Japanese Monster Movies Prince Sirki Summons a Shobijin draconicverses, June 27, 2012 Sad news from Japan. Apparently Emi Ito, half of the musical pop duo The Peanuts (along with twin sister Yumi) has passed away. For those of you not familiar of the work of the Sisters Ito, you’d probably know them as the Shobijin,or the twin Fairies who sang Mothra’s song…. Continue Reading
News Prince Sirki Summons a Science-Fiction Scribe draconicverses, June 6, 2012 Earlier today, upon hearing the news, I tweeted the following: “The stars of heaven are now burning 451 degrees hotter & Mars has become a little more barren today. Godspeed, Ray Bradbury.” I first became aware of Mr. Bradbury’s work after watching THE BEAST FROM 20,000 FATHOMS (1953) and seeing… Continue Reading
News Prince Sirki Summons Barnabas Collins draconicverses, April 19, 2012 Weeks before a lavish feature film version is set to be unleashed upon the world, the first actor to play the central figure of the classic Gothic soap opera DARK SHADOWS, vampire Barnabas Collins – Jonathan Frid – has died at age 87. Though it just broached the news earlier… Continue Reading
News Loss of an Icon draconicverses, May 20, 2011 OOOOOOHHH YEAH!!!!! –cue Pomp & Circumstance– Wow. Macho Man Randy Savage is gone. I think this is the biggest wrestling passing since Andre the Giant. NO disrespect to those who’ve passed between them, but this was an ICON whose fame went BEYOND wrestling, as Andre’s did. Testament? Twitter is ablaze… Continue Reading