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About Derek McCaw
In addition to running Fanboy Planet, Derek has contributed stories to Arcana Comics (The Greatest American Hero) and Monsterverse Comics (Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave). He has performed with ComedySportz, City Lights Theater Company and Silicon Valley Shakespeare, though relocated to Hollywood to... work in an office? If you ever played Eric's Ultimate Solitaire on the Macintosh, it was Derek's voice as The Weasel that urged you to play longer. You can buy his book "I Was Flesh Gordon" on the Amazon link at the right. Email him at [email protected].
The Greatest American Hero gets AMP'd

The Greatest American Hero Gets AMP’d!

September 4, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Believe it or not, The Greatest American Hero is coming back! Original series star William Katt executive produces a new comic book version!

Before Weapons, There Was MARS

Before Weapons, There Was MARS

September 3, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

One last group project from Whitest Kids U Know comes to home video in 2026… the animated dark comedy MARS!

Trapped in the labyrinth with Matinee Heroes

Trapped in the Labyrinth with Matinee Heroes

September 3, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

You can wish the goblins might take me away, but instead they plopped me down with Craig Price and Elisabeth Rappe to talk about Labyrinth…

Cold Slither takes NYC

Cold Slither Takes NYC!

September 3, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Let’s take a musical walk past a real American hero and into the heavy metal madness that is Zartan and his Dreadnoks!

A Shadow Called Danger week 22

A Shadow Called Danger Week 22!

September 2, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

A Shadow Called Danger may have met his match — and we’re all going to pay for it unless he recovers next week!

a new vision of Morgana

A New Vision of Morgana

September 2, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Say her name and people know of an Arthurian villain… but really, she’s the smartest person in the room, not the most evil.

Keith Arem walks Frost Road

SDCC 2025: Keith Arem Walks Frost Road

September 1, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Keith Arem has been a musician, a sound engineer, a writer, a filmmaker, and a graphic novelist. The through-line? He knows how to scare you.

Everything's Archie for Universal

Everything’s Archie at Universal

August 20, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Archie comes back to live-action at Universal, with Tom King guiding his pals and gals through normal high school, not the multiverse…

Saturday Morning dungeon crawling

SDCC 2025: Saturday Morning Dungeon Crawling

August 19, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Every now and then you get to touch a bona fide phenomenon, and Dungeon Crawler Carl is nothing less than that — and deserves the love!

Good Boy trailer: trust his instincts

GOOD BOY Trailer: Trust His Instincts

August 18, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

An heroic golden retriever sees what goes bump in the night and must protect his owner from being dragged to hell!

A Shadow Called Danger Week 21

A Shadow Called Danger Week 21!

August 18, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Whatever is happening to warp our reality, Danger is in the middle of it… but can he put us on the right path?

Huge Detective Hits Huge

SDCC 2025: Huge Detective Hit Huge

August 18, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Giants walk among us, and the first arc of Huge Detective is a bona fide hit. Writer Adam Rose sat down at SDCC to talk about it…

Johnny Depp AS Mechanical Cake's HYDE

SDCC 2025: Johnny Depp AS Mechanical Cake’s HYDE

August 15, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Depp does his Depp thing as Mechanical Cake’s HYDE in this trailer unveiled at Comic-Con… ready for the horror?

Whose speech is free

Whose Speech Is Free?

August 14, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Whose speech is free? Yours, mine, and everyone’s, but we still need to dig into what that really means…

The Women of Marvel are super visible

SDCC 2025: The Women of Marvel Are Super Visible

August 13, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

Three Marvel powerhouse creators come together to uncover the often lost history of women building the House of Ideas…

The Human Fly versus Dracula

SDCC 2025: The Human Fly Versus Dracula

August 13, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

It’s a conflict across centuries as generations of The Human Fly face down against the Prince of Darkness!

Blood Sweat and Myth

SDCC 2025: Blood, Sweat, and Myth

August 12, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

There’s a world of wonder upstairs at the Comic-Con Museum, an exhibit that combines toys, movies, comics, and wrestling…

A Shadow Called Danger Week 20

A Shadow Called Danger Week 20!

August 11, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

One brief shining moment of hope arrives, but can Danger snatch it away from the tiny orange mitts of defeat and despair?

The Wonderful Thing About Jim Cummings

SDCC 2025: The Wonderful Thing About Jim Cummings

August 7, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

“The Voice of Your Childhood” Jim Cummings celebrates a long career and looks forward to even more of it…

Eric Powell and Harold Schechter Confront True Crime Tragedy

SDCC 2025: Eric Powell and Harold Schechter Confront True Crime Tragedy

August 6, 2025 Derek McCaw 0

In their latest graphic novel, Eric Powell and Harold Schechter uncover the good that Dr. Frederic Wertham did, overshadowed by his hubris.

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