For those who like a splash of culture to go with your fantasy loving selves, the Symphony Silicon Valley will be presenting all three Lord of the Rings (LOTR) movies in high definition accompanied by a symphony orchestra in April 2015. According to their site, the trilogy experience is being offered for the first time…
The Thursday Book Beat: First Annual “Toronto International Book Fair” Launches Tonight
First Annual “Toronto International Book Fair” It’s hard to believe that Toronto doesn’t have a big book event like it’s pal New York City whether it’s industry based like BookExpo of America or a more reader friendly option like BookCon. This weekend, however, marks the first annual INSPIRE! Toronto International Book Fair where book lovers can…
Of Pirates and Self-Rescuing Princesses
“I wanted to write a book about a girl that was strong, smart and independent — like I want my daughter to be when she grows up,” said Jeremy Whitley, and so Princeless was born. When we first met Princess Adrienne, she was trapped in a dragon-guarded tower, until she decided to take her fate…
A Trip Down Fear Street: Goodnight Kiss, Super Chiller #03
As the polar vortex veers down on the United States, let’s take a fantastical escape to the beach where vampire and vampire bats linger near the throats of unsuspecting Shadyside teens. Tagline Their first kiss could be her last… Synopsis Shadyside teens, Matt, April, and Todd, are looking forward to a summer vacation away from…
MICE 2014: Expectations Exceeded
The Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE) ran from October 4 and 5, 2014 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It’s been a free annual event since 2010 as a joint effort between the Boston Comics Roundtable and Lesley University College of Art and Design to create a showcase for artists and creators working in comics in the greater…
New Comics from Youth In Decline? Oh My. OH MY.
Ryan Sands last gave me heart palpitations when he and Michael DeForge released images from their cartoon-that-wasn’t, MallNation, but now he’s gone and released details of Youth In Decline‘s 2015 line up. HOLD ME.
WWACGamers
I took to Twitter to find out what our readers are playing. I did my best not to let my personal Bioware obsession take too much precedence, though we did have a few other people join in who love Mass Effect and/or are looking forward to the upcoming release of Dragon Age: Inquisition. Fortunately, we had…
Interview with Governor General’s Award Nominee, Mariko Tamaki
Earlier this year the creative team behind the award winning graphic novel, Skim, released a fabulous new slice-of-life comic, This One Summer. Here at Women Write About Comics, we’re big fans of This One Summer. In fact it was the inaugural read of our Twitter Comic Club (#WWACComicClub). And we weren’t the only ones who loved…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
First details out on Game of Thrones: A Telltale Game Series Yesterday, Telltale Games released details of the Game of Thrones games that’s in the works for PC/Mac, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360, and iOS. As an interesting twist, players will play from the perspective of five different characters connected to one house…
Top Ten Comfort Comics For Fall
As the weather begins its inevitable yearly betrayal of us here in the Northern hemisphere, there is comfort to be found in our hobbies. Often neglected during the sweaty days of summer, autumn is a prime time for reading comics while drinking tea, buried in layers of thick blankets. Re-reading your favorite comics for their…
Over $70,000 raised for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF) and Diamond Comics Distributors is happy to announce to this year’s membership and fundraising drive resulted in over 44o comic book specialty shops joining or renewing their memberships, raising over $70,000 to the cause. According to the Diamond’s press release, “Since the Retailer Membership program was launched in 2009, the number of…
Archie Andrews IS The Shield
Archie comics is relaunching The Shield with the title character making the switch to female. WWAC Staffers had some thought bubbles on what an Archie Shield would look like. Romona After reading the first half of the sentence, I pictured Archie rolling up a telephone book while entering the interrogation room, bald-headed and tightly black t-shirted. After…
