To Your Eternity Volumes 1 – 4 Yoshitoki Ōima (mangaka), Steven LeCroy (translation), Darren Smith (lettering), Haruko Hashimoto and Alexandra Swanson (editing) Kodansha Comics 2017 – 2018 *Note: this article is based on review copies obtained from the publisher. Over the course of their* existence, Fushi has been many things: a moss, a rock, a wolf,…
WWAC at GeekGirlCon!
Hey there! Are you in the Seattle area this weekend? Are you coming to GeekGirlCon? If you’re not, then do yourself a favor: clear your schedule. Then come to one of the most supportive, family-friendly, awesome, community-oriented, positive, and awesome cons around. Did I say it was awesome? But in all seriousness: this is my…
The Borderline Mother in Netflix’s Stranger Things
The Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things intrigued me with the fantastically ’80s splash screen on the Netflix series page and totally hooked me with the title sequence. And then my wife and I watched the entire, too-short eight-episode series in, oh, a weekend. I reveled in the plethora of cinematic and musical nods to the decade…
You Be You: a Review of Princess Jellyfish
Princess Jellyfish, Volume 1 Mangaka: Akiko Higashimura Translation: Sarah Alys Lindholm; Lettering: Carl Vanstiphout; Editing: Haruko Hashimoto; Kodansha Comics Edition Cover Design: Phil Balsman. Kodansha Comics March, 2016 Disclaimer: This review of Princess Jellyfish is based on a review copy provided by the publisher.
Drink Your Comics: Sunstone Three Ways
Have you read Sunstone by Stjepan Sejic? Please tell me you have! If you haven’t, I have two reviews for you to read: One by my colleague Wendy and one by me. Now, go, check them out, and then read Sunstone. If you like funny, endearing characters tossed into a story with some spice and romance, you…
Short & Sweet, All-Manga Edition: Barakamon, My Hero Academia, and More!
Barakamon, Volume #5 Satsuki Yoshino (mangaka); Krista Shipley & Karie Shipley (translation); Lys Blakeslee (lettering) Yen Press, June 2015 Disclaimer: A review copy was provided by Yen Press. Volume 5 of Barakamon is just as full of childhood hijinks and warm feelings as earlier volumes. City calligrapher Seishuu Handa has by now more-or-less fully adapted…
Navigating Jeanette Winterson’s The Gap of Time
The Gap of Time: a Novel Jeanette Winterson Hogarth, October 2015 The thing about submerging yourself into Jeanette Winterson’s prose is that you can’t just take the easy road through the story: Winterson demands active participation from her readers. She may cushion you with ethereal sentences and dazzling metaphors, but that doesn’t soften the landing…
Art History Shipping: Who Should Get It On With Whom
Fandoms love to ship. And by that I mean, they imagine their favorite characters falling in love—whether or not that romance plays out in the story. Which character should be with which other character often leads to fond conglomerated names of the wished-for OTP (One True Pairing). Take “Korrasami” versus “Makorra” from Legend of Korra, for example. Shipping…
Aldnoah.Zero Volume 1: Space Tragedy in the Making
Aldnoah.Zero, Vol. 1 Olympus Knights (story); Pinakes (art); Sheldon Drzka (translation); Brndn Blakeslee, Lys Blakeslee (lettering) Yen Press, Dec 2015 Disclaimer: Yen Press provided a complimentary review copy upon which this article is based. After the first few pages, I wanted to call Aldnoah.Zero a space opera. After another few pages, I wanted to call it a…
Taking the Girl Out of the Kitchen: My Experience with Gender and Cooking
Cooking. Gross. So girly. At least, that’s what my young self thought. Cooking meant wearing a frilly apron, maybe even a dress. Cooking meant being clean and neat. Cooking meant being a girl.
Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials to Hit the Small Screen
You know what I love? Good filmic adaptations of books. You know what I don’t get very often? Good filmic adaptations of books. You know what I’m excited about? BBC One tackling Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.
Stripping Down the Patriarchy with Bechdel Test Burlesque
Bechdel Test Burlesque, October 2015 Produced by Jo Jo Stiletto, Sailor St. Claire, Sophie Maltease, Scarlett O’Hairdye, and Sin de la Rosa in association with GeekGirlCon Disclaimer: A ticket to the performance was provided in exchange for an honest review. My dear Women Write About Comics readers: I really, truly wish all of you could…