During an interview with Dazed Digital earlier this week, actor Shia LaBeouf shared the knowledge that he was raped during a performance art project. We believe him. General response to the news was familiar: you don’t need me to tell you how people reacted to a man, a famous man, saying that he was raped. Abused…
Recommended Listening: James Baldwin, The Fire This Time
The Sunday Edition is a long-running CBC Radio program. This morning, host Michael Enright interviewed famed American dancer and coreographer, now the executive artistic director of New York Live Arts, Bill T. Jones. The group staged a performance this year called James Baldwin, This Time! based on the writer and critic’s work. Enright and Jones had a…
Multifarious: Praying in a See-Through Church
It’s Nice That has a rundown of why and how the New Yorker manages to consistently get such wonderful illustrated covers. From Chris Ware, to Adrian Tomine, those New Yorker covers are killing it, and it’s all thanks to art editor Francoise Mouly and contributor Mina Kaneko. Work like this is important to cartoonists and…
R/W: Do Worry
Well, add another book to my Jane Austen fangurl collection. Jane Austen Cover to Cover by Margaret Sullivan explores the various covers of Austen’s oeuvre. The covers are not only a delightful way to engaged with Austen’s continued legacy, but also to learn a little about what Austen’s books mean to a particular era. The…
This Week in Racist Claptrap: The First Pan Trailer Dropped
Warner Bros. has made a prequel to the many many Peter Pan movies, cartoons, and books, and it. Looks. Drab. Young Peter is a Dickensian orphan in London, the only place in the UK that also exists in Hollywood UK, and one day, for reasons predictable (familial destiny and spunk, gosh darn), piratical (a kidnapping)…
9 Great Gifts for Geeks: Apparel and Accessories
Your geeky friend, colleague, or neighbor not into stuff or food (what, why, how?)? Here are nine clothing/accessory ideas for the sartorially inclined. Why nine gift ideas and not ten? Because Even numbers are boring. Nine is divisible by three!
The DC Daily Planet: Cancellations and Crossovers
Happy Friday, crusaders! I’m still in a fugue state from my intake of turkey and starches yesterday. If you’re reading this from the States, I hope you had a happy Thanksgiving yesterday, and that you didn’t lose power. If not, I hope you had a great day that still managed to have pie in it….
Bisexual Characters We Have Loved
Character: David Alleyne aka Prodigy Young Avengers Volume 2 Marvel So a lot of people might not know much about David Alleyne, he played a moderately important part in various X-men storylines, specifically as a member of the New Mutants and the New X-men. David’s mutant powers consisted of the ability to telepathically absorb the…
Gotham Fall Finale Review: “Lovecraft”
Gotham Season 1, Episode 10: “Lovecraft” Written by Rebecca Dameron Directed by Guy Ferland FOX When one door closes, another door opens—in this case, those doors are the rusty, clanging gates of Arkham Asylum, as Jim Gordon faces an ominous new chapter of his life and the first half of Gotham’s first season comes to…
The teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is here!
The first teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens just went online this morning. Here it is: And now, a brief play about my trailer-watching experience this morning: Me: I’ve had a hard time getting excited about new Star Wars. All the love kinda drained out of me during the prequels and I’ve long…
Life Geek! 11/13/14-11/26/14
Life Geek! is our bi-weekly lifestyle feature where we offer readers a glimpse into our geeky lives. Desiree Rodriguez I’ve recently been working on a new comic resources site, and I’m almost finished! Decided the site needed some ‘me’ in there so I took some selfies of my favorite t-shirt, Nightwing. Got this baby at…
Thought Bubble: The Greatest Love of All
Last year, Thought Bubble was terrific. This year it was better. Layout improvements, food options, queue management. It’s all a total dream.
