Some time ago, Blog of the Planet of the Apes ran an interview with actor Eric Braeden, best known by mainstream audiences from his role on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. Sci-fi genre fans know him as Dr. Charles Forbin in 1970’s Colossus: The Forbin Project and as Doctor Otto Hasslein in […]
With the passing of actor Ron Harper, who portrayed astronaut Alan Virdon on the 1974 Planet of the Apes TV show, it felt like the right time to take a look at his character, this profile culled from various filmed and written adventures. A farmer turned astronaut who lived in Houston, Texas, with his wife, […]
This essay contains excerpts from prior essays written by the author, previously published in The Sacred Scrolls: Comics on the Planet of the Apes (Sequart, 2015) and Planet of the Apes: Tales from the Forbidden Zone (Titan Books, 2017). It’s hard to believe, but on April 3, the first Planet of the Apes movie will […]