Wm. Mark Simmons
Well, better late than never...
My late summer reading consisted of slam-dancing through C.T. Phipps' "Supervillainy" series via Audible.
A lot of my recent fiction (and non-fiction) is consumed through the Audible app as I'm working on various projects.
I actually went back and restarted a couple of the books as they are deceptively light reads with subtle complexities that you can miss if you're skimming along the surface.
I especially admired the way Phipps creatively mirrored the whole comic book mythos (DC, Marvel, and beyond) within his own worldbuilding and lovingly sent them all up, tropes and all. And, hey: I'm a sucker for giant robots, Nazi scientists, Amazons riding dinosaurs and old sci-fi/fantasy movie serials dropped in a literary blender with a snarky protagonist and lots of self-aware, genre-related introspection.
Aside from all the stuff to love, ya gotta hand it to a man who can come up with alternate names and costumes for nearly a hundred (if not more) copyrighted superheroes (and villains) of every stripe, cape, tights, spandex, and mask! If you haven't read a comic book, don't worry; you'll not be lost. If you are a fan of the genre, prepare to be gobsmacked (in a good way)!
My late summer reading consisted of slam-dancing through C.T. Phipps' "Supervillainy" series via Audible.
A lot of my recent fiction (and non-fiction) is consumed through the Audible app as I'm working on various projects.
I actually went back and restarted a couple of the books as they are deceptively light reads with subtle complexities that you can miss if you're skimming along the surface.
I especially admired the way Phipps creatively mirrored the whole comic book mythos (DC, Marvel, and beyond) within his own worldbuilding and lovingly sent them all up, tropes and all. And, hey: I'm a sucker for giant robots, Nazi scientists, Amazons riding dinosaurs and old sci-fi/fantasy movie serials dropped in a literary blender with a snarky protagonist and lots of self-aware, genre-related introspection.
Aside from all the stuff to love, ya gotta hand it to a man who can come up with alternate names and costumes for nearly a hundred (if not more) copyrighted superheroes (and villains) of every stripe, cape, tights, spandex, and mask! If you haven't read a comic book, don't worry; you'll not be lost. If you are a fan of the genre, prepare to be gobsmacked (in a good way)!
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