Inherent Vice Director: Paul Thomas Anderson IAC Films Ghoulardi Film Company January 9, 2015 Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson (Magnolia, The Master), based on a book by Thomas Pynchon (The Crying of Lot 49, Gravity’s Rainbow), starring a few of my sometimes-crushes (Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio Del Toro, Owen Wilson), and centered on a plotline seeped…
Kickstarter of the Week: Cthulhu Wars En Español
If you love H.P. Lovecraft and have been looking for a Spanish language tabletop RPG, then Cthulhu Wars En Español might be the next Kickstarter for you. The Cthulhu Wars En Español Kickstarter is a simple concept make a Spanish language version of the Cthulhu Wars tabletop game. The game created by Sandy Petersen, best…
The DC Daily Planet: Recap Episode
Happy 2015, crusaders! Are you excited about the new year? Have any resolutions? I have a bunch, and several of them involve both more writing and more comics. I suspect this overlaps with many of you. Let’s take a moment to glance back through the last year, shall we? 2014 was the Year of the…
[NSFW] Sex Criminals Review: Porn Queen Professor
Sex Criminals #9 Matt Fraction (W), Chip Zdarsky (A) Image Comics Oh, Sex Criminals. How can a comic about orgasms that has a letters section constantly referencing brimping (go ahead, Google that) make me have all these feels? This issue introduces us to Ana, who has appeared in the comic before as Jon’s porn fixation, Jazmine…
The Twin Peaks Log: S.2 E.1
Welcome to our biweekly roundtable of Twin Peaks where we are working our way through every. Single. Episode. Some of us are regulars and some of us newbies, but none of our experiences are the same. So get yourself a damn fine cup of coffee, watch along with us, and feel free to chime in…
The Thursday Book Beat: News To Look Out for in 2015
Happy New Year! Today’s Book Beat is structured differently. Instead of giving you the most recent book news, I’ll be giving you a list of news items from 2014 that I think will make a comeback in 2015. BookCon 2015 Last year, we talked a lot about the first annual BookCon, as it fumbled with its less…
Bored? Hungover? Soothe Yourself with Some Quick Comic Reads
Happy 2015! Woo woo! *glitter toss* *kazoo noises* Oh- sorry. You’re hungover, aren’t you? Well, I guess I have a few things that might help you pass the day in peace. In the dark. Under a blanket. With dual carafes of coffee and water. Things like — comics! Well, editorial cartoons and comic strips. Let’s…
Happy Public Domain Day! (except you, United States)
Happy Public Domain Day! Today’s the day when people around the globe cheer for creative works that are now eligible to be freely used for any purpose… except in the United States. January 1st marks the expiration of copyright protection terms for creative works, usually the creator’s death plus a certain number of years, thus allowing…