Hello all! We are back this week with news about some of our favorite book series! Warner Bros. and the Tolkien estate have finally settled on a five year-long legal battle over Warner Bros.’ breach of contract and copyright infringement for Lord of the Rings merchandise – specifically “electronic and digital rights, rights in media…
Studs and Spurs: Hotblood!’s Take On the Wild West is Stunning
Nothing about Toril Orlesky’s Hotblood! is exactly what it seems. It’s a comic about the Old West, but there are centaurs. There are centaurs, but no magic. Every character is lying, but probably not in the way that you expect. There are so many layers of deception to Hotblood! that it’s at times difficult to…
7 Manga Characters with Heterochromia
As a resident of the United States, I will be the first person to say we love our national theme days. July alone has the ever-popular National Ice Cream Day and National Hot Dog Day– but the themes aren’t just confined to food! National U.S. Postage Stamp Day and National Father-Daughter Take a Walk Day…
Get Your Game On: Doomfist, Splatoon 2, and More
Happy Wednesday! What game have you been playing the most lately? I’m up to level 26 in Horizon Zero Dawn, and today I played the first hour of Tomb Raider. I’m also enjoying NieR: Automata. Let us know on Twitter or in the comments what you’re playing and what upcoming games you’re excited about.
The Beguiled: Gorgeous but Empty
The Beguiled (2017) Directed by Sofia Coppola Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, and Elle Fanning Focus Features June 23, 2017 The Beguiled, directed by Sophia Coppola, is a gorgeous, but muted film. It’s an adaptation of the Gothic novel A Painted Devil by Thomas P. Cullinan and a remake of the lurid 1971…
The REadWind: Alanna: The First Adventure
The REadWind series gets contributors to re-read the books they haven’t read in years and self-reflect. The goal is to explore how the contributors’ growth as a person plays a role in their experience in revisiting the book. Do they still like/hate it? How has it changed? Why? We ask the contributors to for a…
Another Girl With a Dragon Tattoo
Note: This article contains frank discussion of sexual assault and graphic violence. I have a confession: I’ve never actually read the Millennium trilogy. I’ve seen the movies, even the American remake of the first, but I’ve never actually read the books. I never felt the need to, honestly. We could spend a lot of time…
Diaries of a Pathfinder Sex Idiot: Flirtroductions
Welcome to the first installment of Diaries of a Pathfinder Sex Idiot! In case this is not obvious, this is my personal account of my adventures in Mass Effect: Andromeda romance storylines, quite frankly my favourite part of any Mass Effect game. My Pathfinder, Fiona, has been in cryo for 600 years, and she didn’t…
No Take, Only Throw: Irony and Webcomics’ Political Relevance
On July 18th, 2015 cupcakelogic on Tumblr posted a simple, three-paneled webcomic on her blog. The comic depicted her new dog and the ironic conundrum she faced. The penciled dog, holding a ball in her mouth, wants her person to throw it.
Previously On Comics: Awards and Demerits
What happened in comics last week? Howard Chaykin. Again. After Image Comics pulled the cover to Divided States of Hysteria #4 and issued a public statement that was underwhelming in its own right, Chaykin decided to double down, contradicting even that statement in an interview with the website Freaksugar. In it, Chaykin defends his work vehemently, showing…
Frameline41’s “Transtastic” Selected Shorts Series is Fantastic
When I walked into the Roxie Theater in San Francisco and settled down to watch Frameline41’s “Transtastic” selected shorts series, I wasn’t exactly sure what to expect. There wasn’t any particular theme to the series, and the synopses of the films posted on the Frameline41 website revealed that they varied in theme, genre, and tone….
Saturday Flow: Cosmic Fish Relationship Chart
Eliana Falcon, whose webcomics Cosmic Fish can be read here, rose to the challenge I set on Twitter. What’s better than a relationship chart?? NOTHING. So here’s one to introduce to you the emotional cosmos of Acantha and friends (and so on)~ Click to enlarge!
