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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Today on the blog I chat with actress and writer Callie Schuttera about her new film The Exit State (debuted at ScreamFest LA this week), her acting and writing processes, and more. www.anthonycardno.com/blog/2026/10...

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Interview: Callie Schuttera — ANTHONY R. CARDNO

Today is a special “weekend edition” of “Writer Wednesday” with actress and writer Callie Schuttera.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Today on my website, "Writer Wednesday" returns! I chat with Don Simpson about the origins of Megaton Man, his creative process, the graphic novel adaptation of King Kong, and of course his favorite (and several not favorite) books! www.anthonycardno.com/blog/2026/9/...

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I very much enjoyed reading this, and I think most fans of the original Universal Monsters films (most us the aptly named "Monster Kids" of the 60s and 70s, I'm sure) will also appreciate the work Kilkowski put into it.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

For each script, he provides a detailed summary, a discussion of how similar to/different from the original film the script is, a detailed dissection of characters and motivations, and finally an assessment of why the movie never came to be (and where reasons are not known, credible guesses to why).

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

To this end, he concentrates on three characters: The Bride of Frankenstein, The Mummy, and The Creature From The Black Laggon, although the final section does look at one Wolf Man completed script (that came before the Benecio delToro movie) and one Invisible Man attempt.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Finished Bruce Kilkowski Jr.'s Monsters Unborn: The Lost Universal Monster Remakes. Kilkowski focuses on attempted remakes from the 80s-2000s for which scripts were completed, rather than chasing every idea that never made it past a passing mention by someone somewhere somewhere.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I really need to move Claudie'a books up my TBR. It's embarrassing that I haven't read them yet. The Common Bonds anthologies, too.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I loved it. I need to dig out the dvd set snd do a rewatch.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Creative Friends! (Writers, artists, actors, directors, small press publishers, musicians, dancers, etc) I hearty declare today "Share It Sunday" on all of my social media. Comment with announcements, links, whatever you've got about whatever you have coming out soon (or have released recently.)

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

There are also plenty of genre small press publishers and indie authors here, among the pulp, paperback, and comic dealers. I love supporting fellow creative. We're at the Doubletree by Hilton Cranberry through Sunday morning. If you're in the area, come visit!

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I describe myself as The Least Knowledgeable [Farmer/Doc/Burroughs/Shadow/pulp] fan here. In every day life I know more than most of the people in my life about most of these topics. Here, I get to listen to more knowledgeable folks and absorb what they know.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I love this show, and hanging with good friends I only see once or twice a year. It's a small show as Cons go, a couple hundred people each year. But its a relaxed and fun crowd. There's also usually a strong Edgar Rice Burroughs contingent as well since Burroughs started in the pulps.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I'm at Pulpfest in Mars, PA this weekend. It's a small convention dedicated to the pulp magazines of the 20s - 50s. It is also host to three "mini-conventions." FarmerCon (for fans of SF Grand Master Philip Jose Farmer), DocCon (Doc Savage fans), and The Shadow Con (fans of The Shadow).

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

And even as far as season enders go, too! 😁 (damn autocorrect)

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

As season enters go, this matched the TV shows best ones, in my humble opinion.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

If it helps ... you'd have had 1 more submission were I not an absent-minded doofus who knew you were open and gor distracted for a whole week and forgot to send anything.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Loved having @premeemohamed.com ! I haven't laughed that hard in ages.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The moment you announced "okay, I'm officially off script" made me laugh and had me wondering just how we managed it.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Live texting the Man From Atlantis pilot movie with @edwardaubry.bsky.social and sharing select thoughts here. These opening credits are like Jaws!

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

I forgot how relaxing it can be to just sit and color and not overthink or stress about all the other stuff I I usually stress about. It also kept me away from the phone for a little while (he says as he posts the pics to social media). Original art by Anthony Castrillo.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Holiday Weekend Read-Watch-Listen-Write-Athon Accountability Post 2: Read 2 short stories, 2 comics, 2 articles Listened: 3 hours of Miriam Margoyles' memoir Watched 4 episodes of classic Doctor Who Writing: organizing and sketching out story/post ideas. A decent day.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Holiday Weekend Read-Watch-Listen-Write-athon Accountability Post: 2 hours of Miriam Margoyles's memoir while making and then eating dinner. Article by Jess Nevins. 3 short stories in Nightmare magazine. Read/posted today's Random Comic Book Back Issue. Wrote/posted Theatre Thursday review.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Since I've been scrolling far too much lately and not doing enough of the things I really love, I'm setting myself a Holiday Weekend Read-Watch-Listen-Write-athon (why not take advantage of a three-day weekend). It's not about quantity or hitting goals, its about refocusing. Will post updates here.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

As usual to start the month, my list of everything I read, watched, and listened to last month. It was a slow month on all fronts. I've been scrolling social media too much without even interacting. www.anthonycardno.com/blog/2026/7/...

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READING ROUND-UP: June 2026 — ANTHONY R. CARDNO

The fifth monthly summary of what I’ve been reading, listening to, and watching in 2026!   BOOKS I read 5 books in June: 3 in print, 1 in e-book format, and 1 in audio format. They were: 1....

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Hoping to see you at Stanza Books!

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I hadn't checked Bluesky or Twitter in a few days and was hoping the delay in the Patreon story was tech-related and not health-related. Glad you're okay my friend!

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Spring Kaleidotrope features fantastic fiction from @amandacecelia.bsky.social, @michelehporter.bsky.social, Dom D. Borg, @faithallington.bsky.social, S.M. French-Byrne, @klneidecker.com, Matt Hornsby, Eliezra Schaffzin, Timothy Mudie, @emharriettwrites.bsky.social, and @megelison.bsky.social!

