Nintendo’s E3 presentation pretty much erupted my Twitter timeline into explosions of surprise and joy, after cynicism and low expectations. Starting the show with honest to god Muppet versions of some of the head honchos of Nintendo that morphed into representations of characters from Star Fox Zero, due for a release this winter. We saw…
KPop in YA Fiction, Please Hold the Racism: A Review of Hello, I Love You by Katie Stout
Hello, I Love You Katie Stout St. Martin’s Griffin June 9, 2015
Jurassic World Is Lazy, But You Knew That And Saw It Anyway, Didn’t You?
As I was sitting down in the cinema with trailers were going by, I thought, Man, some twenty-plus years since Jurassic Park and—wait, that’s not right. Because, lest we forget, not too soon after the first film in 1993 there was 1997’s Lost World: Jurassic Park, and then Jurassic Park III in 2001. I say ‘lest we forget,’…
Game Chef: Now We’re Cooking With Games
Game Chef , an open contest for game design based on the concept of competitive cooking shows, opened on Friday and goes until June 21st. This year’s theme is “A Different Audience” and the ingredients are “Abandon, Dragonfly, Stillness, and Dream.” Anyone can submit a game to Game Chef as long as it incorporates the…
Accolades and Imprisonment for Cartoonists in Iran
Political cartoons can be subversive, pointing out weaknesses in government organizations and leadership. Iran is a country with an especially deep cultural history of political cartooning. It’s so integral there that the municipality of Tehran even sponsors the House of Cartoon, which hosts exhibits and education in cartooning, hoping for cross-cultural events which mix Iranian cartoonists’ work…
Mighty Marvel Monday!
Welcome to another Mighty Marvel Monday! Today is a very important day for me, because it’s Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals, and my team, the Chicago Blackhawks, have a chance to win the cup while playing at home in Chicago for the first time since 1938. It’s a big day. Chicago is special,…
Freaky Vegan Daughter: Summer Squash Noodle Salad with Roasted Chickpeas and Dijon Balsamic Dressing
Freaky Vegan Daughter is a blog I have been running off and on over the past year. Shortly after I started the blog, I decided to move from porch sittin’, breeze blow, sweet tea sippin’ Texas to the windy, unnaturally cold, freeze your eyelashes shut city of Chicago. In that year, a hell of a…
Tiny Heads and Old Lady Sass: The League of Regrettable Superheroes
The League of Regrettable Superheroes: Half-Baked Heroes From Comic Book History Jon Morris Quirk Books June 2, 2015 The League of Regrettable Superheroes is, if you’ll forgive the joke – and there’s no reason why you should – definitely not a regrettable read.
Review: Red Sonja #16
Red Sonja #16 Gail Simone (scripter), Walter Geovanni (illustrator), Adriano Lucas, Alex Guimaraes, & Marco Lesko (colorers), Simon Bowland (letterer) Dynamite May 27, 2015 In issue #15, Red Sonja suffered under illness while others fought and battled for her. In this issue, our redheaded heroine finally faces her biggest foe to date. (Note: This review contains…
Eat Fast, Drink Furious: Recipes for Binge Watching Fast and Furious
A staple of the Fast franchise has always been the family dinners, gatherings, and get-togethers. Food and family have gone hand-in-hand and we’re cooking up (see what I did there?) some recipes to share with your family and friends while marathoning all seven Fast movies! Super Fast Smashburger Ultimate Extreme. Also Fast. Based on the Ramly…
A Message From Tom Doherty: We Are An Apolitical Island, Nothing to See Here
Some of you may be familiar with the Rabid/Sad Puppies Hugo Award Scandal of 2015, which has basically been a study in gatekeeping, sexism, racism, and all the less-than-cute things we have all come to know and hate about…well, fandom. Last month, Tor.com’s Associate Publisher and Tor Books’ Creative Director Irene Gallo made statements on…