Critical Blast Publishing and Destroyer Books bring Remo Williams, Chiun and the secret organization CURE to the graphic-novel page in a massive adaptation available in five distinct editions.

AI companies really are buying and destroying old books for training data. The preservation problem is real—but the conspiracy theory isn't.

“The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong in the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good and the very gentle and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too but there will be no special hurry.”

There’s something inherently terrifying about the forest. In our modern world of suburbs and pizza delivery, air conditioning and streaming services, the remote, unspoiled areas beyond the city are a connection to a collective past before civilization arose.

It’s been said that we begin to die the moment we’re born. While that may be a poetic expression about what many consider a taboo subject, death is an inescapable truth everyone must eventually confront, both for ourselves, and for those we care about.

Ahhhh, marriage. The swooning music, the ceremonial pageantry, the vows, the kiss. Wedded bliss may not be all it’s cracked up to be (according to the Pew Research Center, 1.8 million Americans divorced in 2023), but the promise of a love-filled future keeps couples coming back to the altar.

Death is life’s ultimate mystery. What fate—if any—lies beyond this mortal coil has been the subject of more speculation than any other since humankind’s beginnings.

The roots of what would eventually become the literary subgenre called cyberpunk can be traced back to writers such as William Gibson and the late Philip K. Dick.

Dozens of books are reviewed here at Critical Blast each year. Given that the site was founded upon the principle of exposing independently produced genre works to a wider audience, most featured books are of a decidedly science fiction, fantasy, or horror nature.