If you’re just joining us, Labor Day Weekend was Dragon Con — the biggest sci-fi/fantasy/comics/multimedia comics convention in the south, celebrating its 27th year in 2014. It’s in many ways comparable to a SDCC of the South, but without the Hollywood interference messing with the signal to noise ratio. It boasts guests from every nerdy…
Product Review: Arda Wigs Over Dreadlocks
It’s a wig review! Arda Wigs Cosplay Wigs I mentioned way back in Cosplaying While Black: The Expense of Representing that I tend to cosplay only characters of color, to show that I appreciate creators making characters of my race, but that I was having a hard time doing so because my everyday hair is 4′ long…
DragonCon Dispatches: Day Zero and One
Thursday Dragon Con has become so embiggened over the years that Thursday, the day that used to be for checking in and kicking back, has now become as busy and populated as Friday used to be. It’s not an official con day — yet — but there were a few things for fans arriving early to…
Webcomics Capsules — Run Freak Run, Curtailed and Jackie Rose
Webcomics Capsules is all about webcomics short reviews—more like recommendations, actually. See what our staff is enjoying around the web, choose your favorites and get to reading!
Just Keeps Getting Better and Better: A Review of Storm #2
Storm #2 Greg Pak (W) Victor Ibanez (A) Marvel Comics Issue two of Storm’s new solo series is, put simply — just as good as the first. Okay, no, it’s better. The issue begins with a recap by way of a casual date: Ororo and Logan (that’s Wolverine to most people, or does he let…
Dynamite Entertainment Introduces DRM-Free Comics
DRM (Digital Rights Management) has been and remains a hot topic for fans of all kinds, and for content creators of all kinds. People want to be able to use the digital media they’ve purchased in whatever way they see fit. Dynamite Entertainment, as of August 20, has addressed this concern just in time…
Short & Sweet: Steven Universe, Supreme Blue Rose, and More!
Steven Universe #1 Jeremy Sorese (W) Coleman Engle (A) KaBOOM! Studios Cartoon Network was so confident that Rebecca Sugar’s creation, Steven Universe, would be popular that they greenlit the comic before the first episode even aired. Artist Coleman Engle definitely has the feel of the source material—it looks a lot like watching one of the…
Throwing Popcorn: Kim Possible
Kim Possible Disney Channel (2002-2007) Created By Bob Schooley and Mark McCorkle The super catchy theme song tells you what you need to know about Kim: I’m your basic average girl/ And I’m here to save the world You can’t stop me ’cause I’m Kim Possible.
Dogears: Rock Bottom, No Skin in the Game
Skin Game Jim Butcher Penguin I have to admit that, at this point, I’m mostly reading the Dresden Files out of a combination of inertia and completism. The sheen and new car smell have been rubbed off by the criticism Butcher has received about the sexism of his main character (which I disagree with) and…
Review: Storm #1
Storm Greg Pak (w) Victor Ibañez (A) I have made no secret of my excitement at the news of a solo title for Storm. Greg Pak did his best to get close to the fans right off the bat by taking to social media. His efforts to build interest, create buzz, and generate goodwill for the…
Throwing Popcorn: Avatar The Last Airbender
Nickelodeon Action-Adventure/Fantasy/ Comedy-Drama created by Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan KonCetzko, Avatar the Last Airbender aired in 2005 on Nickelodeon and ran for three seasons to 2008.
If You Went to SDCC, You’d Be Dead By Now!
Or, at least, shocked and horrified. That is, if you were a denizen of the Newsflesh-verse. The series, launched in 2010 by Orbit Books, is written by Mira Grant (aka Seanan McGuire) and explores multiple aspects of the world during and after a global zombie outbreak. The main trilogy focuses on the Mason siblings, bloggers…