Vincent Price House Of Horrors #1 (of 4)
Bluewater Productions

Description: An all-new 4 issue mini series from the Master of Horror. Nicholas Stastny is a saintly lad. He loves his maker, his family, and above all, his animals. He loves ‘em to death! Experience the most disturbing story from Bluewater yet as we learn the gruesome truths to becoming a ‘Good Boy.’

By: Jay Katz, Stefano Cardoselli, LP Dopp

Grim Leaper #1 (of 4)
Image Comics

Description: A brand new series from the mind of critically acclaimed writer KURTIS J. WIEBE (GREEN WAKE, PETER PANZERFAUST), GRIM LEAPER is a gory romantic comedy. Lou Collins is caught in a cyclical curse of violent, gruesome deaths and new beginnings in the bodies of strangers. With no clue why, Lou desperately searches for a way to break the curse and cross over peacefully to the other side. Then equally doomed Ella comes along. It’s a love story to die for.

By: Kurtis J. Wiebe, Aluisio Santos

Secret Lives Of Julie Newmar #1 (of 4) 
Bluewater Productions

Description: Julie Newmar! Time travel! Rogue scientists! Julie Newmar! Abraham Lincoln! Space aliens! Jim Morrison! And last but not least, Julie Newmar! The wacked out adventure begins in March with The Secret Lives Of Julie Newmar written by New York Times bestselling author Marc Shapiro with out of this world illustration by Cindy and an eye popping cover by V. Kenneth Marion. Watch out for cross species breeding!  A spin-off from The Misadventures of Adam West comic book series

By: Marc Shapiro, Cindy Mehrlich, V Kenneth Marion

Zombie Proof HC 
Moonstone

Description: Collecting the original three-issue mini-series with a brand new 46-page story! Is your home zombie-proof? It better be, because the zombies are coming! Billy Bob Driwahl, the only locksmith in the isolated town of San Rosina, Texas, has known they were coming for 20 years. His only mistake was trying to tell people. Now, as the civilized world starts to collapse, a town full of eccentric people who for two decades have thought he was crazy have suddenly turned to this unlikely hero to save them. From the creator of Vampire, PA and writer of 24!

By: J. C. Vaughn, Vincent Spencer

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True Blood #1
IDW

Description: Alan Ball’s hit HBO series, the sensually sizzling story of the lives and loves of vampires, mind readers, and all manner of creatures,
returns as an ongoing series! With creative collaboration from TRUE
BLOOD creator/writer/producer Alan Ball, this series features writers
Ann Nocenti (Daredevil, Green Arrow) and Michael McMillian, with art by
Michael Gaydos (Alias).

By:  Ann Nocenti, Michael Gaydos, Tim Bradstreet

Godzilla #1 
IDW

Description: Godzilla is back… in an all-new ongoing series! Duane Swierczynski and Simon Gane launch this ultimate action-movie blockbuster, ushering in a new era of monster battles. Ex-special forces tough-guy Boxer is a man with a grudge and vows to end the terror of Godzilla, no matter what. He assembles a top notch team to take down monster-sized threats… at $7 billion a bounty. What starts as a vendetta could become a lucrative business for Boxer… if he can live past day one!

By: Duane Swierczynski, Simon Gane, Arthur Adams

The Guild: Fawkes (one-shot)
Dark Horse

Description: Felicia Day and The Guild are back, along with costar Wil Wheaton, for a brand-new story spotlighting Fawkes, the dashing, debonair, and douchey leader of the evil guild Axis of Anarchy! His relationship with Codex threatened to tear the Knights of Good apart until he was thrown off a balcony for his treatment of her. Set after season 4 of the show, this issue reveals how Fawkes deals with his split from Codex and navigates the aggressive personalities of the Axis, and
follows his journey to his surprising state when he returns in season 5!

By:  Felicia Day, Wil Wheaton, Jamie McKelvie, Matthew Wilson, Paul Duffield

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This marks the 100th post in our Sci Fi Trifles series and we thought it appropriate to focus on Bill Mumy because he played an important part in the very first Sci Fi Trifles post.

Bill Mumy (pronounced Moo-mee) is widely known by sci fi fans for his portrayal of young Will Robinson on the camp 60’s TV series Lost in Space as well as his later role as the Minbari ambassadorial aide Lennier on the epic series Babylon 5. But did you know that Mumy has actually had a long career in the genre from before his Lost in Space days to the present, and do you know what the actor is up to these days?

Even though Mumy is probably best known from his days as a child actor playing Will Robinson in Lost in Space where he received most of the screen time along with Dr. Zachary Smith (played by Jonathan Harris), and the Robot (played by Bob May and voiced by Dick Tufeld), he had already made an important genre appearance several years before that series aired. Mumy played the infamous role of Anthony Fremont in the classic Twilight Zone episode “It’s a Good Life” where his young character terrorizes his town with his ominous mental powers. He also appeared in two other TZ episodes playing different characters. And then in 1964, he was the first choice as Eddie Munster for The Munsters TV series, but his parents wouldn’t let him take the part because of the amount of makeup it required (the role then went to Butch Patrick). He did show up in one episode of that series, though as one of Eddie’s friends. Other genre shows he appeared on during that time included Bewitched and I Dream of Jeanie.

During the 70′s, Mumy had several guest star appearances on non-genre television shows and later in that decade he wrote a script for Lost in Space that would have seen the crew of the Jupiter 2 returning home. 20th Century Fox wanted to move forward with the project, but Irwin Allen balked at it and it never got off the ground. Mumy returned to the Lost in Space universe yet again when he wrote a comic book continuation of the series for Innovation Comics in the early 90’s. The comic was quite popular but ended its run when the publisher folded after declaring bankruptcy.

Apart from playing Lennier on Babylon 5 for all five seasons of that series, Mumy appeared in several other genre roles as an adult actor including the 1983 Twilight Zone movie (in a remake of “It’s a Good Life”, though he had a different role), in the 1990 Captain America movie (but the less said about that, the better), and the 1991 Adventures of Superboy TV series (in the recurring role of Tommy Puck). He also scored a long coveted guest starring role on Star Trek: DS9 in the episode “The Siege of AR-558”. Apart from that, he had several voice roles on animated shows like Batman: The Animated Series, The Animaniacs, and Buzz Lightyear of Star Command. He also showed up in an episode of the 2002 Twilight Zone revival that revisited “It’s a Good Life” where he played a grown up Anthony Fremont who has to square off with his daughter (played by Mumy’s real life daughter) who has the same powers.

Apart from his acting and writing, Bill Mumy has also had a long music career, both on his own and as part of the comedy duo Barnes and Barnes. That group is best known for the novelty hit “Fish Heads” which is one of the most requested songs on the Dr. Demento Show (and you can read more about that at the very first Sci Fi Trifles entry at this link). He also created and performed in the band The Be Five which was comprised of actors from the Babylon 5 series such as Andreas Katsulas, Mira Furlan, Peter Jurasik and Claudia Christian along with other musicians. They put out one album in 1998 titled Trying to Forget. In addition, Mumy has had a long voice career narrating A&E’s Biography series along with other documentaries that have appeared on several other cable networks. He has also lent his voice to any of a number of commercials for companies such as Ford Motors, Budweiser, and McDonald’s. And just recently, he could be heard on a 2011 episode of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien as Agent Bryson.

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