Heat Guy J was a twenty-six episode animated series that aired in Japan in 2002 and wasn’t particularly well-received. For whatever reason, possibly in recognition of the positive reception director Kazuki Akane had previously enjoyed in the West through Escaflowne, it was exported anyway. Box sets with dub and sub experiences available were later sold…
Superhero Sparks Fly in Heroine Complex by Sarah Kuhn
Heroine Complex Sarah Kuhn DAW Press July 5, 2016 Evie Tanaka has spent much of her life being best friends with superhero Aveda Jupiter (born Annie), and it’s not exactly a charmed life despite the exciting career she gets to participate in. Being a superhero’s personal assistant is rather perilous, after all, especially when demon…
Patsy Walker Meets Jessica Jones: Two Reviewers on Hellcat #7
Patsy Walker, AKA Hellcat! #7 Kate Leth (Writer), Brittney L. Williams (Artist), Megan Williams (Color Artist), VC’S Clayton Cowles (Letterer) Marvel Comics June 15th, 2016
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Women in British Animation: A Short Introduction
While the United Kingdom never had an animation industry on the same scale as those of the United States, Japan or Russia, the country has long played host to a vibrant subculture of experimental animation. Animation, like any other medium, started out as an experimental endeavour. In Britain, it was pioneered by turn-of-the-century filmmaker Arthur Melbourne-Cooper,…
Overwatch: Everybody’s Doing It, You Should Too
In May, Blizzard Entertainment, makers of the long standing Warcraft games, added a new game to their roster: Overwatch. And it’s taking over eeeeverything. If you haven’t seen the commercials on television, you may have come across the many memes, the fan art, the cosplay, or seen “Play of the Game” overlaid across your favourite movie…
Take THAT Fashion Industry! Learning to Sew for Myself
I just got engaged, and I’ve decided to do something that seems completely ridiculous to many of my friends: I’m going to sew my own wedding dress.
[NSFW] Moon Over June Offers Vulvas and Nothing Else
Moon Over June is super problematic. Several websites have called it out for its anti-Japanese sentiments from a Japanese character, the fact that the Ob-Gyn character is aroused by her pregnant patients, and the goofy facial expressions of the characters. Reading it for the purpose of reviewing, it taught me a valuable lesson: Sometimes it is…
Previously On Comics: Mighty Marvel Monday Edition
It’s Monday, so it’s time for another Mighty Marvel Mon– Wait, hold on. That’s wrong. Let me try that again. Welcome back for another edition of Previously On Comics! This is our new consolidated news column that aims to give you the quick and dirty news in and around the comics industry, from Anime to…
“I’m in it for the journey:” An Interview with Honor Thy Father’s John Lloyd Cruz
Dig deep into the psyche of Filipino society, and you’ll find a deeply ingrained sense of honor with regards to family and religious practice. In Honor Thy Father, John Lloyd Cruz gives a strong performance as Edgar, a man who finds his life inexplicably wrecked by greed and corruption in these same institutions, and who must rescue…
“She’s So Different From Who I Am, and That’s What I Love About Her”: An Interview with Hamog’s Teri Malvar
Manila’s street children, derisively called batang hamog or “children of the haze,” are an inescapable part of the city landscape. It is that same landscape that Ralston Jover takes a camera to in Hamog, a film that finds humanity in the hazy smoke and smog. Part of that clarity of Hamog comes from 16-year-old actress Therese “Teri” Malvar….
How to Go Steady: An Interview with Comics Historian Jacque Nodell
I stumbled across comics historian Jacque Nodell’s blog on romance comics, Sequential Crush, a few years back. I loved her historical analysis of the comics that provided insight into the period, but also showed a great love for the genre. Last March, I interviewed her about her work, then the following month, I had an…
