When indie comics creator MariNaomi started researching other person of color cartoonists for an article, the results motivated her to start the Cartoonists of Color database.
Where Do We Stand? July Comic Sales
Each month,Diamond Comics Distributors releases data on the top selling products from single issue comics, to graphic novels and trade paperbacks, to toys. Their sales data represents items sold through comic book shops.
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Terrifying P.T demo for Silent Hills Big news from Gamescom last week was the teaming up of creator Hideo Kojima and movie director Guillermo del Toro for a new game. For fans of horror, the P.T. (playable teaser) is something not to be missed. Gen Con attendance up 10% Known as one of the largest tabletop…
The Cosplay Games
Salt Lake Comic Con knows cosplay isn’t just for conventions. This past weekend they hosted The Cosplay Games, a photo scavenger hunt in Salt Lake City, to get fans excited for the main event in early September. The four hour long event encourages participants to dress up and scour the downtown for clues to ten…
This Year’s Women of the Hugo Awards
For a genre often marred by it’s lack of diversity, times do seem to be changing. At this year’s Hugo Awards ceremony, science fiction and fantasy fans proved that women can make a mark. Of the 16 categories, for which awards were given, women took home half.
Kickstarter of the Week: Widdershins: Piece of Cake
A gifted young baker wants to win the National Bakeoff competition but this year it’s being held in Widdershins, the center of magical activity in England and something of a magnet for trouble.
Attention D&D fans! Audible Has a Free All-Star Recording
For fans of Dungeons & Dragons, Audible has released an anthology of R.A Salvatore’s stories in honor of the 40th anniversary. And for a limited time, it’s completely free to download.
#1reasontobe Continues at GDC Europe
This week wrapped up the Game Developers Conference Europe (GDC Europe), the largest game developer conference in Europe. It’s hosted by the UBM Tech Game Network which also hosts the Game Developers Conference (GDC), the world’s largest and longest runner industry-only event. As one of the markets of UBM Tech, it’s not surprising that the…
Female Cartoonists on Drawing Their Bodies
The fight for better representation of the female form in comics is ongoing battle. For every Ms. Marvel Kamala Kahn, we find at least one Teen Titans Wonder Girl. At Buzzfeed, Kristin Radtke asked 23 female cartoonists to draw their own bodies and share their thoughts on the matter. The result is a thoughtful exhibition by…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Skylanders to launch toy-to-tablet starter pack Skylanders are all the rage for families with young video gamers. When the latest installment, Skylanders Trap Team comes out later this year, families will be able to choose if they want the gaming console version or the new tablet version. Petition to memorialize Robin Williams in World of…
FanService Renji has some words for cosplayers
In response to people asking him to address issues in the cosplay community, cosplayer and entertainer, Fanservice Renji, posted a video on Youtube earlier this week titled Things Cosplayers Need to Stop Doing. The first time I checked the video had just under 2700 views, four hours later it had jumped to 17,000 and as…
Kickstarter of the Week: Illegal
Look into the future and envision a government that tracks you not through phone records, but a microchip under your skin. Now imagine you’re a young female immigrant without one.