New Year’s Evil Directed by Emmett Alston Starring: Roz Kelly, Kip Niven, Chris Wallace Golan-Globus Productions 90 mins R, 1980 You know what I like? When a movie doesn’t hide its misogyny. There’s no metaphor. No hiding sexism behind women who “choose” to be objectified or subservient to men. Nope, none of that. Just some…
Inquisition Diaries #10: Elf Upliftification
SPOILER WARNING: These diaries will contain spoilers for Dragon Age Inquisition (DAI), as well as its predecessors, Dragon Age: Origins (DAO) and Dragon Age II (DA2), and may also contain spoilers from the tie-in materials. If you’re new to this whole Dragon Age business and want to know what the hell I’m going on about,…
Review: The Private Eye #9
The Private Eye #9 Writer: Brian K. Vaughan Artist: Marcos Martin Colourist: Muntsa Vincente www.PanelSyndicate.com This is the second last issue of Private Eye, and, surprisingly, the most disappointing entry in what has otherwise been an amusing and shrewd mystery, and a frightening prediction of what our very near future could be. In the previous…
The Red Tent Miniseries
The Red Tent Directed by Roger Young Starring Rebecca Ferguson, Morena Baccarin, Minnie Driver, Iain Glen Lifetime Television I grew up knowing the story of Jacob and his sons. Jacob is the son of Isaac (who is the son of Abraham), and he is generally considered the father of the Israelites as his twelve sons…
Gift Guide: Art! Prints! Flat Graphic Products For Your Home and Office
Jack Teagle rug designs If you thought those hero/heroine/villain facial composite card and wrapping paper designs were neat, check out what Teagle can do with a rug. Dreamy! £600 of dreamy, but that’s what fantasy is for, right? Teagle is a really interesting British cartoonist on the rise (along with frequent collaborator Donya Todd, of…
Merry Scary Christmas: How the Grinch Stole Christmas
How the Grinch Stole Christmas Directed by Ron Howard Starring Jim Carey G, 104 mins 2000 Somehow we, as a society, have agreed to forgive all Christmas movies their sins. Who cares if The Polar Express’s tinny sentiments and uncanny valley visages send us into our brain’s dank, lonely basement rocking for relief? It’s candy…
Inquisition Diaries #9: Hate the Playa, Not The Game
SPOILER WARNING: These diaries will contain spoilers for Dragon Age Inquisition (DAI), as well as its predecessors, Dragon Age: Origins (DAO) and Dragon Age II (DA2), and may also contain spoilers from the tie-in materials. If you’re new to this whole Dragon Age business and want to know what the hell I’m going on about,…
Gift Guide: Comics & Graphic Novels for Non-Readers
Do you have a non-comics reader in your life who thinks comics are non-literary, superhero smut designed for nerdy men? Do they need a conversion? Well, have no fear, Ginnis and Ivy are here to recommend some comics for turning your non-comics reader into an avid fan!
DC Comics Super-Villains: The Complete Visual History Review
Okay, I guess I should start with my bias—I’ve never read a “complete visual history” book that I loved. Yet, I always go back, and when I see a book like this on somebody’s table, I get excited enough to flip through it. I find them perfect for brief reads while sitting on a couch…
Quick Change: Too Much Coffee for the Holidays
It is eight o’clock in the morning, your fellow geek calls you up and announces a last-minute con she has decided to attend. Obviously, you have to go with her, but what to wear? It is now time to perform your own superhuman feat and put together an acceptable geek outfit from easily found items….
Merry Scary Christmas: Treevenge
Treevenge Directed by Jason Eisner Starring: Jonathan Torrens, Sarah E. Dunsworth, Lex Gigeroff, Molly Dunsworth, Glenn Matthews, and Kristin Slaney Yer Dead Productions 16 mins 2008 Treevenge is a short, indie film about…wait for it…it’s soooo good…THE REVENGE OF CHRISTMAS TREES! Seriously, could anything be more awesome than that? No, I don’t think so. A…
Happy Birthday WWAC: <3 Our Fellow Fake Geek Girls!
Three years ago I opened the first round of the Women Write About Comics Blog Carnival with this post. It wasn’t until June of 2012 that we transitioned from being carnival hub to an actual blog. This interview I did with romance writer and comics blogger (Geek Mom) Corrina Lawson, kicking off a series of…