by Jason Bovberg | Aug 22, 2016 | Journalism
I first became aware of Brian Hodge in the early 1990s, when I was working at a B. Dalton Bookseller in Fort Collins, Colorado. The Dell Abyss line of horror novels, under the direction of Bantam editor Jeanne Cavelos, had just started blowing up the genre, infusing...
by Jason Bovberg | Aug 20, 2016 | Horror, Journalism, Uncategorized
(This interview was conducted in 2003 on the occasion of the 10th anniversary DVD release of Cronos, Guillermo del Toro’s first film.) You know who Guillermo del Toro is, right? If you’re a fan of DVD and horror films, he’s the Dude. You’ve...
by Jason Bovberg | Jul 10, 2015 | Journalism
If you’re a crime-fiction aficionado of any taste and distinction, you recognize Robert Leininger’s Killing Suki Flood (St. Martin’s) as a work of singular voice and power. It flashed like heat-lightning back in 1991, enlivening the genre with its neo-noir...
by Jason Bovberg | Nov 15, 2014 | Journalism
When I arrived for my very first Barnes & Noble booksigning back in early October, I was stunned to actually find a line of people waiting for me. Granted, it was a modest line. There were 5 or 6 people. But it was a heart-warming line nonetheless. A small-time,...
by Jason Bovberg | Oct 11, 2014 | Journalism
My wife and I have our preferred ways of reading books, and we’re both pretty passionate about that chosen methodology. Me? Well, if you read this column (particularly my cranky “The End of Everything” installment”), you can certainly guess that I’m more of an...
by Jason Bovberg | Sep 11, 2014 | Journalism
Every two years, I like to check in on the realm of 3D filmmaking and exhibition, particularly as it relates to the home theater. In 2010, I wrote a column called “Why 3D Home Theater Will (and Should) Fail”, in which I talked about 3D in the age of James Cameron’s...