Forbes’ “The World’s Top Earning Authors List” Is Up James Patterson ($90 mil) Dan Brown ($28 mil) Nora Roberts ($23 mil) Danielle Steele ($22 mil) Janet Evanovich ($20 mil) +Jeff Kinney ($17 mil)/Veronica Roth ($17 mil)/John Grisham ($17 mil)/Stephen King ($17 mil) Veronica Roth is the young newbie as well as the 7th woman to show…
Gotham: No Straight or Whitewashing for Renee Montoya
Advocate.com wrote today about the diversity of Fox’s newest superhero show, Gotham. It looked at three of the show’s female characters: women of colour, one of whom is a lesbian. Zabryna Guevara plays Sarah Essen who is the captain of the GCPD Homicide Squad — which also means she’ll be James Gordon’s boss.
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Queen of Code, Creative England, and Crowdfunder The three have joined forces to find and fund England’s top female game developers and freelancers via an innovative crowdfunding campaign where successful campaigns may receive additional funds. Destiny has been released One of the most anticipated games of 2014, the beautifully rendered game may give those who don’t…
Support Grows for A Black Widow Solo Film
Last week, Jessica Chastain spoke to The Wrap about the lack of quality female roles in Hollywood and mentioned wanting to see Scarlett Johansson get her own solo film as Black Widow in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. “Where is the Scarlett Johansson superhero movie? I don’t understand it, why is it taking so long for this?” Chastain asked…
From Scouts to Superheroes: My Manga Journey
Our middle school years are ones we either look back on fondly, cringe away from, or hold with some combination of both. For me, the blurry memories of prepubescence are a mix of both, but they also marked my initiation into the world of manga.
Fan Expo Con Diary: Day 1
There’s nothing like seeing a Stormtrooper in your subway car to wake one up on a muggy Friday morning. Even as Toronto residents poured out of the city for Labour Day weekend, Fan Expo Canada pulled thousands into the Metro Toronto Convention Centre for four days of panels and celebrities from comics, science-fiction/fantasy, anime, and…
Queer Comics Panel At BCC
Whether you’re representing women or LGBTQ or any other minority in comics, there’s a lot of similarity in the issues. The Queer Comics panel at Boston Comic Con covered lots of ground including the progress being made in the mainstream, writing characters you don’t know, and encouraging more characters.
Kickstarter of (Last) Week: Nailed It!
Some weeks, you need a Kickstarter pick that’s playful and fun. Behold, a way to show your fandom pride via your nails.
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Interviews Bonanza!
Lumberjanes Creators Talk Friendship, Girlhood and Social Media Recently upgraded from a miniseries to an on-going, Lumberjanes from BOOM! Studios has generated a lot of buzz in the comics world. Creators Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson and Shannon Watter spoke to ComicsAlliance about how Lumberjanes came to be, the upswelling of support for the book from social…
Raising Baby Geek
The world of kids books, toys, and movies is often over-saturated with blue vs. pink and princesses and the like. While I love the fun, whimsical baby presents that inexplicably lead to those funny sounds that so often seem to happen around babies and fluffy animals, I also find myself inwardly cringing when I see…
The Windy City Special: Batman Eternal #19-20
#19 – Breaking Bat Story by Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV Script by Tim Seeley Consulting writers: John Layman & Ray Fawkes Art by Emanuel Simeoni After a number of mediocre issues, it’s beginning to feel like this story is back on track. Or maybe it’s just that I care about these subplots more…
The #WWACComicClub talks Y the Last Man
On the first Monday of every month we meet up on Twitter for the #WWACComicClub. Last week we discussed Y The Last Man Volume 1: Unmanned by Brian K Vaughan and Pia Guerra .