Every year the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) has its Canada Reads debates where five Canadian panelists defend five titles chosen that year until one is declared victorious. It’s like a literary Hunger Games. It’s goal is to spotlight Canadian literature and past winners have been Joseph Boyden’s The Orenda, Lisa Moore’s February, Lawrence Hill’s The…
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: Kate Beaton Galore!
2015 brings us TWO New Kate Beaton Books! Not only is a second collection of Hark! A Vagrant being released in September, but a children’s book featuring her breakout character Fat Pony will also be coming out this year. Kate Beaton is well-known in the comics world for her hilarious, historical comics in Hark! A…
What’s So Great About STAR WARS #1?
(This essay contains no major plot spoilers for Star Wars #1, but does mention a few characters who appear in the issue and where it falls in the Star Wars timeline.) The first issue of Marvel’s new Star Wars series arrived with much fanfare last week. Before its release, Marvel announced that the issue had…
Let’s Do the Joseon Warp Again: A KDrama Time-Travel Introspective
It was a chance encounter…a strange meeting that began by chance at a gap in time. – Queen In Hyun’s Man There is an undeniable fascination with the Joseon era in dramas, and as it was the last dynasty in Korea, it’s not surprising. Twenty-seven kings reigned during this period, with lots of court intrigue…
Mighty Marvel Monday: It’s Not Tuesday YOU’RE TUESDAY
I know, I know: It’s mighty Marvel Monday not…Marvel…Tuesday…Time. I don’t know.
Monument Valley and Stellar Smooch: A Salute to Indie Puzzle Games
Think of this pair of reviews as a salute to the indie puzzle game, on two different scales. One is a student game, entered by its two-person team in the 2015 Independent Games Festival; the other is a well-designed endeavor by the games division of a popular creative firm, named Apple’s iPad Game of the…