Two weeks ago, Indigo Green Room—the events arm of the Indigo bookstore chain—tweeted out an invite to an intimate event at their home office as part of their new “Indigo at Dusk” series. **Indigo at DUSK** An exclusive experience at Indigo Home Office with Manhattan Medium Thomas John. FREE. Details: http://t.co/FbhX49VNgb — Indigo Events (@indigogreenroom) February…
Show Your Love: Vote for Some Awesome Geek Women
Last year, reader, you voted for the fabulous Sam Maggs of The Mary Sue. Our Geek Feminist of 2013 has a book, The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy, out this year! But now it’s time to cast a vote for the women who inspired, challenged, supported, and amazed us in 2014. These women lead publications, organize…
Where Do We Stand: January Comics and Graphic Novel Sales
With snow on the ground in the Northeast US, it’s time to reflect on winter sales so we can dream of outdoor spring comic book reading. For January, we’ll see if and how often women were represented in the top ten bestsellers lists and review interesting market trends.
Get Your Game on Wednesday: Kittens, Kombat and pixelated guns
For those coming to PAX East it’s only two weeks away! I can barely wait. In the meantime, here’s a bit of game news roundup to keep you going. Vote for your fav games in the Awesome Awards! Did you love the artist style of Monument Valley? Were you addicted to Dragon Age or Octodad?…
Interview with Ariel Ries, Creator of Witchy
I have never been a webcomic reader. In theory, I probably should be—I love comics and I spend way too much time on the Internet. But I’m also a big fan of print copies (I don’t like digital comics either), and if I’m being perfectly honest, if I don’t get e-mail reminders I won’t remember…
Review: Red Sonja Goes Steampunk in Legenderry Red Sonja #1
Legenderry Red Sonja #1 Marc Andreyko (w), Aneke (a) Joe Benitez & Ivan Nunes (cover A) Cedric Poulat (cover B) Sergio Fernandez Davila & Ivan Nunes (cover C) Admittedly, I haven’t read any of the Legenderry series. I read Fables for awhile, but stopped after Snow married Bigby because she then became drastically less interesting…
Quick Change: Linda of the Day
It is eight o’clock in the morning and your fellow geek calls you up and announces a last-minute con she has decided to attend. Obviously, you have to go with her, but what to wear? It is now time to perform your own superhuman feat and put together an acceptable geek outfit from easily found…
![Developer(s) United Front Games Square Enix London Publisher(s) Square Enix Bandai Namco Games (Australia, New Zealand)[1] Director(s) Roger Donaldson Producer(s) Jeff O'Connell Feargus Carroll[2] Designer(s) Mike Skupa Programmer(s) Dave Roberts[3] Artist(s) Hani Ghazaleh[3] Joshua Lee[4] Writer(s) Jacob Krarup[5] Tim Carter Composer(s) Jeff Tymoschuk[6] Engine Proprietary engine with Havok physics Platform(s) Microsoft Windows PlayStation 3 PlayStation 4 Xbox 360 Xbox One Release date(s) 14 August 2012[show] Genre(s) Action-adventure[9][10] Mode(s) Single-player Distribution Optical disc, download](https://womenwriteaboutcomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Sleeping-Dogs-Header-110x96.png)
Year of the Ram: A Love Letter to One Game and a Hopeful Future
Ringing in the New Year is a very special time for me and my family. Here there’s fireworks, flowers, lots of food, parades, red packets to be passed around, and lots of hugs and laughs with relatives we haven’t seen in months. Over in Hong Kong there are televised variety shows and a furious bidding…
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: Usagi Yojimbo Returns and Kirkman TV News
Usagi Yojimbo Returns in May with New On-Going Stan Sakai’s Usagi Yojimbo has become an independent comic legend over its 30 years of publication, and now a new on-going will debut in May from Dark Horse. This may be a good spot for new readers to get to know the titular character, a wandering samurai…
Cute Is Not Always Safe! Cover Stories: Judge a Book on Whether You’d Buy It
This time on Cover Stories, where we judge a book by the first face it presents… Ani-Imo: Volume 1 Haruko Kurumatani Yen Press The spine White! White looks clean and stands out. It’s confident. The font choices are all cute and the colour scheme is pleasant. I love a very round font; it looks so comfortable!…
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Movies that Shaped Me: [Rec]
I was bullied by my grandmother into successfully watching my first horror movie. It was Scream, and when I got too scared and tried to leave, my Taiwanese grandma snapped at me, “SIT DOWN. It’s only a movie.” My cousins and grandma had always loved spooking me into crying with Hong Kong B horror, but…
Bone Street Rumba: Half Resurrection Blues by Daniel José Older
Half Resurrection Blues Daniel José Older Roc January 6 2015 Full disclosure: I am enthusiastic about the things I like. Being a fangirl is part of the reason why I love this WWAC gig. I went straight-smooth-serious into fanning hard for this book: I looked for the TV Tropes page; there was none yet, so…
