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
Gaming Diaries: Dave Discovers that Life (as a Girl) Really is Strange — and Also Full of Creeps
“Life is Strange is the compelling story of Max, a Senior photography student who suddenly discovers she is able to rewind time. She uses her power to save the life of Chloe, her childhood friend, whom she has not seen in five years. For Chloe it’s been a turbulent time and she’s been drifting off…
The Thursday Book Beat: Jacqueline Woodson Named Young People’s Poet Laureate
Nearly 70 authors, scholars, artists, and city leaders call for support for libraries As New York City libraries continue to buckle under the need for renovations and lack of funding, 62 authors have signed a letter asking for the city’s support. Judy Blume, E.L. Doctorow, Toni Morrison, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and John Legend are just some…
Books Made Me (Figure Out That I’m) Gay
A lot of people live in fear: fear of the written word. They don’t want their children to read Harry Potter because it might turn them into wizards. Brave New World was banned in Ireland, to prevent children from learning about sex. Leaves of Grass was banned in the United States for being too sensual. Dozens of books…
Beauty in the Breakdown, Part 2: The Wicked + The Divine
Once again, we return. A few months ago, I did a breakdown of Jamie McKelvie, Kieron Gillen, and Matt Wilson’s comic The Wicked + The Divine, or WicDiv, as a compression of high and low culture. I played coy with you guys in Part 1, but I’m going straight to the postmodernism this time. Don’t…
The Batgirl Trade Is Going To Have Some Changes!
Our lovely writer, Rachel Stevens, wrote a fantastic piece about the transphobic tropes in Batgirl #37 and Team Batgirl apologized without the typical “but”, “however”, and “if you were offended” non apologies we’re used to seeing in the industry. They followed that up with tweets that did not approve of the controversial Batgirl #40 variant cover on…
Review: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood – When It All Goes Wrong Again
Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #2 Nancy Collins (scripter), Dave Acosta (penciller), Valentina Pinto (colorist), Erica Schultz (letterer) Cover by Billy Tan (art) and Vinicius Andrade (colors) Dynamite June 10, 2015
Game Diary: How to Make a Dating Sim in a Month
All through the month of June, my partner and I are creating a dating sim for the International Love Ultimatum Gamejam (#ilujam on Twitter and Tumblr). Want to know what goes into making a video game? I’ll be posting weekly updates in a structured development blog here. This week: Why are games so hard?—the role…
Get Your Game on Wednesday: All the sales
My June is becoming a whirlwind of activity, so it’s good to take few moments to think about gaming fun. This week, there’s the big game sales news, the Lego Avengers trailer, a new board game convention planned for DC and since I haven’t included any for a while, LARP. Put your feet up and…
Con Diaries: Stage Select Toronto
I’m not sure how I stumbled upon Stage Select, Toronto’s newest pop culture convention, but stumble I did, and dragged along my friend Trisha, my nephew Brandon, and his girlfriend Nadia. I purchased tickets well in advance, watching the fledgling convention’s website slowly build up its following and its program. Trisha and I are convention veterans,…