Kickstarter of the Week: Kill Shakespeare Board Game from IDW Games!
For those not familiar with IDW’s series Kill Shakespeare, let me break it down: all of Shakespeare’s characters are real, and so is Shakespeare (also, he might be a wizard). There’s magic and intrigue and high adventure. I don’t really need to give you more details than that, right? Go read this book immediately!
News & Things: Valentine’s Day with Black Widow
Hey all, Ivy here with Catie, one of our newest writers, and all the news that’s fit to print…err, blog! (“Yay! Hi, Catie!” is what you say.) Marvel Confirms: Potential Black Widow Solo Movie Possibly In the Works (Maybe) President of Production for Marvel Kevin Feige said a vague thing about Black Widow’s role in…
Dear Shia, I Went to Art School With You
Dear Shia, I get the feeling credentials mean a lot to you, at the rate you’ve been namechecking postmodern artists as collaborators for your bizarre publicity stunts lately. Let me give you mine: I went to an art school that I will not name, because it is overall a lovely place that gave me some…
News & Things: Agent Coulson Is Disappointed In You
News “Game of Thrones” director Neil Marshall tapped for “Constantine” Known for directing one of the best episodes of Game of Thrones, “Blackwater” (season two, episode nine), horror movie director Neil Marshall has been chosen to direct the pilot episode of NBC’s in-the-works “Constantine” TV series. Could this possibly be…dare I say it…good?!
Kotaku Exposes a Story of Sexual Harassment in the Gaming Industry
Note: For this article, we will continue to use the pseudonym the interview subject has requested in order to protect her professional identity. I think that most women who are involved in the comics/gaming/general nerd worlds have at least one story similar to this, but I’ll go ahead and give you an example from my…
News & Things: A Cool Fantomex & A Sad Batman
News Mahmud Asrar Talks “Wolverine and the X-Men” Relaunch Asrar talks to Newsarama about what’s next for Wolvie’s kids, discusses his recent exclusive contract with Marvel, and reveals some really awesome sketchbook art for the characters. That Fantomex! Ant-Man Movie Date Moved Up Ant-Man, a movie with an ever-shifting release date, will now come out…
Trouble in the City of Townsville (er, IDW)!
Recently, IDW revealed the variant cover to issue six of their new-ish Power Puff Girls series by artist Mimi Yoon. It is … interesting: Now, what we see here is a definitely aged-up version of Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup. Wearing what appears to be latex. With very defined chest areas. Which a lot of people on…
OMG: BKV AMA! (Brian K. Vaughan Answers Questions!)
Fan-favorite (okay, my favorite, but I speak for all fans, right?) comics writer Brian K. Vaughan, of Saga, Ex-Machina, and Y: the Last Man fame, doesn’t make many online appearances. One of the few creators who abstains from Twitter, he rarely divulges much or grants interviews. So it’s no surprise that his Reddit AMA on…