The endpapers of Thi Buy’s The Best We Could Do are coloured in a wash of a sky blue hue, and depict a beach scene: shells of several sizes are scattered about, along with a pair of sandals. The effect of the opening endpapers, to which the reader turns from the cover image of a…
Unfortunately, Fighting Fantasy Legends Is An Exercise In Frustration
Fighting Fantasy Legends Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone Nomad Games Steam, iOS/Android I decided to play Fighting Fantasy Legends game because I misread the title and thought it was a Final Fantasy card game on Steam. It’s not either of those things. Fighting Fantasy Legends is marketed as a card game but is actually a point-and-click tabletop RPG….
Neal Adams at a Really Good Comic Con
Over Labor Day weekend, I attended the second annual San Francisco Comic-Con and found it to be great at some things and lacking at some others. First, I’d like to address that SFCC seems to have listened to fan criticism remarkably well. The two biggest complaints in their first year were the confusing, small venue…
Book Beat: Alias Grace Fairies and Banned Books Week
Hi book lovers! Ashley here again! The most exciting thing I read this week were the corporate policies I have to edit at my new internship, sigh. It’s during the fall that I curse myself for not taking advantage of leisurely reading in the summer. For example, this weekend I missed my local Word on…
52 Facts About DC, By The Numbers: September 2017, Week Four
Or However Many I Feel Like, And They Might Not All Be Facts Welcome back to By The Numbers, the column where I count things in this week’s new comics from DC! This column will contain spoilers, but I’ll keep them as vague as possible while still amusing myself. Metal is in full swing, which…
Finding the Hidden Stories in New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei
New Frontiers: The Many Worlds of George Takei Edited by Jeff Yang and Keith Chow SI Universe Media, LLC August 2017 Growing up with only a very casual knowledge of Star Trek, I did not know who George Takei was until around a decade ago. Certainly, I had seen his face, passing TV sets, and had…
BOOM! Bar: Rangers, Revenge, Regret
Hi-Fi Fight Club (BOOM! Box) develops its sweet and fresh central girl/girl romance, and starts to open up some of the secrets under the record shop. I don’t know how this story is gonna wrap up in only four issues, but it’s a very pretty book with an affirmational, welcoming perspective. We’ve got a longer feature…
Mune: Guardian of the Moon Is Ultimately Empty
Mune: Guardian of the Moon Alexandre Heboyan, Benoît Philippon (directors), Isabelle Malenfant (editor) Jérôme Fansten, Benoît Philippon (writers) Omar Sy, Izïa Higelin, Michaël Grégorio (cast) Released October 14, 2015 (France), September 26, 2017, streaming and DVD (US) Mune: Guardian of the Moon is a very pretty film, one that builds a sumptuous world that wears…
Ten Minutes with Author Rebecca Moesta
At Dragon Con this year, I caught up with YA author (and personal fave) Rebecca Moesta, best known for her collaborative novels with her husband Kevin J. Anderson. Together they also own publishing house WordFire Press, which prints their older work, out of print work from classic genre authors such as Frank Herbert, and more….
Inverness Nights Reminds Us of the Perils of a Bad First Impression
Inverness Nights is a visual novel that follows the story of Tristam, a sellsword turned skilled tailor with an unusual talent for curing decay. The game begins in the aftermath of Tristam’s decision to use his unique powers to de-age his partner, Alasdair. With his social standing destroyed and his body plagued by the remnants…
License, Please: Jurassic Park Is a Really Bad Comic
What if I were to tell you that Walt Simonson, Gil Kane, and George Perez–three of the most beloved names in comics–made a book together? “It’s almost too good to be true,” I hear you cry aloud! Yes. Walt and these two great G-monikered men working on a book you’ve probably yet to read. What…
Previously, On Comics: Festivals, Fashion, and Phoenix
As the first day of autumn approached this week, the comics world planned multiple comic cons, engaged in fashion discussion, and announced the return of a beloved X-Men character from a time long past. When you’re thinking of this week, don’t forget the Ignatz Awards, which focus on small press publication and include nine categories…
