Movies Sirki’s Summons: May 10 – Peter Gunn draconicverses, May 11, 2013 Greetings from beyond the veil, Effendi. Accompanied by one of the most popular TV themes ever (written by Henry Mancini, no less), Craig Stevens embodied coolness as sophisticated private detective PETER GUNN for three seasons (1958-1961). He also played the character in a feature film, Blake Edwards’ GUNN (1967). Edwards… Continue Reading
Movies Prince Sirki Summons the Master of Stop-Motion draconicverses, May 7, 2013 Greetings my friends. It is with a very heavy heart that I write today’s column. No doubt, many of you have heard by now of the passing of the wizard of stop-motion – or as he dubbed it, DYNAMATION – Ray Harryhausen. I had the privilege of briefly making his… Continue Reading
Dracomics Prince Sirki Summons an Architect of the DC Universe draconicverses, April 6, 2013 Greetings, friends. Yesterday afternoon (Thursday, April 5), legendary comic book artist George Peréz posted on his Facebook page, the sad news that comic book legend Carmine Infantino had passed away at the age of 87. Legend hardly describes the man. Icon is probably a better term, in that he was… Continue Reading
Draconically Speaking Draconically Speaking: Oh, Oscar, Oscar, Oscar. draconicverses, February 25, 2013 Every year the ‘In Memoriam’ segment of The Academy Awards broadcast remembers those talents in the film industry that passed away between last year’s show and this year’s show. It seems that each year, there’s been growing controversy about who is included & who is seemingly forgotten, or apparently just… Continue Reading
The Dragon Remembers... Price Sirki Escorts a LOTR Production Alumni Into the West for the Third Time This Year. draconicverses, December 31, 2012 It was learned early this morning that Oscar winning Sound Editor, Mike Hopkins, was killed in a rafting accident. Mr. Hopkins won Oscars for Sound Editing on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings – The Two Towers (2002) and King Kong (2005). He did sound for all three of… Continue Reading
The Dragon Remembers... Prince Sirki Summons the Father of Supermarionation draconicverses, December 31, 2012 Greetings from beyond the veil, Effendi. A few months back, I did a Sirki’s Summons column to mark the anniversary of the passing of Gene Roddenberry, who basically created a whole new domain of pop culture. Earlier today, I found that I’d missed the passing of another founder of truly… Continue Reading
Movies Prince Sirki Summons Commander McHale draconicverses, July 8, 2012 Very sad news today. There are few names in Hollywood that resonates with multiple generations. We lost one of those names today. If you grew up in the 60s – 70s, you think “McHale’s Navy”. If you grew up in the 80s, you think “Airwolf”. Kids from the 90s to… Continue Reading
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
The Dragon Remembers... Prince Sirki Visits Hooterville, Closes General Store draconicverses, June 11, 2012 Yesterday, veteran actor Frank Cady passed away at the age of 96. Though he will no doubt be best remembered as the proprietor of Hooterville’s General Store, Sam Drucker, for all 7 seasons of Petticoat Junction and all 6 seasons of Green Acres, Cady was also featured in two of… 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