Sitting down to write about Zendaya’s casting as Mary Jane Watson, I actually thought it would be simple. I settled down with a notebook full of facts and told myself that with it my words would crush all the angry fans and turn away the naysayers; I ended up hitting backspace more times than I…
The Thursday Book Beat: New Reads for Your Morning Commute
Happy Thursday Booklovers! Christa here, stepping in this week to share the latest news from the literary world. Penguin Random House has launched their new Subway Reads program to celebrate the installation of free Wi-Fi in the New York City subway system. The program offers “40,000 pages or 50-plus hours of reading time” to commuters….
The Midnighter Roundtables: The Authority by Warren Ellis and Bryan Hitch
In a historical move, DC Comics has slated to publish the first direct market comic book industry title led by a queer couple, Midnighter & Apollo #1, on October 5th. Midnighter and Apollo certainly aren’t the newest kids on the block, however. The two first appeared in 1998’s Stormwatch #4 by Warren Ellis, Bryan Hitch, and…