Kazuno Kohara’s work spikes daily life with a shot of magic. The stories are firmly rooted in common situations (moving into a new house, playing during winter, visiting the library, and making friends), but with a supernatural aspect (ghosts, dragons, an elemental force, a witch, and talking animals). The narrative never points out these presences…
Making “Trouble” with Kelly Link
Get in Trouble Kelly Link Random House February 10, 2015 *Full disclosure: I received a finished copy of this book from Random House Canada for review consideration. Mirrors are funny things. The longer you stare into them, the more you see: that curl doesn’t sit quite right on your cheek, your eyeshadow isn’t exactly even…
You Are What You Watch: Which Five Anime Shaped Your Life?
Whenever I’m asked about my favorite books, movies, anime, or video games, I hesitate to answer. For me, comparing my love of Haruki Murakami to J. R. R. Tolkien, for example, is like comparing apples to oranges or choosing between chocolate and vanilla. Murakami and Tolkien, apples and oranges, and chocolate and vanilla are all…
Phone Game Review: Bounden
Bounden Developer: Game Oven Platforms: iOS, Android Price: $3.79/$4.99 07 November 2014 Shall We Dance? I have two left feet. I am actually so bad at dancing that people who’ve seen me attempt it before don’t even need my twice-dislocated knee as an excuse for me not to dance. Really, I’m only an acceptable dancer…
Mighty Marvel Monday
Welcome back to another edition of Mighty Marvel Monday, where the stories are made up and the links don’t matter! …kidding. This is all real Marvel news from the past week that you might have missed. Honest. Above the Fold It was announced that Marvel will be releasing their Free Comic Book Day titles…
Review: 2000AD, Prog 1919
2000AD, Prog 1919 Writers: Various, Artists: Various Rebellion Happy 38th birthday, 2000AD! That’s right: the galaxy’s greatest source of thrill-power has now entered its 38th year. At 52 weeks per year, plus biweekly Megazines from 1990 onwards…that’s a lot of comics. You may need to sit down for a moment to process it–I know I do….
Short & Sweet: Transformers & The Black Vortex!
Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye #37 James Roberts (W), Alex Milne (A), Joana Lafuente (C) IDW Publishing February 4th, 2015
Con Diaries: Boskone 52
Boskone is the annual science fiction and fantasy convention put on by the New England Science Fiction Association (NESFA) in Boston, Mass. One of the reasons I attend this convention is its focus on the craft of science fiction, that is to say, there’s a focus on writing, science, art, and reading.
Weekend Review
Sleeping Dogs in the Year of the Ram? Wonder Woman’s Secret History? Steampunk Red Sonja? Exploding kittens? And… Aquaman — what a week!
Crowdfunding of the Week: Dames Making Games
March is right around the corner and it brings the annual Game Developers Conference (GDC) in California. Putting my own jealousy for those attending aside, this week’s Crowdfunding of the Week is to help the twenty-five scholarship recipients of Dames Making Games travel to GDC to represent women in games and network with their industry colleagues….
The DC Daily Planet: Aquaman Looks Great, World is Confused
Happy Friday! Today’s DC Daily Planet is brought to you by Jason Momoa’s killer ink, trident, and a smolder Flynn Rider would envy. Yes, it’s true. DC’s done the impossible, crusaders: they’ve made Aquaman sexy. Zack Snyder tweeted the first image of Momoa as Aquaman at just about 1AM this morning, and it’s so cool,…
A Look At Random House Canada’s Upcoming 2015 Titles
This month, Random House Canada invited bloggers to their headquarters to get a preview of some of their upcoming 2015 titles. It was a great time where pizza was eaten and awesome transitional slides featured Danny Castellano and Justin Timberlake were viewed. Alas, this isn’t about the lovely Danny Castellano, but about the books, and I’m here…
