Science Fiction

IDW’s ‘X-Files’ wraps with ‘JFK Disclosure’ (2017), ‘Deviations’ (2017), ‘Case Files’ (2018)

Joe Harris’ ongoing “X-Files” title wrapped in 2017 because of low sales, but IDW took a few more cracks with the license before giving up.

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Mental illness seems like a sane response in ‘Clans of the Alphane Moon’ (1964)

“Clans of the Alphane Moon” (1964) has everything I love about a Philip K. Dick novel. It grabbed me from the moment when Chuck Rittersdorf

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IDW’s ‘X-Files’ Issues 10-17 (2017) explore CSM, Skinner

Writer Joe Harris gives readers a refreshing break from the dense mythology to start off the final year (for now) of “The X-Files’ ” ongoing

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‘X-Files: Origins’ comics (2016-17) explore Mulder, Scully as teens

It’s become fashionable in the last decade or so to try to draw new fans into old franchises. Toward that end, you might as well

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‘Underwater’ dives right into intense frights

“Underwater” is like a fond throwback to those B-list horror films that used to hit theaters in January a couple decades ago. 1997 through 2000

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‘Game-Players of Titan’ (1963) among PKD’s wildest, weirdest rides

The deliciously wild ideas outpace the narrative in “The Game-Players of Titan” (1963), a Philip K. Dick novel that has many loyal defenders. Although I

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IDW’s ‘X-Files’ delivers 2016 Annual and X-mas Special

The 2016 Annual, “Illegal Aliens,” is a classic X-File – maybe a little too classic. Writer Andrew Aydin – gamely assisted by artist Greg Scott

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IDW tries another ‘X-Files’ ongoing series (Issues 1-9, 2016)

When Chris Carter decided to scrap the Season 10–11 comics’ timeline when he brought the “X-Files” back to TV in 2016, it meant IDW lead

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PKD jumps through time in ‘Dr. Futurity’ (1960)

Setting aside the fact that time travel is by its very nature crazy, “Dr. Futurity” (1960, expanding from the 1954 short story “Time Pawn”) is

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Gritty ‘Sector War’ (2018-19) feels like Dark Horse’s early ‘Terminator’ comics

In its last (for now) “Terminator” entry, Dark Horse goes full circle with a gritty four-issue series that calls to mind its earliest work. “Sector

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