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1977 – Smack 29 of 77 – Lucifer’s Hammer
I’m always intrigued by collaborative writing efforts. How exactly does that work? It can’t be a case of one person writing certain sections of the book whilst the other handles the rest. That would...
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1977 – Smack 31 of 77 – The Incredible Hulk
I was very aware of The Incredible Hulk TV show as a kid. It was on in the early afternoon, around the same time that Wonder Woman aired. Unlike that show however, I don’t believe I watched more than a...
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1977 – Smack 33 of 77 – Solar City
I’ve already learned a lot while researching for RetroSmack. Most of that learning has occurred whilst working on posts for role playing games and pinball machines, as I’m not particularly...
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1977 – Smack 37 of 77 – Heavy Metal
Heavy Metal magazine has always been a fascination for me. I’ve seen its often-provocative covers displayed in newsagencies many times over the years, yet my CCCD has always been an obstacle to me...
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1977 – Smack 39 of 77 – Starburst
When I started my research for RetroSmack, I had a few specific magazines in mind that I wanted to cover. Fangoria was one, as was White Dwarf, but I really didn’t know just how many magazine posts...
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1977 – Smack 40 of 77 – Wizards
When putting together my list of movies to watch for 1977, I was a little stunned to find that there was a decently rated science fiction animation there that I’d never heard of. I watched a heck of a...
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1977 – Smack 42 of 77 – Cosmic Encounter
Like many great things in life, Cosmic Encounter struggled to get off the ground. It was first designed way back in 1972 by friends Peter Olotka, Jack Kittredge, Bill Eberle and Bill Norton. The four...
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1977 – Smack 45 of 77 – Jet Spin
It’s time for another Krynski / Morison Gottlieb electromechanical pinball machine. I’m not complaining either, as I just so happen to be going through a very big pinball fetish. I recently purchased...
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1977 – Smack 46 of 77 – Logan’s Run
Logan’s Run is one of those books and movies that I somehow avoided checking out prior to RetroSmack. Both are considered classics (the movie more so than the book), and I was a little disappointed to...
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1977 – Smack 48 of 77 – Star Wars Trading Cards
I really loved trading cards back in the eighties. Not that I really had a choice. How could any true completest not be drawn to collectable, numbered sets of cards based on their most passionate...
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1977 – Smack 59 of 77 – The All-New Super Friends Hour
To say I grew up with Hanna-Barbera Productions would be an understatement. A day didn’t go by without at least a couple of cartoons on the telly, and while I didn’t realise it at the time, a fair...
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1977 – Smack 63 of 77 – White Dwarf
These days magazines might not seem all that important to fans of the sort of content that appears on RetroSmack. Back in the pre-internet days though, they were nothing if not absolutely critical!...
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1977 – Smack 68 of 77 – Wonder Woman (Season Two)
When most people think of Wonder Woman, they don’t think about any particular comic book rendition. They don’t think of the work of artists like Harry G. Peter, George Perez, Nicola Scott or Cliff...
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1977 – Smack 74 of 77 – Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Annie Hall might have won the Oscar for the best film of 1977, but we all know the most loved movies of the year were science fiction blockbusters by what became two of the most powerful men in...
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