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John Linton Roberson (born in Kingstree, South Carolina, January 22, 1969), also known as JLRoberson, is an illustrator, cartoonist and writer, currently based in Seattle, Washington.

An alumnus of DePaul University, Roberson self-published the quarterly anthology

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Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Ultimate Avengers- The Movie: 1 of 1
What I liked about this straight-to DVD release: at least when it came to Captain America they preserved huge chunks of Millar's writing from the comic almost verbatim, and in one or two cases Bryan Hitch's layouts. I liked Cap's fall into the water in that regard. Thor was actually pretty cool. I liked that they kept him an... More..
Arts & Humanities > American Literature Book reviews: Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand: 1 of 1
This is no more than "Left Behind" for atheists. Take it from someone who once actually read all the way through this doorstop that would kill a cat if you tossed it at them. And, for that matter, read everything she ever wrote and was once afflicted with her philosophy for six months of my life in which, I promise, talking ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Book of Shadows, Blair Witch 2: 1 of 1
The first BLAIR WITCH, despite all the hype, scared the hell out of me, as I've written elsewhere here. But I didn't have high hopes for this one. What I did expect was better than this. You have no idea how bad a sequel can be till you see this-unless you've seen HALLOWEEN 3. I have, and it was better and more relevant to t... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Hills Have Eyes: 11 of 17
Wes Craven is a maddening mediocrity. I really cannot stand the SCREAM films-except the first. After that the postmodernism becomes an excuse for one more torture slasher series, but one that can sell itself to those too smart for such things. Along with Romero, Cronenberg, Carpenter and Hooper, Craven helped create the very... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Bram Stoker's Dracula: 2 of 3
It's fascinating seeing a movie that could have been so potentially good wreck like two freight trains head-on. Without any goth tendencies whatsoever, I can assure you(I'm wearing black right now, but that's because it's cold), Dracula and I go way back. I read and loved the book at an appallingly early age in the wake of s... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: Superman Returns: 28 of 37
Among film directors dealing in the now-profitable world of superheroes, Bryan Singer, like Sam Raimi, is the gold standard. He mixes a love of, and familiarity with, the material, deep enough to know what to use, with the filmmaker's taste to know what to leave out. He made two solid films from possibly the geekiest materia... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: American Psycho: 8 of 9
THIS IS NOT A HORROR FILM. The Eighties. God, how I hated living through that decade. Untrammeled greed, minimalism, banal music everywhere you turned, women treated like absolute crap, and snobbery based upon the level of one's material comforts. And absolute blindness to evil. Come to think of it, much of that could still ... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Fairy tales: 169 of 175
"THE UPSIDE-DOWN CASTLE" A REWORKING OF HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN'S THE EMPEROR'S NEW CLOTHES Once upon a time, there lived an emperor whose reign seemed in question from the day he took over the throne from his dearly beloved, deceased father. Fortunately, being the emperor, it was thought bad taste to remind him of his lack ... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover: 2 of 2
Today we have before us a luxurious and repugnant film, known to many (though few seem to admit liking it, even after watching the third time), Peter Greenaway's most fully successful vision, THE COOK, THE THIEF, HIS WIFE & HER LOVER(known hereafter as the COOK; why? I'm lazy.) This film sums up everything I like in Peter Gr... More..
Entertainment > Movie Reviews Movie reviews: A Face In The Crowd: 2 of 2
First off, it's a shame Elia Kazan, as everyone knows now, was a lying, hypocritical, betraying self-righteous bastard who sent his friends to jail or unemployment to save his own sorry ass. And yet I love his films. I've no trouble reconciling that. His sins are in inverse proportion to his power as a director, of which he ... More..