Steve Green
@stevegreen.bsky.social
UK-based freelance journalist. Please contact me via [email protected] regarding magazine commissions, on-stage interviews, etc. Strong focus on vintage media, particularly movies, tv and comics.
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Print appearances include: Yours Retro, SFX, The Dark Side, Critical Wave, Headpress, Mansplat!, Flesh & Blood, Infinity, Fear.
Television incl.: Big Centre TV, Made in Birmingham TV, Birmingham Now.
Radio incl.: BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio WM, Brum Radio.
Blu-ray 'extras' for Grindhouse, Arrow Films.
Television incl.: Big Centre TV, Made in Birmingham TV, Birmingham Now.
Radio incl.: BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio WM, Brum Radio.
Blu-ray 'extras' for Grindhouse, Arrow Films.
Rather worryingly, Boyd Magers' website Western Clippings (formerly www.westernclippings.com) now redirects to a photography site. I do hope Boyd is okay, and that it's just an accidental oversight.
February 9, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Rather worryingly, Boyd Magers' website Western Clippings (formerly www.westernclippings.com) now redirects to a photography site. I do hope Boyd is okay, and that it's just an accidental oversight.
For those who live beyond these shores, this is the sort of harassment UK households face on a regular basis if they choose not to pay for a BBC #television licence (meaning they're legally barred from watching all BBC output -- and any other channels' live programming, which is frankly immoral).
February 6, 2026 at 9:46 PM
For those who live beyond these shores, this is the sort of harassment UK households face on a regular basis if they choose not to pay for a BBC #television licence (meaning they're legally barred from watching all BBC output -- and any other channels' live programming, which is frankly immoral).
Over at the British Horror Studio, Lawrie Brewster is polling opinions on a potential future project, adapted from Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Wouldn't be surprised if he has Megan Themethick ('Miss Amicus') in mind to play Cathy.
#gothic #horror #movies
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#gothic #horror #movies
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February 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
Over at the British Horror Studio, Lawrie Brewster is polling opinions on a potential future project, adapted from Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights. Wouldn't be surprised if he has Megan Themethick ('Miss Amicus') in mind to play Cathy.
#gothic #horror #movies
@lawriebrewster.bsky.social
#gothic #horror #movies
@lawriebrewster.bsky.social
Dark Horse has released a paperback edition of 2011's Creepy Presents Bernie Wrightson, collecting all his work at Warren (including Bernie's 1974 collaboration with Bruce Jones, 'Jennifer', later turned into a 2005 Masters of Horror episode directed by Dario Argento). Recommended. #horror #comics
February 6, 2026 at 3:44 PM
As D D Degg pointed out in today's Daily Cartoonist, #Garfield just hit 50, having made his debut in The Pendleton Times on 8 January 1976. Odie arrived three weeks later.
Jim Davis initially called his strip 'Jon', but Garfield took over on 1 September 1977. Syndication began 19 June 1978. #comics
Jim Davis initially called his strip 'Jon', but Garfield took over on 1 September 1977. Syndication began 19 June 1978. #comics
January 31, 2026 at 10:58 PM
A couple of souvenirs from my 50+ years active in #sciencefiction #fandom: a membership badge for Friends in Space, the group which met in a London pub in the 1980s; likewise for ConFiction, the 1990 Worldcon (the silver sticker supported Scotland's ultimately successful bid to host the 1995 event).
January 29, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A couple of souvenirs from my 50+ years active in #sciencefiction #fandom: a membership badge for Friends in Space, the group which met in a London pub in the 1980s; likewise for ConFiction, the 1990 Worldcon (the silver sticker supported Scotland's ultimately successful bid to host the 1995 event).
Nancy debuted in the newspaper #comics strip Fritzi Ritz in January 1933. Created by Larry Whittington in 1922, the series was taken over in 1925 by Ernie Bushmiller. Sluggo joined in 1938, shortly before the strip was renamed. Caroline Cash took the helm earlier this month.
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@cashbrowns.bsky.social
January 29, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Nancy debuted in the newspaper #comics strip Fritzi Ritz in January 1933. Created by Larry Whittington in 1922, the series was taken over in 1925 by Ernie Bushmiller. Sluggo joined in 1938, shortly before the strip was renamed. Caroline Cash took the helm earlier this month.
@cashbrowns.bsky.social
@cashbrowns.bsky.social
Behind this striking cover #artwork by Hannes Bok, Bizarre #1 (January 1941) featured both the posthumous debut of H P Lovecraft's 'The Thing in the Moonlight' and the previously unpublished original ending of A Merritt's 1932 novel Dwellers in the Mirage. A second issue was planned, but abandoned.
