doll by Jonathan Ames Framed for murder, pursued by bounty hunters, detective Happy Doll seeks to tip the karmic scales in his favor. But how can he…

Tonight, in the final installment of this Best Of series, my co-host April Neale and I discussed The Twilight Zone's "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and The X-Files' "Home". https://x.com/BaronDestructo/status/1951085491605876983  

I flew solo tonight... https://x.com/BaronDestructo/status/1950360774041329916   

Yesterday, I had a great time talking Star Trek Deep Space Nine, Voyager, and Enterprise with sci-fi author Robert J. Saywer...