Costuming is important in art. Clothing is more immediately communicative than body language, and art communicates. For example, Lana Del Rey’s video for her 2012 release “National Anthem.” It’s all Jackie & JFK pastiche. Towards the very end, there’s that last ride recreated, and Jackie/Lana has on the pink suit. WRONG. She wears goldenrod. Her hat…
Gaming News: OMG GOATS
To the complete surprise of anyone who refuses to acknowledge the superiority of goats over all of their four-legged brethren, Goat Simulator will be adding an MMO expansion simulator* to its ground breaking game on Thursday, November 20th.
GIFS: My First Game: Granny’s Garden
Wanna play a spooky game? Get yourself a glass of something fine. Get a blanket. Draw your chair up close to the computer screen. If you’re brave, you can turn off the light. Also, you need to become six years old. Can you do that? In your mind?
Wrestler CM Punk Writing for Thor Annual 2015
World Wrestling Entertainment wrestler CM Punk is writing a Thor short story. Wrestling fans Editor-in-chief Claire Napier and Staff Writer Rachel Stevens sat down to chat about this new venture. Rachel So, CM Punk is doing a Marvel Comics story for Thor. I’m enthused about this — I got into wrestling because a friend of mine linked…
Short & Sweet: Edward Scissorhands Hates Velvet Astronauts
Edward Scissorhands Kate Leth (W) Drew Rausch (A) IDW Edward Scissorhands picks up a quarter of century after the film. Edward, being a technological creation, is unaged and largely forgotten in his eerie hilltop mansion. Kim’s granddaughter Megan has grown up listening to her grandmother’s tales of Edward. Kim passes away when Megan is twelve….
Breakdown of The First Annual INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair
This past weekend was the first annual INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair, where book lovers could purchase their favourite reads, get their books signed by their favourite (newly discovered) authors, and attend panels. We don’t have anything else like this in Toronto — which is surprising given the number of publishing houses located here — so I was very excited…
Product Review: League of Ladies Underwear
Although they don’t feature traditional comic book super heroines, Dear Kate’s League of Ladies underwear collection fits comfortably into any geeky lady’s wardrobe. These super cute, hipster style underpants each depict one of four real-life feminist super-heroines who made the world a better place: Frida Kahlo, Marie Curie, Harriet Tubman, and Amelia Earhart. All of…
Multifarious: Beautiful Bizarre
If you happen to live in the DFW metroplex or are passing through, you should definitely check out the “Faces of Impressionism” exhibit at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth. The works are on loan from the Musee d’Orsay in Paris. Seeing art close up is a vastly different experience than seeing it in…
Where to Find Good Books and Comics at INSPIRE! (Everywhere)
Full disclosure: I am volunteering at the fair this weekend but am not obliged to give it good press. It’s the weekend in Toronto and you’re bored. What luck! The city’s new big-time international book fair, INSPIRE! kicked off on Thursday and will continue through to Sunday at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. General admission tickets…
The DC Daily Planet: First Looks!
It’s the end of another week, caped crusaders, but not the end of my coffee for the day. Go ahead and check up on DC, while I get a refill, okay?
Kickstarter of the Week: Words Are Power
In 1946, you return from the front as an established war correspondent. Something fishy is happening in Washington D.C. and you intend to get to the bottom of it. You didn’t think getting to the truth would be easy with so many powerful people involved, but what you hadn’t expected was is that most obstacles…
What We’re Playing: November
Rachel Stevens is playing XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Enemy Within on PC XCOM: Enemy Unknown/Enemy Within 2K Games/Firaxis Games Released: Enemy Unknown: October 9th 2012/Enemy Within: November 12th 2013 Developers: Firaxis Games, Feral Interactive (OS X, Linux) Publishers: 2K Games, Feral Interactive (OS X, Linux) Platforms: Microsoft Windows (what Rachel is playing it on), OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Linux,…
