Michael Ondaatje, Peter Carey, Francine Prose, Teju Cole, Rachel Kushner and Taiye Selasi will not attend PEN American Center‘s gala this year–this refusal is in response to PEN’s choice to honour Charlie Hebdo. The satirical magazine is set to be awarded PEN’s Freedom of Expression Courage Award on May 5, in recognition of their continuing to publish, despite years…
Oh Super: How Many Episodes Of Dragon Ball? Over–
Friends, Shenlong has been summoned. The balls are back together. The monkey is returning. Animated Dragon Ball… is coming back. It’s like the fuckers knew I just finished a run through “the entire series.” Even GT? Yeah. Even GT. People are pretty excited, of course, because this new anime will begin directly following Goku’s final battle…
Screen Daze: Webcomics to Binge On
Webcomics are a wonderland. There is so much variation and possibility out there. So much to read! So much to keep up with! it can be intimidating. Luckily, we’ve got your back.
Lest We Forget: Batgirl. Bat GIRL. Bats, Comics, and Girls
Recently, DC Comics started circulating June’s variant covers that feature the Joker across different comic book series. The aim was to celebrate 2015 as the 75th anniversary of the Joker. Only things have gone a little wrong. The art across the covers was pretty great, so it wasn’t that. What DC got wrong was the…
Review: Lumberjanes #13
Lumberjanes #13 Noelle Stevenson and Shannon Watters (script), Brooke Allen (penciling), Maarta Laiho (colors), Aubrey Aiese (letters) BOOM! Studios April 15, 2015 For the handful of people that might have missed out on the Lumberjanes craze, issue thirteen offers the start of a new arc and the perfect jumping-on point. While the comic’s first dozen…
Turn Those Frowns Upside-Down with the Clown! Joker Leto’s On Point
The Joker has tattoos and no eyebrows and, like, weird teeth, now. Lot of people are all, “no!” Probably plenty of people like it. You know, there are responses across the human spectrum.
Kickstarter of the Week: Check, Please!
A few weeks ago I recommended a little, irregularly-updated webcomic about boys and hockey called Check, Please! I talked about the growing fanbase and popularity, and the forthcoming kickstarter. On Monday, April 20th, at 6:00pm EDT, The Check, Please!: Year One Kickstarter went live. By 6:30 pm it was fully funded. Currently, the Kickstarter is…
Where Do We Stand: Women in the 2015 Eisner Nominations
The 2015 Eisner Award nominations are out and it’s time to take a look at representation. According to their press release, 34 women were nominated this year with female writers, artists, and editors earning a total of 39 nominations overall. The awards, named for acclaimed comics creator the Will Eisner, highlight the best publications and creators…
Marvellous Rumour: ABC Potentially Planning Ms. Marvel Miniseries
Marvelous Rumour: ABC Potentially Planning Ms. Marvel Miniseries For members of the Kamala Corps (fans of Kamala Khan) or Marvel’s superhero TV series’ more generally, there is good (albeit unsubstantiated) news! As IGN has reported, Ms. Marvel could be getting her own TV miniseries. According to these rumours, Oscar winner winner John Ridley has signed…
Creativity Matters: Veronica Berns, Ph.D. Designs Comic Book on Quasicrystals
As the spring semester winds down at colleges and universities, many graduating students are putting the finishing touches on their theses. For Veronica Berns, a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, last year’s finishing touches involved illustrating and designing a comic book. “At some point last year when I was putting together my thesis,…
#AdminProfessionalsDay: Aspen’s Executive Assistant By Day, Assassin By Night
It’s Administrative Professionals’ Day, and in honour of this event, I am celebrating me, who has been a badass executive level administrator for over a decade. After high school, college and university didn’t go so well for me. Money was short and I needed a job but I refused to get into food service, or go back…
Review: The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #2 Brings Us Madam Satan!
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina #2 Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (writer), Robert Hack (artist), & Jack Morelli (letterer) Archie – Archie Horror April 15, 2015 After six months of trepidatious waiting, The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina has returned in all its macabre glory. If six months seems too long to wait, have no worries because issue #2…
