Harrow County #1-5 Cullen Bunn (words), Tyler Crook (art & letters), Owen Gieni (“Tales of Harrow County” art for issues 1-4), Tyler Crook (“Tales of Harrow County” art for issue 5) Dark Horse Note: This review may contain spoilers and is based on advanced review copies from Dark Horse. I recently added Cullen Bunn (The…
Inquisition Diaries #14: Trespasser
SPOILER WARNING: These diaries will contain spoilers for Dragon Age Inquisition (DAI) and its downloadable content (DLC), 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…
The Thursday Book Beat: I’ll Take a Short Story with My Chicken Burrito
Chipotle signs on 11 new authors for “Cultivating Thought” line Lois Lowry, Tom Perotta, and Sue Monk Kidd are just some of the authors who’ll be writing for Chipotle’s bags and cups, though Jonathan Franzen’s piece may not exactly be what the chain restaurant was expecting. Chipotle will also be running a “book report” contest…
I’m Loving Super Junior’s Devil!
Two weeks ago, I fell into a Super Junior sized hole in the shape of their latest single: Devil. I’ve never really listened to K-Pop (Korean Pop music) prior to this and have only had limited contact with it through the reaction videos of popular youtubers or Emma Stone talking about it on Conan. Super Junior is one…
Fan Expo 2015: First Con Photo Diary
This year local Toronto fan and photographer, Stephanie Austin, attended FanExpo with me and documented our time at the con — her first ever! — in photos. Steph and I met up outside the con, had a quick coffee and then headed in with hardly any game plan — we knew that we wanted to document the…
The Major’s Body (10): Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig
Boys, Sex, and Love Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: 2nd Gig is the second season of the weekly anime, covered here, and a direct thematic continuation. I might love it even more than Stand Alone Complex. [Oshii said] “And with Motoko Kusanagi, I had trouble putting my finger on the true identity of…
Pre-Orders, Debt, Timekeeping: The Stressful Economics of Indie Comics
Today we’re talking about the absurd economics of comic books. It feels strange and rude, asking ugly questions about income and insider knowledge. But what does the readership of a comic know about the economics behind the book in their hand or on their screen? Not as much as they, or we, could–and that’s a shame, because ignorance…
Get Your Game on Wednesday
Hidey ho, gaming lovelies! Fall has arrived in the Northeast and it’s perfect weather for outdoor tabletop gaming while sipping the pumpkin beverage of your choice. Quiet/Ocelot shower scene model swap No one knows why the assassin, Quiet, in Metal Gear Solid, runs around in a bikini outfit while the men are fully clothed. In…
Beauty and the Geek: Almost an Avenger with Kate Bishop Make-Up
Ever since Kate Bishops’ introduction in Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung’s Young Avengers (2005), the character has only gained popularity. She took over the mantle of Hawkeye after Clint Barton’s death in Avengers: Disassembled and kept it after his return while he worked under the name Ronin, Kate Bishop has more earned the title of Hawkeye. In the popular series Hawkeye by…
Books That Shaped Me: His Dark Materials
When I was young, my parents would take me to a bookstore at least once, sometimes twice, a month. I lived in a sprawling suburb, so we usually frequented either a Barnes & Noble or Borders or—on the rare occasion—a Media Play. I would not discover the pleasures of an independent bookstore until well after…
Gin & Kate’s 90s Nostalgia Roadtrip Review: The X-Files: Year Zero
Karl Kesel (words), Greg Scott & Vic Malhotra (lines), Mat Lopes (colors), Robbie Robbins, Chris Mowry, & Tom B. Long (letters) IDW February 2015 Continuing their coverage of the X-Files canonical comics in preparation for the television revival, Kate and Gin review The X-Files: Year Zero, a five issue series about the very first X-File….
Scrabble Vs. Family Feuds: Games Are All That Hold Us Together
Scrabble is one of the few links between me and my dad’s side of the family. There are other things we share, mainly our last name and genes. But the one hobby that my brothers and I share with them is Scrabble, and this bond is possibly the one thing that could hold us together….
