A Silent Voice (Koe no Katachi) Naoko Yamada (director), Reiko Yoshida (screenplay), Kazuya Takao (cinematographer), Kengo Shigemura (editor) Miyu Irino, Saori Hayami, Aoi Yūki, Kenshō Ono, Yūki Kaneko (voice cast) Adapted from the manga A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima October 20, 2017 (USA)
Teaching Diverse Lit: Cinderella meets New Beijing
We are fully immersed in the era of adaptations. Fiction fans need not wait more than a week to hear that a favorite novel or comic will soon to make its way to the big or small screen. Old television shows and movies are earning reboots left and right. Stories are getting second and third…
The Golden Age Clashes with the Modern Age in Black Hammer [Review]
Black Hammer Jeff Lemire (Writer), Dean Ormiston (Artist), Dave Stewart (Colorist), Todd Klein (Letterer) Dark Horse Books September 20, 2017 It’s a weird feeling, to be disappointed by a comic. I mean, I’ve read plenty of bad comics, reviewed them a few times now, but it’s always harder when the books you’re hoping to be good…
Diary of a Pathfinder Sex Idiot: The Goodest Boy in the Galaxy
RYDER FINALLY GOT LAID, Y’ALL. But, ahem, I’m probably getting a little ahead of myself here. After what felt like an eternity of flirting awkwardly, making my feelings known, taking him on every mission in the hopes of impressing him when I managed to use my jetpack successfully, I finally triggered the romance for Good…
Rebirth Roundup: Dark Nights: Metal #3
Dark Nights: Metal #3 Scott “Sledgehammer” Snyder (Writer), Greg “Chaos Bringer” Capullo, Jonathon “Grim Reaper” Glapion and FCO “Overkill” Plascencia (Artists) DC Comics October 11, 2017 Scott Snyder continues to up the stakes, and to up the absurdity of the references he brings into this book. This continues to be everything I really want out…
Backlight: Further Weinstein Repercussions and Twitter Boycotts
These past two weeks it’s become increasingly clear that Hollywood is run by a handful of rich, disgusting, decrepit old white men; luckily, many in Hollywood are now coming forward to criticize the culture of abuse and harassment. Here’s hoping all these painful conversations will lead to further change in the industry. We also have…
9 Witchy Films To Make Your Hallowe’en Magical
Hallowe’en is a time of year often associated with magic, spirituality, and witchcraft. In many religions and cultures, it’s a time to remember and celebrate the dead. For witches, it signals greater access to (and from!) the spiritual world. For some, the idea of spirits and fairy-folk entering the human world can seem pretty spooky,…
Rebirth Roundup: Everything from October 11
This week has several books that look back at the long history of the DC Universe. Detective Comics gives us a look back at Tim Drake’s past and into his future. Ragman brings back a long missing character. And our Rebirth Royalty, New Super-Man, takes us back to the very beginning. ????Rebirth Royalty???? New Super-Man…
Gerald’s Game Is A Harrowing Survivor’s Story
Gerald’s Game Mike Flanagan (director and editor), Michael Fimognari (cinematography) Adapted from Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game by Mike Flanagan Carla Gugino, Bruce Greenwood, Henry Thomas (cast) Released September 24th (Fantastic Fest), September 29th (internet release) Content Warning: Sexual abuse. I went into Gerald’s Game having not read the book (I shouldn’t be allowed to call…
Lea & Julius Antoine: A 1980s French Comic About Ephebophilia
Lea: The Confessions of Julius Antoine Serge Le Tendre (writer), Christian Rossi (artist) Fantagraphics, 1989 First published in French by Albin Michel, 1985 This article contains discussions of ephebophilia and paedophilia.
BOOM! Bar: Watercolours! Anime Heirs! Girl Stuff!
Future-news: David F. Walker and Christopher Mooneyham have been paired on a new Planet of the Apes mini starting in January next year; all about that one mean guy with the big hat. Says Mooneyham, “[General] Ursus, to me, is just an old soldier, with no more wars to fight. He’s lost a lot, and…
Video Game Comics: David & Lara
Sometimes when I play video games, I think about other video games. As Metal Gear and Tomb Raider are the only video games I ever care to talk about, quite often I think about one in the light of the other. So like, you know, Solid Snake and Lara Croft. What if they banged?