The problem with working in a field that relies heavily on bureaucratic procedure is that sometimes you propose something, and then so much time passes that you forget about it. Then, suddenly, you get three emails one day saying that the talk on the importance of comic book collections and geek-centric programming in libraries you…
React Not With Rage, But Grace: She-Hulk Is Cancelled
It’s normal to feel a mixed bag of things when encountered with the words “Final Issue” in the solicits page next to one of your favorite current comics. “Final issue of what?” you might think: surely they can’t be cancelling something that you love so much. They’re not monsters.
Scariest Movie of My Life: The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
The movie—or movie series—that has scared me for the longest and with the greatest intensity is the Texas Chainsaw Massacre series. The original (which is technically titled The Texas Chain Saw Massacre) came out before I was born and has loomed in the shadows my whole life. Growing up in Texas, it was impossible not…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Internet and Space Ladies!
A new graphic novel with adorable art about a young woman caught between her real life and the MMO in-game personal life she’s created? Sign me up. In Real Life, by writer Cory Doctorow and artist Jen Wang, is all about the divide between our “real selves” and the online personas we create for ourselves. The…
The Power of Tank Girl: One Girl’s Personal Diary
Are you ready for some TANK GIIIIIRL? Many of you may have been born ready. Many of you may know her of old. But if you’re new? No probs. That just means you’re lucky, cos the tank’s full (of comics), and the night is long. Tank Girl is a girl—a woman, in my reading, but…
Local Comic Shop Visit: Proud Lion (Cheltenham) Halloween Redux! Free Comic Spook Day!
After some months of repeatedly going down the incorrect road, I found Proud Lion‘s new location. PROUD LION, 8 ST GEORGE’S PLACE, CHELTENHAM The old one? That’s rubble. Round the corner from the library and opposite a real live record store, it’s not a bad location for culture. And good news! The layout is way…