Welcome to another Mighty Marvel Monday! Today is a very important day for me, because it’s Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals, and my team, the Chicago Blackhawks, have a chance to win the cup while playing at home in Chicago for the first time since 1938. It’s a big day. Chicago is special,…
Freaky Vegan Daughter: Summer Squash Noodle Salad with Roasted Chickpeas and Dijon Balsamic Dressing
Freaky Vegan Daughter is a blog I have been running off and on over the past year. Shortly after I started the blog, I decided to move from porch sittin’, breeze blow, sweet tea sippin’ Texas to the windy, unnaturally cold, freeze your eyelashes shut city of Chicago. In that year, a hell of a…
Tiny Heads and Old Lady Sass: The League of Regrettable Superheroes
The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes From Comic Book History Jon Morris Quirk Books June 2, 2015 The League of Regrettable Superheroes is, if you’ll forgive the joke – and there’s no reason why you should – definitely not a regrettable read.
Review: Red Sonja #16
Red Sonja #16 Gail Simone (scripter), Walter Geovanni (illustrator), Adriano Lucas, Alex Guimaraes, & Marco Lesko (colorers), Simon Bowland (letterer) Dynamite May 27, 2015 In issue #15, Red Sonja suffered under illness while others fought and battled for her. In this issue, our redheaded heroine finally faces her biggest foe to date. (Note: This review contains…
Eat Fast, Drink Furious: Recipes for Binge Watching Fast and Furious
A staple of the Fast franchise has always been the family dinners, gatherings, and get-togethers. Food and family have gone hand-in-hand and we’re cooking up (see what I did there?) some recipes to share with your family and friends while marathoning all seven Fast movies! Super Fast Smashburger Ultimate Extreme. Also Fast. Based on the Ramly…
A Message From Tom Doherty: We Are An Apolitical Island, Nothing to See Here
Some of you may be familiar with the Rabid/Sad Puppies Hugo Award Scandal of 2015, which has basically been a study in gatekeeping, sexism, racism, and all the less-than-cute things we have all come to know and hate about…well, fandom. Last month, Tor.com’s Associate Publisher and Tor Books’ Creative Director Irene Gallo made statements on…
Review: Starfire #1: The Orange Alien Princess has Arrived
Starfire #1 Amanda Conner & Jimmy Palmiotti (Scripter), Emanuela Lupacchino (Pencils), Ray McCarthy (Inks), Hi-Fi (colorist), Dave Lanphear (letterer) Cover by Amanda Conner & Paul Mounts DC Comics June 10, 2015 When it was announced that the popular Tamaranian princess Koriand’r, aka Starfire, was getting her own ongoing title penned by Amanda Conner and Jimmy Palmiotti of Harley…
The DC Daily Planet: A Very White Canary
Welcome to the weekend, crusaders! First, I would like to direct your attention to the shiny new banner atop this post. It is fabulous, right? Let’s take a moment to thank Desiree for her awesome work. Thanks, Desiree! As for DC, well…it’s been a bit of a slow week. A handful of creators appeared at…
#WeWantWidow
If you’ve ever strolled through an aisle of toys looking for Avengers merch, you might have noticed something odd: the lack of Black Widow merchandise among the sea of Marvel toys. It’s certainly something the internet has noticed, not just for Natasha, but MCU women in general. Last year, with the news that Guardians of…
Drink Your Comics: Mad Max Style
Close to the same time that Mad Max: Fury Road hit the big screen, Vertigo released the Mad Max: Fury Road Inspired Artists edition. Additionally, a prelude titled Mad Max: Furiosa will be released on June 17th!
How Nana Helped My Dad and I Have a Better Relationship
I spoke to my dad before pitching this piece to Claire, Women Write About Comics’ Feature and Opinions Editor. I’m quite open with a lot of things on the internet and have written about a few personal issues before, usually under my real name. But, whenever it comes to discussing family, there is a hesitancy I…
Smudged Alienation: Aisha Franz’s Earthling Reviewed
Earthling Aisha Franz (w, a), Helge Dascher (translator) Drawn & Quarterly November 4, 2014
