Ziggy Marley and Family Cookbook Ziggy Marley & Family Akashic Books October 2016 I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: cookbooks are like porn for me with their glossy pictures of beautifully arranged food that never quite turns out looking so pretty. You just have to accept from the get-go that you may…
Review: Fences Is Heartbreaking and Hopeful
Fences Denzel Washington (dir), August Wilson (wri) Denzel Washington, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Jovan Adepo, Russell Hornsby, Mykelti Williamson, and Saniyya Sidney (cast) Paramount Pictures December 25, 2016 August Wilson’s Fences adaptation has been a long time coming.
Villains and Masterminds: The Third Doctor #4
The Third Doctor #4 Paul Cornell (Writer), Christopher Jones (Artist), Hi-Fi (Colors) Titan Comics January 11th, 2016 It’s hard to imagine anything topping The Third Doctor #3’s explosive reveal that the Second Doctor was really Ramón Salamander in disguise. And yet, things are only getting more interesting as we hurtle into issue #4. Fragile alliances are built, characters’…
Asian and American: A Review of Permanent Alien
Permanent Alien: An Asian American Comics Anthology Hanna Cha Mariel Rodriguez Jean Wei Michelle Zhuang Digital copies out now; hard copies out February 2017 What does it mean to be Asian American? What are the ways in which we connect to our culture and to our ancestors? How, when, and why do we disconnect? And…
Review: Vanessa Davis’ Spaniel Rage
Spaniel Rage Vanessa Davis Drawn & Quarterly February 2017 Disclaimer: Spaniel Rage was reviewed using a copy provided by Drawn & Quarterly. Vanessa Davis’ Spaniel Rage mostly chronicles her one-drawing-a-day diary comics from 2003 to 2004. Now over 10 years old, these drawings are practically historical, living in a very different time where few people had…
Review: Asghar Farhadi’s “The Salesman”
The Salesman Asghar Farhadi (director and writer) Shahab Hosseini, Taraneh Alidoosti, Babak Karimi (cast) August 31, 2016 (Iran), November 2, 2016 (France) Iranian filmmaker Asghar Farhadi has been making headlines for years in the film world, creating award-winning film after award-winning film and even winning both the Golden Globe and the Oscar for his 2011 film,…
Tiffany D. Jackson’s Allegedly is Definitely a Great Read
Allegedly Tiffany D. Jackson Katherine Tegen Books January 24th, 2017 I read the synopsis to Allegedly a few months ago and by the time I got around to reading it a few days ago, I barely remembered what it was about. There was a crime. That part was evident in the title, but the rest…
Dogears: My Best Friend’s Exorcism and Diabolic Angels
My Best Friend’s Exorcism Grady Hendrix Quirk Books May 16, 2016 The power of Diet Coke compels you! My Best Friend’s Exorcism is a nostalgic, sweet, and disgusting story about friendship, high school, and demons. There are a few tiny gaps in the narrative and plot, but I enjoyed this book more than I expected….
The Young Pope: Mostly Pomp, Less Circumstance
The Young Pope 1-3 Director: Paolo Sorrentino Writers: Paolo Sorrentino, Stefano Rulli, Tony Grisoni, Umberto Contarello Starring: Jude Law, Diane Keaton, Silvio Orlando, Javier Cámara, Scott Shepherd, Cécile de France, Ludivine Sagnier, Toni Bertorelli, James Cromwell HBO The simple concept of The Young Pope — he’s the Pope, but like, young, and also Jude Law — was enough…
Mobile RPGs: A Necessary Experiment
A death foretold happened last week: my laptop, which I had bought pre-owned, died after approximately three years of use. I admit it, I might have played a big role in her demise. I put her through thousands of hours of more intensive gaming than she was built to handle. I know there is a…
Hermione Granger’s Got Her Own New (Web)Series
A couple weeks ago, I was scrolling through Facebook, and I caught three captivating words followed by another three captivating words: Black Girl Nerds, New Series Alert. BGN is an awesome site and if they’re sharing something, I trust them to not lead me wrong. But it was the words that followed that stopped me…
Review: Train I Ride by Paul Mosier
Train I Ride Paul Mosier Harper Collins January 24, 2017 Train I Ride is a middle grade novel that takes place over a days-long Amtrak ride from California to Chicago. Rydr is 12, soon to be 13, and must move to Chicago to live with her only remaining family member: a mysterious uncle who she…
