Hi comics fans! This last week really got away from me. How’s your summer looking? I spend my days working at a college and as more students start showing up I find I have more geeky news to share with them. Here’s what we have this week:
Dice Vice: Lazy Summer Bluffing Games
Summer is a great time for get-togethers and seeing friends. There are beach days and cookouts, and I like to get outside as much as I can. For a warm weather lover like myself, Massachusetts weather is tolerable about half the year. So I admit that playing board games isn’t as attractive in the summer…
By Crom! Rachel Kahn on Getting in Touch with Your Inner Barbarian
My earliest childhood ambition was fairly straight-forward: be Red Sonja or She-Ra. I had a horse and my mom humored me with a fake plastic sword from the circus, but I was not allowed to wave said sword around the horses because horses will freak out over the most innocuous things, like plastic bags. I…
Beauty Behind The Madness: Snotgirl #1 [Review]
Snotgirl #1 Bryan Lee O’Malley (Writer), Leslie Hung (Artist), Mickey Quinn (Colors), and Mare Odomo (Letters) Image Comics July 20, 2016 A pretty girl sits on her bed crying after a disastrous night out, her bright green hair the same color as the snot streaming down her face. This is Lottie Person, star of Bryan…
Review: Delilah Dirk and The King’s Shilling
Delilah Dirk & The King’s Shilling Tony Cliff First Second March 8th, 2016 Disclaimer: This review is based on an advanced copy from the publisher and may contain spoilers. Just as I finished reading Delilah Dirk and The King’s Shilling, it was announced that Disney acquired the film rights to the comic series by Tony Cliff. Set in the…
Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá: The Seduction of Two Brothers
Eight years ago, the author/illustrator team of Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá set aside Milton Hatoum’s Dois irmãos, but not because the Brazilian author’s story of twin brothers Yaqub and Omar was not good. Quite the opposite. Moon and Bá found themselves immersed in the settings–the Amazon rain forest and the cities of São Paulo and Manaus–despite…
Meet the Devs: Alayna Cole, Founder of Queerly Represent Me
Welcome to Meet the Devs where we will interview and focus on developers who are women or nonbinary. It was found a recent study that women’s code is preferred over men’s, unless the selector knows a woman made it. This may not shock you as the tech industry is greatly dominated by men and by…
The Borderline Mother in Netflix’s Stranger Things
The Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things intrigued me with the fantastically ’80s splash screen on the Netflix series page and totally hooked me with the title sequence. And then my wife and I watched the entire, too-short eight-episode series in, oh, a weekend. I reveled in the plethora of cinematic and musical nods to the decade…
Margot Robbie Played Harley Quinn, But DC Played Themselves
Let’s talk about this excerpt from Paul Flynn’s Margot Robbie profile in the Autumn/Winter issue of LOVE Magazine. Let’s talk about how harsh a burn it is, against the art form comics. Let’s talk about how disastrous a proof it is of Harley Quinn’s degraded graphic cache.
Scholastic Graphix Talent Search
In 2005, Scholastic launched Graphix with the publication of the full-color edition of BONE #1: Out from Boneville. Graphix is dedicated to publishing engaging, age-appropriate graphic novels for children and teens. Supported by librarians, teachers, and, most important, kids, Graphix titles have become bestsellers around the globe and continue to receive awards and critical acclaim,…
Nominees Revealed for First Dragon Awards
The fantasy/science fiction convention Dragon Con has revealed the nominees for its inaugural Dragon Awards, celebrating novels, comics, films, television and games from across the varied subgenres of SFF. The Dragon Awards were announced back in April, and since then have suffered from definite teething problems. The eligibility period for nominations underwent a last-minute change; after…
Whaleish Work in the Disciplines: Comics and Religion Swimming Around
The last time you heard from me—and it’s been a while—I was urging academics who love comics to find their peers and work with them. I took my own advice! I was delighted to be a part of the Comics and Sacred Texts Symposium at Haverford College. It was wonderful to collaborate with scholars that…
