When John Campbell published his collection of short stories Who goes there? in 1938 on a grand total of 3000 copies, he would nary have…
CIPC #455: Fiido ad
To me, Fiido sounds like someone has lost his dog and is now calling for it everywhere, 1 hoping against all hope that it will…
CIPC #454: František Chochola, The young king of Easaidh Ruadh
František Chochola is perhaps not a household name, but he was quite an accomplished man. He has the illustrations to countless books to his name,…
CIPC #453: Sam S2 E7, Credit
On hearing there was a British television series called Sam, I got my hopes up that perhaps it would be about Samwise Gamgee, greatest person…
CIPC #452: Nek, Laura non c’è
After seeing the title, you’re perhaps thinking I have finally run out of material and have decided to start complaining that random body parts don’t…
CIPC #451: Ace Venture: when nature calls
In the nineties, between Forrest Gump and Jack Sparrow, there was a trend to build movies around off and slightly dim goofballs. But writing such…
CIPC #450: Columbo S3 E6, Mind over mayhem
While we’re on the subject of good American detective series, it is maybe a good time to revisit our old friend Columbo. Last time we…
CIPC #449: Dark Winds S1 E6, Ye’iitsoh
Generally, American police series have a monstrous amount of episodes, each more frantic and less believable than the next.1 Not so with Dark Winds. The…
CIPC #448: Karina Schaapman, Sam & Julia
Writing a children’s book must be easy. The story is short and simple. You don’t need to come up with creative metaphors or beautiful sentences,…
CIPC #447: Heartworm
What could a throwback survival horror game with the title Heartworm possibly be about? The obvious answer is that the parasitic worm of that name…