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I’m Not Martha-Freaking-Stewart, but I Can Still Make an Awesome Groot Costume
- Cosplay
- November 7, 2014
The first thing you have to know about me is that I’m a bit of a dork for Halloween. The second is that I always bite off more than I can chew. So when my six year old son, Little Dude, told me he wanted to be Groot from Guardians of the Galaxy for Halloween
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The Twin Peaks Log: S.1 E.4
- Roundtables
- November 6, 2014
Welcome to our biweekly roundtable of Twin Peaks where we are working our way through every. Single. Episode. Some of us are regulars and some of us newbies, but none of our experiences are the same. So get yourself a damn fine cup of coffee, watch along with us, and feel free to chime in
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Top Five Alternative Superman Stories We Wished Existed
Superman is a character who seems to solve most of his problems with logic through an easy going grin and/or punching nouns. What happens when we dedicate standalone stories to issues people deal with on a regular basis? More importantly, what happens when someone like Superman has to deal with these issues? Stuff happens. Lots
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Chicago Zinester Interview: Meghan Ansbach
- Art & Design, Comic Strips, Comics, Interviews, Zines
- November 5, 2014
I had the recent pleasure of exchanging emails with Jersey Shore native, now-Chicagoan zinester Meghan Ansbach. I came across her zine “Everything is Better in Chicago” and adored her way of sharing her thought process on the page.
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M|O|O|N Knight: Electronic Sounds To Commit Hyperviolence To
The relaunch of Moon Knight by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, and Jordie Bellaire has been critically acclaimed for good reason. Getting rid of the inaccurately portrayed mental illness Marc Spector had been shackled with, and shedding his supporting cast in favor of different characters and drone equipment, has worked out in Moon Knight’s favor. The
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#WWACTV Presents Diversity and Whitewashing on Television: Whitewashing 101 (1)
- Opinion
- November 5, 2014
This is a four part series looking at the representation of race on television both in terms of how far we’ve come and what we have yet to accomplish. What Is Whitewashing and Why Should We Care? Whitewashing is what we call it when characters who are originally non-white (people of colour) are recast or rebooted as white.
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November Staff Picks: Comics
- Comics
- November 5, 2014
Buffy: Season 10, Vol. 1 – I Wish Christos Gage (w), Rebekah Isaacs (a) Dark Horse November 25, 2014 As a full-fledged Buffy fangirl, I will probably read these for as long as they are around — though I do wait for them to come out in trade. Anyway, magic is back, and Buffy and
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The Wicked, The Divine, and The Mythology—Part 3: Baal and Inanna
This series intends to briefly point towards the original mythological material, compare it to the Gillen and McKelvie comic adaptation of it (The Wicked and The Divine), and speculate about possible meanings and foreshadowing by using a bit of background knowledge. Part 1: Amaterasu and Lucifer Part 2: The Morrigan and Baphomet The end of the first
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Concrete Park and Art: Puryear Purloins Painters’ Perfections
It was the cover that caught me. Concrete Park: You Send Me Tony Puryear and Erika Alexander Dark Horse Comics October 1st, 2014 Talking to Bleeding Cool about his “artist’s journey,” Tony Puryear, illustrator and co-writer of Concrete Park, said: I majored in art at Brown [University], loving Gauguin but doing very indulgent, Morris Louis-inspired color field paintings.
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I’m Loving: Harlequin Manga Adaptation Previews
I’m loving — I mean I am LOVING — the existence of Harlequin Josei manga. Good grief! I’m loving it with all the passion and fire of a green-eyed shipping magnate! I’m trembling with anger like a handsome golden-eyed playboy at the thought of his brother’s beautiful ex-wife with a common teacher and at the thought of
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More than Meets the Ear- A Soundtrack for IDW’s Transformers
Hello there, ladies, gents, and non-binary folk. My name is Rachel Stevens, and you may have read some of my previous work analyzing the heck out of the IDW Transformers books. This is the start of something new and different, something less formal and academic. As much as I love comic books, I love other
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Con Diary: Nan Desu Kan 2014. Anime! J-Dramas! Cosplay! Academics!
- Con Diaries
- November 3, 2014
It had been two years since I’ve attended an anime convention. Unfortunately, my last con experience was awkward and disappointing. The con—which must-not-be-named—had transformed from a fan-centered experience one year to an industry-centered experience the next, and, sadly, it discouraged me from attending any new cons in the future. Despite my reservations about anime con
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#WWACWarriors: Game Developer Brianna Wu on Motorcycles, Fitness, and Being True to Yourself
- Interviews
- November 3, 2014
Brianna Wu. She’s been in the news. Wu is a game developer (Giant Spacekat’s 2014 Revolution 60 is raking in the positive reviews), podcaster, advocate for women in tech, and unapologetic leader in legal proceedings against GamerGate. I first came across Brianna Wu via a Twitter link to a piece in which she discussed her role as employer
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Webcomics Capsules — Halloween edition!
- Webcomics
- October 31, 2014
This month your short webcomics reviews are all spooky and gore.
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“Don’t Linger in the Woods:” A Review of Emily Carroll’s Through the Woods
- Comics
- October 31, 2014
Through the Woods Emily Carroll Margaret K. McElderry Books July 2014 Through the Woods is series of graphic tales collected in a beautiful, textural book. Like Wytches it explores the mythology of the woods and the various stories connected with the woods. First of all, if you aren’t already following Emily Carroll’s website, then please
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Kickstarter of the Week: RISE: Comics Against Bullying
- Comics
- October 31, 2014
For proof that bullying still exists, check your social media feed for the day’s latest story. Lately, there’s been so much derision and hate, let’s fight back by supporting a comic series that aims to entertain and educate on the serious issue of bullying.
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