Category Archives: Reviews & Etc.

DOOMSDAY WARRIOR #9: America’s Zero Hour (by Ryder Stacy) By Scott Reder   As you probably remember, the dastardly Soviet Union launched a nuclear first strike against America in 1989 and left part of the country a wasteland. And in what was … Continue reading →

CANNON FODDER: Cult Action Films of the ’80s By Ryan Jackson   Let me just come right out and say that I love exploitation cinema—what some like to call B-movies. I’m also an unabashed fan of awesomely bad, cheeseball action, whether … Continue reading →

Cooking Like a Tough Guy – the soup edition By D. Richard Pearce   Welcome to Cooking Like a Tough Guy. Find your seats, shut up and pay attention. Now you may be wondering why or how exactly cooking can relate to … Continue reading →

Interview with Johnny and Time Out Sydney By Michael Wayne   In July, Johnny did an interview for Time Out Sydney all about Blood & Tacos. Due to space, they could only print an edited version of the interview. For … Continue reading →

FROM AMERICAN VIKING TO ZANE: A Brace Godfrey Chrestomathy With commentary by Johnny Shaw In the summer of 1998, I was fortunate enough to sit down with the immortal “King of the Three-Shots,” Brace Godfrey, and talk to him about … Continue reading →

THE PEACEMAKER: The Xander Pursuit (by Adam Hamilton) By Sabrina Ogden “While relaxing at his country estate of Hewesridge, Barrington Hewes-Bradford, one of the world’s richest and most enterprising men, receives word of the explosive situation on Tarrago, site of … Continue reading →

SNIPER! Blast Out in Lebanon (by Dana Kramer and Mara Acres) By Matthew C. Funk Text taken from an interview with Agent “Sniper” by Matthew C. Funk, 2012, at Sniper’s home in West Palm Beach, Florida. Our decisions can’t change the … Continue reading →

Raker: A Review By Thomas Pluck   He knows what proud America stands for, and he’ll fight for it. After reading RAKER by Don Scott, I’m still not exactly sure what that is. Raker works for The Company. But he’s … Continue reading →

Ben Slayton: T-Man or He-Man? By Nick Slosser   The year is 1982. Terrorist plots riddle the front pages of newspapers across the globe: The 15 May Organization detonates a bomb on Pan Am Flight 830. The Red Brigade kidnaps … Continue reading →

The Most Penetrative Game By Jimmy Callaway   Anyone who’s spent even a few moments browsing in a used bookstore has seen them: rack upon shelf upon rack of men’s adventure novels.  Most prominent is The Executioner, created in 1969 by … Continue reading →