We are SO EXCITED about Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue Deconnick and Valentine De Landro. I mean, everyone is, but guys, we are SO EXCITED. Here’s why: 1. DAT ART. Valentine De Landro’s art is so good. SO GOOD. This page reminds us of Ghost in the Shell and Sailor Moon? Other pages are…
Inquisition Diaries #6: The Party Don’t Start Till He Walks In
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,…
The Thursday Book Beat: Let’s Call It A Comeback! Lesson Learned for BookCon 2015
BookCon 2015 Is Off To A Good Start With Partnership & Author Announcements Breaking news: @ReedPop and @diversebooks partnering, @JackieWoodson and @Sherman_Alexie named two featured authors at #BookCon2015. — Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) December 11, 2014 Publisher’s Weekly tweeted this out this morning. After the disastrous lack of diverse authors at last year’s BookCon which sparked the…
Wearing the Flag: Chuck Wendig and Adam Christopher on their Reboot of Archie’s The Shield
The Shield, like all of Dark Circle’s upcoming comics line, is a reboot — of sorts. The first Shield debuted in Pep Comics #1 jn January of 1940, only months before Captain America’s debut in December of that year. The character was the first patriotic superhero but many followed: Captain America and Minute Man in…
A Trip Down Fear Street: The Best Friend #17 [GIFs]
Do you think that just because it’s the season of merriment and holiday spirit that you can escape the horror of Fear Street?
Leave Zoella Alone: Publishing Loves a Sexist Scapegoat as Much as Anyone
Day-before-yesterday in publishing: turns out the YouTube-to-bestseller helter-skelter can deliver you right into the croc pit. Zoella, vlog sensation, became the proud recipient of a fastest debut seller ever crown early in December. Then this week, we’re all atwitter because maybe there was assistance given, in the writing of this book. What’s that, Scoob? A…
Geeky Crafts: Carol Danvers’ Lucky Hat
In honor of the Captain Marvel movie being announced, I decided I would knit a Carol Danvers’ Lucky Hat for my Facebook friends who wanted one in celebration. (The amazing Kelly Sue DeConnick commissioned a pattern for fans, and I needed an excuse to try it out.) I got six requests and guestimated how much…
My First Game: Hangin’ Out at the Treehouse
In the first grade, I set out with the ambitious goal to write my first novel.
Get Your Game on Wednesday
World premieres trailers from The Game Awards Super props to the folks at Engadget for putting together this list so the rest of us don’t have to comb through a three-plus hours awards ceremony. Some of the trailers look really good and run the gamut of space exploration to zombies to fighting monsters as Godzilla. The…
Interview with Meguey Baker
Meguey Baker is a game designer, sex ed teacher, and textile conservation specialist. She runs Night Sky Games with her husband Vincent Baker, contributes to Gaming As Women, and is an active and encouraging presence in the G+ gaming community. Meg was kind enough to answer a few of my questions.
Love Is Far, You Can Wait for It: Carmen, by em est Reviewed
My friend Melissa is a professional singer and a lover of opera. I’m not a professional singer, but I am a liker of opera. A few years ago I saw the Canadian Opera Company’s production of Carmen. It was my first time and I was transported. When I told her about my experience, Melissa sighed. Carmen,…
WWAC Warriors: Bodybuilding Towards Superheroism
I’ve struggled with body issues since middle school. There, I said it. I was a chubby, short, frizzy-haired teenager who couldn’t stand to look in the mirror for more than a few seconds. Working out didn’t fix that; I fixed that. And when I did, working out became something I enjoyed, instead of something I…