January 29, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Behind this striking cover #artwork by Hannes Bok, Bizarre #1 (January 1941) featured both the posthumous debut of H P Lovecraft's 'The Thing in the Moonlight' and the previously unpublished original ending of A Merritt's 1932 novel Dwellers in the Mirage. A second issue was planned, but abandoned.
Over at his World of Monsters website, John Navroth just posted a short essay on the classic #radio series Suspense, accompanied by a couple of 1940s clippings I supplied from the magazine Radio Album. #thriller #horror
You can read it here: monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/2026/01/this...
You can read it here: monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/2026/01/this...
THIS IS SUSPENSE!
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January 29, 2026 at 1:17 AM
Over at his World of Monsters website, John Navroth just posted a short essay on the classic #radio series Suspense, accompanied by a couple of 1940s clippings I supplied from the magazine Radio Album. #thriller #horror
You can read it here: monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/2026/01/this...
You can read it here: monstermagazineworld.blogspot.com/2026/01/this...
Flesk Publications just released a hardback gallery of #horror #artwork by Bruce Timm. The price is a little steep at $24.95 for 80 pages, although that drops to $19.95 if you order direct. Timm is of course best known for his work in #comics and #animation.
January 25, 2026 at 4:06 PM
Flesk Publications just released a hardback gallery of #horror #artwork by Bruce Timm. The price is a little steep at $24.95 for 80 pages, although that drops to $19.95 if you order direct. Timm is of course best known for his work in #comics and #animation.
I'm not a serious #autograph collector, although I've gathered a few over the years, but sometimes I see one I can't resist. Case in point: this photo arrived today...
#Hollywood #movies
#Hollywood #movies
January 23, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I'm not a serious #autograph collector, although I've gathered a few over the years, but sometimes I see one I can't resist. Case in point: this photo arrived today...
#Hollywood #movies
#Hollywood #movies
Bizarro by Wayno, and Dan Piraro.
#cartoons #humour #Batman 🦇 #comics
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#cartoons #humour #Batman 🦇 #comics
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January 23, 2026 at 2:09 AM
Bizarro by Wayno, and Dan Piraro.
#cartoons #humour #Batman 🦇 #comics
@wayno.bsky.social
@danpirarobizarro.bsky.social
#cartoons #humour #Batman 🦇 #comics
@wayno.bsky.social
@danpirarobizarro.bsky.social
Reposted by Steve Green
Print appearances include: Yours Retro, SFX, The Dark Side, Critical Wave, Headpress, Mansplat!, Flesh & Blood, Infinity, Fear.
Television incl.: Big Centre TV, Made in Birmingham TV, Birmingham Now.
Radio incl.: BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio WM, Brum Radio.
Blu-ray 'extras' for Grindhouse, Arrow Films.
Television incl.: Big Centre TV, Made in Birmingham TV, Birmingham Now.
Radio incl.: BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio WM, Brum Radio.
Blu-ray 'extras' for Grindhouse, Arrow Films.
January 22, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Print appearances include: Yours Retro, SFX, The Dark Side, Critical Wave, Headpress, Mansplat!, Flesh & Blood, Infinity, Fear.
Television incl.: Big Centre TV, Made in Birmingham TV, Birmingham Now.
Radio incl.: BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio WM, Brum Radio.
Blu-ray 'extras' for Grindhouse, Arrow Films.
Television incl.: Big Centre TV, Made in Birmingham TV, Birmingham Now.
Radio incl.: BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio WM, Brum Radio.
Blu-ray 'extras' for Grindhouse, Arrow Films.
57 years ago today: Richard M Nixon, 37th President of the United States, spends his first full day in the Oval Office. Somewhere in my attic, I have a British newspaper front page announcing his resignation in August 1974.
Images: The New York Times; White House archive.
Images: The New York Times; White House archive.
January 22, 2026 at 5:49 PM
57 years ago today: Richard M Nixon, 37th President of the United States, spends his first full day in the Oval Office. Somewhere in my attic, I have a British newspaper front page announcing his resignation in August 1974.
Images: The New York Times; White House archive.
Images: The New York Times; White House archive.
January 21, 2026 at 4:39 PM
January 20, 2026 at 9:16 PM
#Cartoon by Paul Karasik, from the New Yorker. I'm currently reading Turn Loose Our Death Rays And Kill Them All: The Complete Works of Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics, 2025), his guarded tribute to a #comics pioneer with a deeply unpleasant personality.
