Comic Arts Los Angeles held its second event this past weekend, and the first two-day event. As someone who stays mainly within mainstream comics, I was scared and intimidated about going, but now, having gone, I am very glad I went. I was only able to go out on Saturday due to family commitments, but…
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…
Ghost World is Ghostly
Ghost World has a backdrop of death. The characters are surrounded by the ghosts of people and places that have passed on and changed. Enid and Becky do their best to ignore the fact that we’re all going to die. The visual representations of death begin with the copyright page. Slightly younger versions of Enid…
DC Daily Planet: Full of Surprises
This has been a week of big reveal after big reveal. Beware, if you’re not caught up on your shows and comics, there might be some spoilers ahead! But don’t worry, let’s start with a non-spoilery reveal: Telltale Games announced that they’re making a Batman game for 2016. Here’s the official announcement trailer: In addition…
Sequential Sartorial on Princess Crystal’s Redesign: Hair vs. Body
The Inhumans’ Princess Crystal’s weird hair thing is one of the most precious mysteries of comics; undaunted by science, unsullied by commonly touted explanations. It is—it simply is. Crystal’s hair does this thing, and we like it, and it is good. Here is a series of tweets on the subject: But I’ll tell you more…
Zine Review and Interview: Atalanta and the Footrace by Salt
Zines come in all different sizes. There are big, chunky anthology zines, slim fanzines, teeny minizines, and emotionally heavy perzines. The contrast between the size of a final publication and the incredible amount of effort put forth to create it really hit me when I received Kim Salt’s Atalanta and the Footrace. Specs from the etsy shop description highlight…
On Shipping: What’s Disney’s, What’s Yours, and What’s Mine
We never expect our ships to become canon. That’s the first thing you need to know. Wait, no. Let me start that again. As a result of creating a new world where there wasn’t one before, we have created our own language for this. We had to. The rest of the world gave us nothing….
Mighty Marvel Monday: Not Another MCU Update Post
It’s another Mighty Marvel Monday! Welcome to December! Only three more Mighty Marvel Mondays to go in 2015, so let’s get to it. First, to pick up where we left off, there are still great articles coming out about Jessica Jones, like this article on Bitch Media about Jessica Jones and abuse. There have been a…
Slow Burn: A Review of Sophie Goldstein’s The Oven
The Oven Sophie Goldstein AdHouse Books June 2015 Disclaimer: This review is based on a review copy provided by AdHouse Books. The Oven took two categories at the 2015 Ignatz Awards: Outstanding Graphic Novel and Outstanding Comic, wins that were well-deserved. Sophie Goldstein, who was nominated last year for House of Women, might also be familiar 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.
Shinbun Saturday: Farewell to a Beloved Manga Creator
Influential mangaka passes away Beloved mangaka Shigeru Mizuki passed away earlier this week at the age of 93. His manga GeGeGe no Kitaro is credited with encouraging Japan’s love of yokai. Mizuki kept working and producing new manga until his death. May all comic creators aspire to be as industrious as he was! Chinese nationals…