Nik DirgaTo be Frank: Richard Ford and the life of Frank BascombeOver four novels and one collection of short stories, for nearly 40 years Richard Ford has spun out the life story of Frank Bascombe, New…Oct 24, 2023Oct 24, 2023
Nik Dirga‘Planet of the Apes’ and learning to love the unhappy ending*Spoilers* galore for a 50-year-old movie series ahead!Sep 16, 2023Sep 16, 2023
Nik DirgaDungeons and Dragons: The Monster Manual is all I’ve ever neededIt’s probably been literal decades since I played Dungeons and Dragons, but I’ll never forget the monsters.Jul 26, 2023Jul 26, 2023
Nik Dirga‘The Invisible Man’ at 90 — still a sight to beholdSure, a monster bursting into your bedroom in the middle of night is scary, but a simple mysterious creak from a shadowy corner? A sense…Jun 19, 2023Jun 19, 2023
Nik DirgaThe New Zealand wrestler who played Frankenstein’s monsterEveryone knows that Boris Karloff played Frankenstein’s monster. Most horror fans remember the late, great Christopher Lee, as well…May 21, 2023May 21, 2023
Nik DirgaFarewell Ricou Browning, the last of the Universal Classic MonstersHe was the last of the monsters, the creatures who stalked the screen in vivid black and white, the horror icons of an age before blood ran…Mar 2, 2023Mar 2, 2023
Nik DirgaWhat Cyclone Gabrielle took away, and what we’re left with.It wasn’t fancy, I guess, but we liked it. My late father-in-law Peter Siddell built this bach, or beach house, more than 50 years ago now…Feb 21, 2023Feb 21, 2023
Nik DirgaThe Lost World Of Small Press, Part III: Mysterious minicomicsMinicomics! We love them, and there’s millions of them! I’m back for part three of my ongoing look at The Lost World Of Small Press and the…Jan 12, 2023Jan 12, 2023
Nik DirgaWhy I’ll always be a Sylvester Stallone stanThe joke in 1982’s Airplane II: The Sequel flashes by briefly in a movie crammed full of them. There’s a scene early on with Sonny Bono in…Jan 5, 2023Jan 5, 2023
Nik DirgaThe Lost World of Small Press Part II: Minicomics maestrosI’ve been publishing small press comics on and off (mostly off) since the 1990s, but I have to admit I’ve only published a handful of…Dec 20, 2022Dec 20, 2022