@newyorker.com @fantagraphics.bsky.social
@newyorker.com @fantagraphics.bsky.social
January 18, 2026 at 6:14 PM
#Cartoon by Paul Karasik, from the New Yorker. I'm currently reading Turn Loose Our Death Rays And Kill Them All: The Complete Works of Fletcher Hanks (Fantagraphics, 2025), his guarded tribute to a #comics pioneer with a deeply unpleasant personality.
@newyorker.com @fantagraphics.bsky.social
@newyorker.com @fantagraphics.bsky.social
This rather provocative image certainly proved popular with publishers, turning up on at least three magazines aimed at male readers: All Man (December 1959), Man's Best (July 1962) and Man's Prime (July 1965). #artwork
Source: pulpcovers.com
Source: pulpcovers.com
January 16, 2026 at 1:25 AM
This rather provocative image certainly proved popular with publishers, turning up on at least three magazines aimed at male readers: All Man (December 1959), Man's Best (July 1962) and Man's Prime (July 1965). #artwork
Source: pulpcovers.com
Source: pulpcovers.com
April marks the centenary of the debut of Amazing Stories, the first modern science fiction magazine. Crucial to its success was the splendid cover #artwork by Frank R Paul, two examples of which appear below (April 1926 and August 1927 respectively; the first is signed by editor Hugo Gernsback).
January 14, 2026 at 10:14 PM
April marks the centenary of the debut of Amazing Stories, the first modern science fiction magazine. Crucial to its success was the splendid cover #artwork by Frank R Paul, two examples of which appear below (April 1926 and August 1927 respectively; the first is signed by editor Hugo Gernsback).
I first met the artist Brian Lewis in August 1977, at a meeting of the Birmingham SF Group. He kindly offered to supply a cover for the fanzine I was working on, provided he could auction it at that year's Novacon. I was unaware Brian was also researching a Star Wars cover for Starburst #1. #artwork
January 13, 2026 at 11:38 PM
I first met the artist Brian Lewis in August 1977, at a meeting of the Birmingham SF Group. He kindly offered to supply a cover for the fanzine I was working on, provided he could auction it at that year's Novacon. I was unaware Brian was also researching a Star Wars cover for Starburst #1. #artwork
Yours Retro's first issue of 2026, out Thursday, features my overview of EMI's gamble on its star-studded 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express after decades of mostly lacklustre box office for #movies based upon her #detective novels.
#magazine #journalism #crime #murder
#magazine #journalism #crime #murder
January 11, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Yours Retro's first issue of 2026, out Thursday, features my overview of EMI's gamble on its star-studded 1974 adaptation of Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express after decades of mostly lacklustre box office for #movies based upon her #detective novels.
#magazine #journalism #crime #murder
#magazine #journalism #crime #murder
Edward Hopper's 1942 painting 'Nighthawks' (which he apparently intended to be called 'Night Hawks') was possibly inspired by a key scene in Ernest Hemingway's 1927 short story 'The Killers'. In turn, Ridley Scott drew inspiration from this #artwork for Blade Runner (1982).
January 11, 2026 at 7:24 PM
Edward Hopper's 1942 painting 'Nighthawks' (which he apparently intended to be called 'Night Hawks') was possibly inspired by a key scene in Ernest Hemingway's 1927 short story 'The Killers'. In turn, Ridley Scott drew inspiration from this #artwork for Blade Runner (1982).
A brace of covers by legendary #artist Frank Kelly Kreas (1922-2005), the first for the September 1954 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, illustrating Frederick Brown's 'Martians, Go Home', the second from #comics anthology Mad in Orbit (1962).
My thanks to www.pulpartists.com for the #artwork.
My thanks to www.pulpartists.com for the #artwork.
January 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
A brace of covers by legendary #artist Frank Kelly Kreas (1922-2005), the first for the September 1954 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, illustrating Frederick Brown's 'Martians, Go Home', the second from #comics anthology Mad in Orbit (1962).
My thanks to www.pulpartists.com for the #artwork.
My thanks to www.pulpartists.com for the #artwork.
There had already been at least three screen adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale before the newly-founded Universal Film Manufacturing Company released Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde in March 1913, with King Baggot playing both roles, and another followed three months later. #horror #movies
January 8, 2026 at 2:34 PM
There had already been at least three screen adaptations of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale before the newly-founded Universal Film Manufacturing Company released Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde in March 1913, with King Baggot playing both roles, and another followed three months later. #horror #movies