Most people know that the New York Times has a weekly best sellers list for books, but they also have top 10 best sellers for graphic novels, hard cover and paperback, and manga as well.
Get Your Game On Wednesday
GoT fan creates a 3D printed Cyvasse-inspired game You know you’ve always wanted a way to blend your love of Game of Thrones with your gaming. Thank Michael Le Page for creating this version, complete with a set of rules and available for printing from Shapeways. Online gamers help female gamer during armed home invasion…
A Day at the Pop Culture Expo
I ventured to the Pop Culture Expo, a fledgling convention held in Wilmington, Massachusetts. From the start the experience had a carnival feel, from the parking attendants directing me to park in the dirt lot, to the three food trucks in front of the worn out ticket booths, to the gym-esque auditorium complete with bleachers…
Where Do We Stand: May 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. So far this year, the trend shows the top single issue comic sales heavy with superhero stories from Marvel and DC, but diversity is growing in the trade paperback and graphic…
Announcing Halloween ComicFest 2014
The third annual Halloween ComicFest is coming! Similar to Free Comic Book Day events, this event focuses on Halloween and horror comics for all ages.
Get Your Game On Wednesday
It’s Wednesday and this week it’s a two-fer; you get the normal Wednesday game goodness AND my cultivated female-focused E3 wrap-up. Happy Hump Day to you!
Kickstarter of the Week: Kitchen Overlord’s Illustrated Geek Cookbook
I’m not novice to geekery in the kitchen. A couple years ago, I baked rotating Endor and Death Star cakes for charity, so food and geekdom are a marriage made in tasty snack heaven to me. And if you’ve been enjoying WWAC guest author Annie Bulluch’s Cook your Comics recipes, this is a chance to…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
It’s getting better for women gamers Aisha Tyler, the actor and gamer well-known for her Facebook post about being a “real gamer,” shares her thoughts on character diversity in gaming. Gamers are more sociable than their stereotype suggests A new study shows that gamers aren’t just nerds living in their parents’ basement. Berserkon gaming convention…
Online indiE3 Project Open Now
As folks prepare to glue themselves to the internet for this week’s E3 gaming goodness, there’s another option for your eyeballs. The indiE3 project, open yesterday, gives participants a way to learn about new games and game development as well as meet the people behind the games. The event which runs from June 9-16, includes online panels…
Winners of the Xbox 360 Awards
Looking for something new to try? Xbox held their first Xbox 360 Game Awards, polling gamers from all over the world over the past few weeks. The results have been counted and winners announced.
Boston Festival of Indie Games Announces Keynote
The Boston Festival of Indie Games has announced their keynote speakers for 2014. Voice actor and writer Ashley Birch and actor Sarah Elmaleh will present An Actor’s Truth, the Future of Indies and the End of the AAA Everyman.
Kickstarter of the Week: Curvy Cosplay
For its small $2000 goal, Curvy Cosplay has big ambition: create patterns and costumes for all bodies as “No matter how beloved the character, and no matter how faithful the reproduction, the truth is that movie actresses do not have DD breasts nor the real life curves that make us all unique and beautiful.”