[Update: Roc Upchurch has since been removed from Rat Queens. You can read Kurtis Wiebe’s statement here.] Late Tuesday evening, Bleeding Cool reported that Rat Queens artist Roc Upchruch was arrested on October 31st on charges of battery and assault. He paid a $750 bond, was allowed to return home, and has not been contacted by…
Scary Times with Dice: Annalise Review
Annalise is a tabletop role-playing game that focuses on a group of people who have caught the attention of a vampire. This doesn’t have to be a literal blood-sucking Dracula impersonator, as the game is as much about creating a mood and competing with your friends until the final showdown between you and the vampire. What…
Daniel Handler Makes A Racist Comment During 2014 National Book Awards
Just as the undesirable leftovers of farm animals, such as pig intestines and feet, are linked to the slave diet, watermelon is the food most associated with the 19th and 20th century depictions of blacks as lazy simpletons…The record of watermelon’s role in racism is well-chronicled. As Keith Woods of the Poynter Institute fashioned it,…
The Do’s and Don’ts of Pitching Your Comic For Review
For many independent comic creators, self-promotion is easily the most daunting task. You spend months or even years to finish a project, and then your new full-time job is convincing people to actually look at your work. It can be a slog, but channeling the enthusiasm and pride you have for your work into coverage…
The Twin Peaks Log: S.1 E.5
Welcome to our biweekly roundtable of Twin Peaks where we are working our way through every. Single. Episode. Some of us are regulars and some of us newbies, but none of our experiences are the same. So get yourself a damn fine cup of coffee, watch along with us, and feel free to chime in…
Thought Bubble Cosplay
This weekend just past, Kelly Kanayama and I were both in Leeds, at Thought Bubble: the UK’s premier comics convention? I can’t promise that’s a fact, but hot damn, it’s a great con. Much content coming on that subject! But that’s for later. Thought Bubble does not have a very heavy cosplay focus; it’s the sparsest UK…
Jillian Tamaki Wins Governor General Award
On Tuesday, the winners of the Governor General’s Literary Award (or GGs) were announced. The GGs are one of Canada’s most prestigious literary awards, with winners taking home $25,000 in seven categories. Last week I spoke to Mariko Tamaki about her Governor General’s Award nomination for This One Summer. Her cousin Jillian Tamaki was also nominated…