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Kaleidotrope @kaleidotrope.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Spring Kaleidotrope also features amazing poems by @mariness.bsky.social, Mark Rich, and @mrsfringe.bsky.social! With incredible artwork by Dante Luiz! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

The Salmons/Blevins art works. It feels stylistically like a mix of Romita, Buscema, and ad campaigns of the time featuring thin-lined figures. The characters do mostly look like they're squinting though.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

This first issue holds up. Solid origin story, action that shows the new hero learning what he can do and who (at least in part) is responsible. A done-in-one story with subplots threads to build off.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

I have very little memory of Marvel's New Universe even though I read the early issues of each series. I do remember liking Nightmask the most. So when I found this in a dollar bin over the weekend, I couldn't resist.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Today's Random Comic Book Back Issue Reread: Nightmask 1 (1986). Cover: Al Milgrom & Bob Wiacek. Writer: Archie Goodwin Art: Tony Salmons & Bret Blevins Letters: Joe Rosen Colors: Andy Yanchus Editor: Michael Higgins

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Uncanny Magazine @uncannymagazine.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Last minute reading for the Locus Awards? The novelette “When He Calls Your Name” by Catherynne M. Valente is on the Locus Recommended Reading List! You can read it here! buff.ly/S1pzrQQ

The cover for Uncanny Magazine Issue 65, “The Duet" by Nilah Magruder: Two women sit at a piano. One is wearing a lilac dress with a locket around her neck, her skin is a dark shade and her hair white. Next to her, the second woman is wearing a red dress, and has black hair worn up in a bun-like style. Her head and hand are not attached to her body, giving the impression that she is not human but a robot of some kind. Both are smiling as they play together. The quote reads: "There’s nights in the deep end of summer so hot and thick and wet you can feel the dark wrinkling up your fingers like bathwater—and my last night breathing was one of those.

2 a.m. came to ring my bell and found me perfectly awake, swinging back and forth on a hanging sweetheart bench with a faded pink and yellow tulip pattern on the cushion."

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Stephen Kotowych 🇨🇦 @ourmankoto.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The @kickstarter.com for Year’s Best Canadian Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume 4 goes live NEXT WEEK, Tuesday, April 7. Early bird giveaways! Stretch goals! Add-ons! And the very best Canadian SFF all in one place! Click below for an alert when we launch. And please SHARE WIDELY--thx! #Kickstarter

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Coming soon: Year's Best Canadian Fantasy and Science Fiction: Volume 4

Award winners. Award nominees. Hidden gems. All Canadian. All in one anthology.

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Undertow Publications 🇨🇦 @undertow.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It's the first of the month. You know what that means — a new issue of The Dark. I have a little slice of winter in this issue, alongside work from @angelaslatter.bsky.social @dracopoullos.bsky.social and Ibrahim Ojedokun. www.thedarkmagazine.com/wendigo/

Cover of The Dark #131 artwork shows hand gripping a rag doll. Text Stories by Ibrahim Ojedokun, Angela Slatter, Phoenix Alexander, Michael Kelly

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

It's a solid first issue with plenty of hooks to inspire a reader to come back for more. The Derenick/Miller art feels very 90s without falling victim to that decade's excesses. It's got good flow and some of the closeups are fantastic. I'm going to keep an eye out for the rest of this run.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I don't remember much of Gravestone's backstory. I'm not sure I read more than one issue of The Protectors, from which this book spins off. Powell's script tells you everything pertinent: supernatural hero who constantly dies but has to wade through challenges in the afterlife before returning.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Tuesday's Random Comic Book Back Issue Reread: Gravestone 1 (1993). Writer: Martin Powell Cover and Interior Art: Thomas Derenick & Mike Miller Letters: Time Eldres Editor: Roland Mann I do seem to love supernatural super-heroes almost as much as I love straight-up horror comics.

Hand holding a copy of Gravestone Issue 1. The image is a closeup on the masked gace of the titular hero: a white skull with long thin teeth and yellow eyes, behind which is visible a bit of blue collar and cloak.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

As I said in a previous post, Colan's style is ideal for this kind of story. Bob Smith's inking is compatible with Colan's pencils. The orange, pink, and purple overlays for the supernatural energy entities doesn't seem to have stood up well as the paper has aged. The art still looks great.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I love the idea of an immortal house-bound man manipulating teams of mostly normal folks to confront supernatural menaces, and that the cast would rotate as needed. The characters could and did die & face life-altering consequences. Long before GRRM made killing all of your characters popular.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

When Wolfman & Colan left Marvel for DC they tried to catch lightning in a bottle a 2nd time on another horror comic. Was Night Force as good as Tomb of Dracula? In my humble opinion, no. Was it a great concept that deserved a longer run to play that concept out? Again, in my humble opinion: yes.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Monday's Random Comic Book Back Issue Reread: Night Force 1 (1982). Cover: Gene Colan & Dick Giordano Writer/Co-Editor: Marv Wolfman Art: Volan & Bob Smith Letters: John Costanza Colors: Michele Wolfman Co-Editor: Ross Andru Another of my all-time favorite series, overdue for a reread.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Brent Anderson's art is always so realistic and fluid. I love the action scenes & facial expressions. He makes effective use of white space & levels of background detail to draw the eye to the important part of the scene. Another title that has sat in my collection for too long without a re-read.

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Anthony Cardno @anthonycardno.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

A line that made me laugh out loud: "Any moron can jump around in the weeds and beat on his chest." I think a few other Jungle Lords would take exception to that self-characterization, Ka-Zar.

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