Today is a Batman vs. Superman extravaganza and no one is surprised. The second full length trailer for the upcoming movie dropped last night and was full of surprises (and not-so-surprises). Let’s take a look: This trailer paints a broader picture of the movie, compared to the Comic-Con trailer released earlier this year which zeroed in pretty…
The Thursday Book Beat: Learning Why ‘We Should All Be Feminists’ in Sweden
Newspaper leaks Haruki Murakami’s elementary school library records Borrowing records are sacrosanct in library systems around the world, and Japanese librarians have spoken out about the Kobe Shinbun’s list of books Murakami borrowed as a teenager. The record was gathered from cards where library users’ names were listed underneath specific authors. All Swedish teens to…
2014 Hugos Versus 2015 Sad Puppies: Short Stories
In 2002, the Hugo Award for Best Novel went to Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Science fiction author Gregory Benford was not impressed, and he gave his views on the situation in 2005: “Fantasy has very, very cleverly managed to capture the apparatus erected by science fiction fandom and pro-dom, and fantasy writers now…
Essential Reading: X-Men Info? Who Needs Cerebro
Preceding the current Epic line of full-colour, large collection reprint volumes, Marvel Comics’ Essential [Whatever] phonebook trades were their best-value output, in my opinion. Black and white, so you lose the colourist’s work—I can’t speak for how much of an artistic shame this reliably is, but it does get a little confusing telling one from t’other…
Mental Illness and Strong Black Women in The Walking Dead
This summer I came up with an interesting idea, or at least I thought it would be interesting, to write about how the women of Walking Dead subverted the strong, black woman trope. I started my research, took notes, and gathered my images. Then I stopped. What happened? Well, a series of unfortunate real life events…
