The Handmaiden Director: Park Chan-wook Writers: Chung Seo-kyung and Park Chan-wook Starring: Kim Min-hee, Kim Tae-ri, Ha Jung-won, Cho Jin-woong North American premiere: October 28, 2016
Bearded Gourd And Other Euphamisms: A Review of Loose Lips
Loose Lips: Fanfiction Parodies of Great (and Terrible) Literature from the Smutty Stage of Shipwreck Edited by Amy Stephenson, Casey Childers Grand Central Publishing September 27 2016 Disclaimer: A review copy was provided by the publisher in exchange for an honest review. In Loose Lips: Fanfiction Parodies of Great (and Terrible) Literature from the Smutty…
On Being In a Bad Relationship with The Walking Dead
The Walking Dead has gone from being the show I could wax poetic about for days to being the equivalent of that feeling you get when an estranged ex shows up unannounced and drunk to a holiday party and all you can think is, “Oh, it’s you.”
Canzine Toronto Was Busy Busy Busy
Canzine, a festival of zine and indie comics culture started by Broken Pencil magazine, takes place every year in Vancouver and Toronto. This year’s Toronto edition of Canzine, on October 29, was hosted by the Art Gallery of Ontario and admission the low low price of no dollars. That’s thanks in part to the festival’s…
How to Build Your Own Geek Terrarium
Building a terrarium is easy, peaceful, and can give you a piece of mindfulness that you’ll never expect to have. I wanted to build my first terrarium after reading Amy Parish’s zine Terrarium – Give Yourself Room to Grow. It was the perfect jumping off point for me to dive into terrariums, mindfulness, and self-care…
75 Years of Veronica Lodge: You’re Welcome, World
Archie 75 Series: Veronica Contributors: Dan Parent, Jim Amash, Hy Eisman, Mindy Eisman, Barry Grossman, Rich Koslowski, Jack Morelli, Kathleen Webb, Bill Yoshida, and Digikore Studies Archie Comics July 2016 The Archie 75 Series reprints a selection of comics that best represent the character in hand – in this case, Veronica Lodge. WWAC has had Team Betty…
Reel Asian Film Fest: Soul Mate, Tsukiji Wonderland & Bad Rap
The Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival showcases “Asian cinema and work from the Asian diaspora.” We’ve covered it before on the site and will do so again this year because there are a ton of great films on the schedule. The festival runs from November 8th to November 19th and it kicked off with…
YA Trope Crushing: A Mortal Song by Megan Crewe
A Mortal Song Megan Crewe Another World Press September 2016 If you’re even slightly familiar with young adult novels, you know that one of the more popular tropes found is “The Hero is The Chosen One.” With A Mortal Song, Megan Crewe flips this trope on its head and dropkicks it.
History Has Its Eyes on Us: A Hamilton Fan Reviews Declaration #1
Declaration #1 Josh Trujillo (Writer), Levi Hastings (Artist) Lost His Keys Man Comics November 2nd, 2016 It’s a foregone conclusion that in this post-Hamilton era, any new media set during America’s Revolutionary War is now forever going to draw comparisons to said musical and its creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda, and more than likely fall short. However, with…
Previously on Comics: Lesbians, Wonder Woman, Joe Shuster Awards and more!
https://twitter.com/rgay/status/794017810808705024 Kate here, back again! I sometimes try to come up with interesting ways to start this news round up, but this week I saw that tweet and I just knew that nothing else was going to win Best Comics Tweet this week, and in this, the final week of the US Presidential Election, we…
Review: The Voter Suppression Trail
The United States Presidential Elections are looming like Big Brother. Sensing the country’s doom, the team over at GOP Arcade has presented the weary masses with The Voter Suppression Trail. In conjunction with that liberal news bastion, The New York Times, it’s a game for both excited and disenfranchised voters alike.
How to Keep the Ultimate Cosplay Journal
The secret to any great cosplay is most probably going to be… a heck-of-a-lot of planning. Whether that’s a plan to ensure the structural integrity of your cosplay or just to keep you on track with your budget, it’s always worth making one before you dive head first into the awesome (yet stressful) world of…