The X-Files revival premieres this Sunday, January 24th, on Fox, and Gin and Kate are extremely excited! But there’s always cause for concern when a beloved pop culture artifact is rebooted or redone, so Gin and Kate sat down to discuss ten hopes they have for the revival.
Review: Red Sonja Vol. 3, #1
Red Sonja #1 Marguerite Bennett (script), Aneke (art), Jorge Sutil (colors), Erica Schultz (letters), Marguerite Sauvage (main cover) Variants: Jay Anacleto, Tula Lotay, Tony Fleecs, Ming Doyle, Nicola Scott, Robert Hack Dynamite January 13, 2016 (Note: This review is based on an advanced digital copy from Dynamite and may contain spoilers.) Here it is! The…
Final Fantasy Meets Louis Vuitton in Recent Collaboration
In another geek culture meets high-end fashion moment, Louis Vuitton recently unveiled the latest from their Spring-Summer 2016 collection which features Lightning from Final Fantasy XIII.
Interview with Grand Comics Database
Awhile back while researching for my first piece in my Red Sonja series, I found the Grand Comics Database (GCD) crucial to my research. GCD is a non-profit, international database for printed comics. The site’s goal is lofty – “the database will contain data for every comic book ever published in every country around the planet.”…
Fail Better: Remembering Instead of Resolutioning
Last year, instead of resolutions, I opted for rememberlutions. I got this idea from a Buzzfeed article and thought the idea was pretty neat: “New Year’s resolutions can be energizing and motivating, but they can also lead you to beat yourself up; focusing on the previous year’s failures to figure out where to do better…
The Bloomingdale’s Star Wars Fashion Collection: Conceptually Dull, but Mostly Interesting
This month, various fashion designers—Cynthia Rowley, Billy Reid, Diane von Furstenberg, Giles Deacon, Halston, Opening Ceremy, Ovadia & Sons, Parker, Rag & Bone, Timo Weiland, and Todd Snyder—created looks inspired by the new Star Wars movie. The looks specifically range in inspiration from BB-8, Rey, Captain Phasma, Kylo Ren, the Stormtrooper armor, Finn, and Chewbacca….
Drink Your Comics: Marvel Holiday Comics
Drink Your Comics is wrapping up the year with a tribute to Marvel’s Christmas comics which include villains like Venom Claus, and even Hydra Claus amidst stories titled “A Spider-Man Christmas Carol,” “Catastrophe on 34th Street,” and “The Night Before X-mas” and were either written for or collected into a variety of holiday specials. Fortunately, Al and Kate…
Reading Diaries: Maggie Nelson is Amazing
With only a few weeks left of 2015, the ladies of WWAC are gathering one more time to share what they’ve been reading lately—the books they’ve loved, the books they’ve hated, and what might be ahead in 2016.
Giveaway! And Interview with The Art of Cooking Author Liz Brizzi
Geek-themed cookbooks and comic cookbooks keep popping up more and more as comics continue to grow a little less niche and little more mainstream. Last holiday season, I found out about a comic cookbook called The Art of Cooking with Michelle, Chloe, and Mia: A Comics Cookbook that includes recipes illustrated in a traditional comic panel style and centers on…
Fail Better: Employee Awards I Would Prefer to Receive
It’s that time of year which means businesses are probably throwing holiday parties and handing out awards for “Outstanding Performance” or similar categories. If you’re lucky, the holiday party is during business hours, but your place of business could also be one of those asshats who schedule these parties outside of work hours — as…
X-Files Gift Guide for the Holidays, or Just in Celebration of the Revival
If the 2016 X-Files revival in January isn’t enough justification for you, Ginnis and Kate have cobbled together a holiday gift guide for the X-philes in your life, including you because you are in your life, right? Okay, just get your wallet ready.