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- Comics, Comics Academe, Essays
- September 12, 2014
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I Don’t Need Adornments: On Phantom Thief Jeanne’s Maron Kusakabe
- Manga
- July 10, 2020
Content Warning: This piece contains discussion of rape. Recently, I changed the wallpaper on my phone to Phantom Thief Jeanne, the titular heroine of Arina Tanemura’s ’90s manga series Phantom Thief Jeanne. It was beautiful, but I soon wanted to change it to Maron Kusakabe, Phantom Thief Jeanne’s civilian identity. This was due to the fact
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2020 Hugo Awards Reviews: Novelettes – Part 3
- Bookmarked
- July 10, 2020
Welcome to the third and final instalment of a review series covering the finalists for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Novelette. Before we go on, now would be a good time to look back at what has already been covered…
READ MORELast Week’s Episode: Lot of News
- News, Television and Film
- July 9, 2020
We are still in a global pandemic and watershed moment in dealing with racism in both explicit and implicit forms, but entertainment news is still moving! So here are the updates from this week.
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BOOM! Pubwatch: July 2020
And we’re back! Sort of. Things are slowly starting to open up again where I am (though, personally, I am sticking close to home for a little bit longer) and that includes comic shops. I had missed having new releases to look forward to every Wednesday. This month for the Pubwatch I’ll be sharing my
READ MORE2020 Hugo Awards Reviews: Novelettes – Part 2
- Bookmarked, Reviews
- July 9, 2020
Continuing our reviews of the 2020 Hugo Awards finalists in the Best Novelette category, we move on to “Away with the Wolves” by Sarah Gailey and “For He Can Creep” by Siobhan Carroll.
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Wicked Things #2: Wicked Little Crimes
- Reviews
- July 8, 2020
Sleuths, snobbery, and suspense sustain this second segment of Wicked Things. The ongoing series from the creative team behind Giant Days strings us into the soul of the scintillating mystery. Our star, suspect, and sleuth was signed on to solve her own crime.
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Cook Your Comics: Battle Cookies Pack Some Punch for Ash & Thorn #2
- Comics
- July 8, 2020
Fighting the pending apocalypse isn’t just about skewering demons. In Ash & Thorn #2, it’s also about addressing a far greater evil: the corporate mogul constructing a community centre that doesn’t seem to care much for the actual community. In the last issue, Lottie Thorn discovered that she was the champion chosen to save the
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The Valiant Virtual Portfolio Review Want You
- Interviews
- July 7, 2020
With convention season on hiatus for 2020, publishers are seeking alternatives to their usual in-person plans. When it comes to portfolio reviews for potential new talent, Valiant Entertainment is going online with the Valiant Virtual Portfolio Review. Submissions are open now for aspiring interior artists, cover artists, colorists, and letterers. Selected applicants will participate in
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IDW Pubwatch July 2020
- Pubwatch
- July 7, 2020
Welcome to the IDW Pubwatch. The world is still mostly on lockdown but here’s something to distract you—a few exciting comics that will occupy your mind, at least for a little while. I’ve also got the latest news coming out of IDW, along with comic book reviews, and a selection of my favourite covers from
READ MORE2020 Hugo Awards Reviews: Novelettes – Part 1
- Bookmarked, Reviews
- July 7, 2020
Welcome back to this series of reviews covering the prose stories on the 2020 Hugo Awards ballot. The previous posts in the series looked over the Best Short Story category; now, let us move on to the category for stories of 7,500 to 17,500 words: Best Novelette…
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Remembering Charlee Jacob: Vestal
- Bookmarked, Essays, Reviews
- July 6, 2020
Charlee Jacob’s vampire novel Vestal was published in 2005, the same year that Stephenie Meyer gave vampires a newfound popularity with Twilight. Jacob had tackled vampires before, of course: her debut novel This Symbiotic Fascination was in part a vampire tale, and she also wrote enough vampire short stories to fill an entire anthology, The
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A Gorgeous Take on Fairytales: Trungles’ Star Spinner Tarot
- Indie & Small Press
- July 6, 2020
It’s always exciting for the tarot community when a new indie deck by a popular artist comes out, and particularly so when it’s a project I’ve been excited about for so long! I’ve been following the progress of Trungles’ Star Spinner Tarot since about 2015, when I first saw the gorgeous four Lovers cards. (Yes,
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Previously on Comics: Mostly Sort of Not All Bad News
I’d love to pretend that comics is a sunshiney place where everyone is welcome, but we’re not there yet, folks. There is still lots of work to do. But fear not! I’m not all bad news about crappy people for today’s news report. Read on to find out what’s been going on this past week.
READ MOREHugo Awards Reviews: Short Stories – Part 3
- Bookmarked
- July 3, 2020
Concluding the exploration of the Hugo Awards Short Stories category (read part 1 and part 2) with the final reviews below, we have journeyed from a fantasy empire to an apocalyptic future, met cloud-people and the living dead, and heard tales of cannibal women and dancing dolls. Along the way, it is hard to miss
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[Patreon Exclusive] The Marvel Girl Next Door by Kayleigh Hearn
- Essays
- July 3, 2020
Our monthly Patron-exclusive essay series continues. You can read all of these incredible analyses for as little as a dollar a month on our Patreon. There are remarkable green dresses that linger in our pop culture memory. Scarlett O’Hara draped in mountains of velvet. Jennifer Lopez wearing Versace, her neckline plunging perilously low. Kiera Knightly in
READ MORELast Week’s Episode: July, July!
- News, Television and Film
- July 2, 2020
June has ended, but what’s changed? It’s brutally hot outside (at least in my hemisphere) but I don’t feel great about safely retreating to movie theatres. Even Fox News has finally masks are finally good to wear during a pandemic. Activists are still in the streets protesting (and being brutalized) for racial justice and an
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