I return from NYCC, battle-scarred and haggard, coughing so much that I am surely about to expel one of my lungs through my mouth (ask not for who con crud tolls, it tolls for thee), but I have the news for you, oh beloved readers. I have the news for you.
Webcomic Capsules: The Cute!
Sometimes you’ve had a rough, rough day, and you need the cute. The webcomics I’m reviewing below bring the cute artistically—and sometimes their subject matter is just as serious as real life. Positive Doodles Emm Roy Genre: Inspirational Cuteness Updates: Usually daily You can’t get any simpler than positive doodles. These are small, cutely rendered…
Hogwarts, After Dark: Event and Interview
On Thursday, September 4th, I headed out of my home long after the sun had set. Like a young Mr. Harry Potter, I entered the train depot alone, unsure of what awaited me. Maybe I would find my Ron and Hermione on this Red line trip to the Northside of Chicago, I thought. Of course,…
Put Another Dime In The Jukebox: Spider-Gwen Ongoing Announced
The news we’d been hoping for finally broke. Last Friday at New York Comic Con, Marvel announced that Gwen Stacy, Spider-Woman, would be getting an ongoing starting in February 2015.
Multifarious: The Rude Art of the Polite Protest
NSFW: Painted nudity. This week it’s all art we love and art we love talking about. Welcome back to Multifarious! Artist Janet Bruesselbach has begun a series of gorgeous oil portraits of trans women, Daughters of Mercury. She’s currently raising funds for the project on Kickstarter.
Video Games: Free, Cheap, and Mutating
If you were to ask me, the best way to PC game is on the cheap. There are always sales happening in the video game world as the “value” of a game decreases within hours of its release. Just try to trade your games back to any gaming boutique and you will realize how swiftly…
Gotham Gossip: Episode 3, “The Balloonman”
Welcome, Bat Fanatics, to our weekly debrief of Gotham. Today, News Editor Laura, and Staff Writer Ardo take on Episode 3: The Balloonman!
Remember Swimsuit Issues? I Miss Those
When Marvel presented its Milo Manara variant cover to Spiderwoman #1, the internet exploded with people condemning both Marvel and the artist for the unnecessary sexualization of the character. The defenders of Manara’s work argue that you can find similar poses at a yoga studio or complain that male superheroes are sexualized, too. Some of…
Reading Diaries: Study Them When They’re Coming Apart
This month I read The Sisters Brothers and Room. They were both good, but I think only Sisters Brothers is a reread. Room is the sort of book that’s built around reveals and tension, and I’m not sure that there’s much there once that’s gone. Certainly it’s a clever book, and the child-voice is wonderfully…
Who ya gonna call? Ladies. GhostBusters 3 is Officially A THING.
As of yesterday, and Paul Feig’s tweet, Ghostbusters 3 is actually happening. When rumors flew early in September that Bill Murray had given his blessing for the idea of an all female Ghostbusters cast, it was easy to shrug it off — the same way Wonder Woman fans have gotten used to doing with the…
Life Geek: 09/26/14 – 10/09/14
We’ve moved Life Geek! to a bi-weekly lifestyle feature to make way for some other lifestyle features. Enjoy a brief look into our geeky and not-so geeky lives. Ginnis Tonik, Lifestyle Editor My bestie and I took our pups to the annual Denton Dog Days. Besides a copious amount of free treats and an additional…
Kickstarter of the Week: The First Annual Journal of Bicycle Feminism
The legacy of the zine lives on. This week’s Kickstarter of the Week focuses on a zine-turning-annual that focuses on building the feminist bicyclist revolution. Vive la revolution! The aim of the Kickstarter campaign for The First Annual Journal of Bicycle Feminism aims to fund the making of their first annual. The theme is grief…
