At first glance, this year has been terrible for motorcycles. In fiction. Kamen Rider, okay? Let me get my personal bias all shaken out first. Forty-three years of superheroes on motorcycles, oh yeah! There’s a new series every year, and this year said new series has a superhero… in a car. Ghost Rider? A bonehead……
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Some weeks I feel like the Rolling Stone magazine With Us, Against Us Threat Assessment. Take some time to catch up on this week’s news, then cheer up with something fun, like Color Sheep. Barbie can be a game designer, but not a game developer Last week’s fun was over the 2010 children’s book,…
Thought Bubble: Blood On the Dancefloor
My Thought Bubble experience had a shamefully late start. This was partially because my cosplay preparation took a bit longer than I had expected. To look remotely like Cassidy from Preacher, I needed another round of hair dye (Mango Copper) as well as convincing smears of fake blood on my chin and shirt. Since I…
Girls in Tights: The Fever by Megan Abbott
The Fever Megan Abbott Little Brown and Company Deenie’s life is turned upside down when her friend Lise collapses into a unexpected and violent seizure in class. One by one, other girls throughout her school fall ill as well. Soon Deenie, her brother Eli (the school’s star hockey player and womanizer), and her father, Tom…
Top Ten Tips for Being a Vigilante On a Budget
My friends and I got into a discussion on vigilantes this past weekend, or, more specifically, what it would be like to be Batman on a budget. It was fun throwing ridiculous ideas into the air but I started to really think about it. I’ve noticed that the only way you can be a decent and successful…
Cook Your Comics: Thanksgiving Spectacular, Part 4
Previously, in Cook Your Comics Thanksgiving Spectacular: Part 1: Green Bean Casserole, Glazed Carrots, Holiday Sweet Potato Casserole Part 2: Corn Casserole, Cornbread Dressing, Annie’s Fresh Cranberry Sauce Part 3: Pecan Pie, Chocolate-Bourbon Pecan Pie And now for the grand finale and main event of the evening: turkey! Roasting a turkey feels a bit intimidating…