No news, just commentary. Whoops! Commentary From Elizabeth to Katniss: Evolution of the YA Storybook Heroione How did we go from Lizzie Bennet to Katniss Everdeen? Paper Droids explores the question. How Heathers Changed Teen Movies Forever Heathers, Daniel Bettridge says, was the first movie to show teenagers as they really are. How to Make…
News & Things: Dick Jokes By the Dozen
News Anitta Sarkeesian received the Ambassador Award at the Game Developer’s Conference. You can find pictures of the standing ovation she received all over Twitter. Ex-Twilighter Cam Gigandet Stars In a New Comedy About … Penises In Bad Johnson, Gigandet’s character gets tired of his womanizing ways, and rather than make a positive change on his own, wishes that…
Archie Gone Girls: The End of All Things Good
Last week, the New York Times broke the news that Lena Dunham will be writing a four part story for Archie Comics, to be published in 2015. If you haven’t been keeping an eye on Archie Comics, this might seem like a shocker. Dunham, in my wholesome kid’s comics? But, in the last five years…
News & Things: iZombie Rangers
News Star Wars Episode VII: Actors Battle for Lead Role John Boyega. John Boyega. John Boyega. There are other options? No there aren’t. Former Power Ranger Rose McIver To Star In The CW’s iZombie Pilot Ex-Yellow Power Ranger Rose McIver is set to play Liv Moore in CW’s fake iZombie show. Anne Rice Is Ready…
News & Things: My Rap Game (of Thrones)
News Heavy Metal Relaunches As All-Media Company David Boxenbaum, a music producer, and Jeff Krelitz, a film producer, have purchased the rights to Heavy Metal magazine and will form a new “all-media” company producing on brand films, music, TV, and comics. New ComicWalker Digital Manga Service Launches With Free Manga March 22 The service will…
News & Things: Metal hurling (towards North America)
News Metal Hurlant Coming to SyFy And, I’m assuming that in Canada Space will pick it up. The French anthology TV series has just wrapped its second series, and very soon Americans and Canadians will be able to enjoy all the sexy scifi and ultraviolence.
News & Things: Lights Out
News New Game Black Shuck Looks At Mother-Child Relationship Megan Patterson of Paper Droids looks at this rarest of game tropes in the upcoming Black Shuck. Short Film Black Girl In Paris Heads to HBO Black Girl In Paris stars Tracey Higgens and is based on the novel of the same name by Shay Youngblood….
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I’m Loving: The Fart Party’s Over
The Fart Party’s Over is an illustrated, feature-length memoir by Julia Wertz. Wertz is a cartoonist and urban explorer–for awhile, more explorer than cartoonist. The reasons for that are both numerous and singular: Wertz is an addict and her cartooning has been, and is still, rooted in her addiction.
Reading Diaries #1
In this new feature, WWAC writers chat about good reads, reading ambitions, and what they’re reading right now.
Shorty Awards: Nominations Close Today!
Today’s your last chance to nominate someone for a Shorty Award. The Shorty’s honour the best in social media and nominations are open to you. So make sure to nominate your favs in gaming, podcasting, blogging, web shows, vblogging, journalism, Kickstarter, photobombing, and more.
Hits=Dollars: The changing ethics of online journalism
We just did a roundtable based on The Sunday Times’ cherry-picked JKR quote, which was packaged to create Harry Potter controversy. I’m sure it generated a lot of ad revenue for them. And then there’s xoJane running IHTM: My White Yoga Privilege, and its followup. It looked like a strategic move on the part of…
News & Things: I, Vandalizer
News Kobo Taking Over Sony’s E-Reader Business Once the industry leader, Sony’s e-reader business has been flagging for years. Now they’re giving it, and the PC market, up for greener pastures. Canadian e-reader company Kobo will take over the Sony Reader store. Trust me, you’ll like them. Their transition FAQ is here. Feminism’s Toxic Twitter…