A Brief History On July 8, 2025, Hour of the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas by Megan Shepherd was published by Random House/Disney, a sequel to the popular novel, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Digging Deeper After recently seeing the uprated version of the iconic film, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, we were anxious to read the novels that continue the tale from the perspective of Sally, who becomes the Pumpkin Queen. Having thoroughly enjoyed the first Sally book, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen:, we were eagerly awaiting the second Sally…
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A Brief History On July 1, 2025, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas – The Graphic Novel by Liz Marsham was published by Disney Press, an adaptation of the popular novel, Long Live the Pumpkin Queen: Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Digging Deeper Obviously, the story we enjoyed in the novel is the same in the graphic novel version, and since we found the story in the novel to be highly entertaining the same analysis remains true for the graphic novel. In fact, the graphic novel version flows smoothly much like a regular novel, with appropriate…
A Brief History On July 30, 2025, Together was released in the United States by Neon, a nifty film in the genre we love best, horror! Digging Deeper Right off the bat Together throws a different wrinkle at the audience by starring a real life married couple, Dave Franco and Alison Brie as a not married pair of live in partners with a slightly troubled relationship. When the couple moves to an out of the way, remote small town, their troubles escalate and take a dark turn toward the secret of this particular burg. Written and directed by Michael Shanks, the…
A Brief History On July 30, 1969, President Richard Nixon went to South Vietnam to visit the South Vietnamese President and US military commanders. You may not know that this visit to Vietnam was Nixon’s 8th visit to that country, although the first as President. Digging Deeper Nixon was not the first US President to visit Vietnam, as Lyndon Johnson had also gone there in 1967. In fact, John F. Kennedy had also visited Vietnam in 1951, before JFK was President. Some misunderstandings about the Vietnam War include the number of American draftees involved. The actual portion of draftees was…
A Brief History On July 24, 1901, short story writer, William Sydney Porter, was released from prison in Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement. You know him better by his pen name, O. Henry. Digging Deeper Many famous writers have spent time in the slam, including: Daniel Defoe, author of Robinson Crusoe, jailed for sedition in 1703 and again another time for anti-establishment writing. The Marquis de Sade ran afoul of sodomy laws and found himself in and out of jail, finally ending up in an insane asylum in 1801, continuing to write while locked up. Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the…