Fall is a good time for books that will destroy your everything. It’s not winter, when disaffection can stretch on into misery. Fall? There are pumpkins to carve, fallen leaves to jump into, and forget seasonal affective disorder–there’s still enough sun to keep you from the black pit of despair we call deep winter. I read a…
News & Things: Adventures Across the 8th Dimension
Welcome back to News & Things! Today we’re travelling across the 8th Dimension to find the next Jane Foster! Read below for more! Read of the Week The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is The Dissolve’s Movie of the Week, with new articles discussing the film’s cult following, quotability, and the mythology…
SPX: These Are a Few of My Favorite Zines
Small Press Expo 2013 was held on Sep. 14-15. For a first-time attendee like moi, SPX was an amazing experience, an intense gathering of passionate creators and fans, and contained more comics than the human mind was ever made to comprehend. (Remember the Honest Ed’s scene in Scott Pilgrim and The Infinite Sadness? It was…
News & Things: Banned Romance
Welcome back to News & Things! Today we’re Hulking out with Firefly, Adventure Time, free Halloween comics, and more! Read of the Week There’s No Excuse For Misogyny In Space Helen O’Hara looks at the treatment of Katee Sackhoff’s character in the new film, Riddick: “This film, more than either previous Riddick effort, feels like…
News & Things: The Supreme Excitement of Our Time
Welcome back to News & Things! This week we’re back from Small Press Expo, have new Marvel Studios rumors, and our countdown to Halloween continues! Read of the Week Comics Alliance interviews Congressman John Lewis and Andrew Aydin about March, the autobiographical graphic novel about the Civil Rights Movement: “Each time I pick up the…
News & Things: Spirits
Welcome to News & Things! Hope you’re having a lucky Friday the 13th. Today we have J.K. Rowling, The Walking Dead, the return of Korra, and more! Read of the Week Stop It, Show! examines the gender disparity in British and American television writing staffs. News J.K. Rowling & Warner Bros. Plan New Harry Potter-Inspired Films…
Review: Battle of the Atom #1 & All-New X-Men #16
Battle of the Atom #1 & All-New X-Men #16 Marvel Comics Brian Michael Bendis Frank Cho & Stuart Immonen In 1980’s “Days of Future Past,” Kate Pryde travels through time to change the events that lead to her dark, Sentinel-overrun dystopian future. The year of that dystopian future? 2013. Now that 2013 is actually here—and…
News & Things: Lost at Sea
Welcome back to News & Things! Today we have news on Batwoman, Beatles, Bryan Lee O’Malley, and the other 25 letters of the alphabet.
News & Things: Life of an Egg
Read of the Week In 1990, Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson delivered a speech at Kenyon College. Now, decades later, artist Gavin Aung Than has put images to Watterson’s words in this delightful and poignant comic strip. Go read, and feel good about art.
News & Things: X-Fashionistas
Welcome back to another installment of News & Things! Read of the Week Geek Pinata interviews popular “X-Fashion” artist Kevin Wada about his work and inspiration:
News & Things: This Is How You Lose Your Marbles
Hello and welcome to a new installment of News & Things! Have you read Saga #13 yet? You should totally read Saga #13. But after you read our News & Things. Because we’re awesome.
News & Things: “KANEDAAA!”
Welecome back to News & Things! Today we have a lot of manga, anime, and animanga news to share. For some reason.