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Eaters of the Dead
Kevin Wetmore’s newest book, Eaters of the Dead: Myths and Realities of Cannibal Monsters, has just been published by Reaktion Books.
We interviewed Dr. Wetmore about this book on episode 6 of our H. P. Lovecast: Transmissions podcast, which can be streamed at Buzzsprout. Michele and I are honored that we are both mentioned in the acknowledgments of the book – thank you so very much Dr. Wetmore!
Exotica Moderne #13
Issue #13 of Exotica Moderne is out now!
This contains my review of the book Cuban Cocktails. The magazine can be ordered at the House of Tabu website.
General Neo-Peplum News
Nidhoeggr Arise Review
Hal C. F. Astell has reviewed the new Nidhoegger album, Arise, at his Apocalypse Later website.
Nidhoegger sounds like a mixture of folk metal and Viking metal. Since I’ve just got done doing my Vikings presentation at MAPACA, I am kinda in a Viking metal mood, so I’ll definitely be checking this out.
Fascist Receptions of Antiquity in Metal Music
Dr. Swist gave a talk at Harvard back in October called “Fascist Receptions of Antiquity in Metal Music.”
That presentation has been uploaded to YouTube can be be watched here or in the embedded link above.
The Bible on Film 40th Anniversary Retrospective
Matt Page will be doing a retrospective on Richard H. Campbell and Michael R. Pitts book, The Bible on Film: A Checklist 1897-1980 at his Bible Films Blog. He’s planning a series of posts to celebrate the book, including an interview with one of the authors, so keep checking his website.
Recent Acquisitions
While at Barnes & Noble today I plucked up two items of interest.
The first is a National Geographic issue devoted to gladiators, which should be an interested research piece.
The next is a hardback edition of Lore Olympus. I became aware of the webcomic way back in 2019 when I was covering the Eisners for Fanbase Press (my overview of the webcomic Eisner nominees can be read here) and I fell in love with the neo-peplum aspects and the art style. However, I only read it back in 2019 but lost track. Now with this hardback I can submerge myself with the comic.