Takao Saito is most enduringly famous for his Golgo 13 series. Stoic man shooting bullets through endless swathes of human corruption. But what if, in 1984, he started a new series? What if it was about a woman? What if she were a … Hotel Detective? Well, what if? The series is newly translated (and available…
Nice Sex Comics: No Tears, No Chafing, No Pushing It
Sex: a lot of us do it! Naturally, it features in a lot of stories. There are a lot of comics with sex in them, out there. There are plenty of bad ones. And there are a lot of really well-drawn, clear-eyed comics about bad sex, too. Or functionally good sex, between people who are bad…
Stay Quiet: The Staged Body of Phantom Pain’s Sniper
Spoilers, alright? Quiet is the single woman combatant in the list of Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain‘s primary characters. Men outnumber women nine to one in this list, at time of writing, if personality-imprinted AIs count as people (nine to three if not). Other than Paz, the tiny blonde latina beauty who was…
Lara Croft, Ledge Hanger: However Much She Weighs, She Can Lift It
I like Lara Croft. I have always liked Lara Croft. The Lara Croft that I understand—which is not always the Lara Croft described by her production companies, or her fans, or commentators. I look at Lara Croft and see: a woman in her thirties of independent means who does what she most wants to: running…
Television Comes to TIFF: TV at Film Festivals and the Possibility of a TV Festival That’s Good
This year the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) will include a block of television programming and I think that’s weird. Its TV programming, Primetime, includes screenings of Casual (USA) from Jason Reitman, CROMO (Argentina) from Lucía Puenzo and Nicolás Puenzo, Keith Richards: Under the Influence (USA) from Morgan Neville, The Returned (France) from Fabrice Gobert,…
U Serious, Bra? Game of Boobs: Boob Age
Welcome to the very first installment of U Serious, Bra?, where Claire and Wendy discuss the proper use of boobs in gaming. The topic stemmed from Games Editor Al Rosenberg’s simple question: What does it mean for a game that they have to sell it with boobs (see: Game of War: Fire Age by Machine…
Relic Hunter: Tomb Raider With A Sex Life
Relic Hunter isn’t televisual literature, and the lighting makes it look cheap. It has minimal continuity and no responsibilities; it’s a show made for re-runs and junky binges. The former of which was where I found my familiarity with it, the latter where we got reaquainted last December. The first time I came in contact…
MAN PLUS: A Conversation/Review
MAN PLUS Titan Comics, July 8th André Lima Araújo, Arisa Rozegar, Luis Guerrero, Tom Williams Ghost in the Shell lifers J. A. Micheline and Claire Napier (that’s me!) discuss what was the first issue, but has since become just a section of Titan’s ongoing web release, of André Lima Araújo’s passion project Man Plus. Do they like it?…
Drink Your Comics: Archie Style
Still reeling from the goodness that was Archie #1 and Archie’s continued efforts to make Archie current, relevant, and interesting, we decided to celebrate our excitement with…drinking!
5 Takes on Island #1
Island #1 Ed. Brandon Graham Image August 2015 How do you decide who reviews a comic when half your staff is reading it? You open a Google Doc and make it first come, first served.
Polyvore Challenge: Let’s Play Dress-up with Emma Frost
As Claire recently pointed out in this piece, Emma Frost’s wardrobe is in serious need of an update. Clearly, the White Queen still rocks white like few others, but the lingerie and lingerie-influenced outfits of her Hellfire days are long past her. She’s on the side of good now and a dedicated teacher of new…
Review: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4 Does Horror Right
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (writer), Robert Hack (art), Jack Morelli (letters) Archie Horror July 29, 2015 (Spoiler Warning: This review contains spoilers for The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #4 and is based on an advanced review copy from Archie Comics)