Bone Gap Laura Ruby Balzer & Bray March 3, 2015 Just like the name suggests, Bone Gap is a town full of gaps. Gaps no one talks about, but that deep down everyone knows exists. And that’s just one of the reasons why Bone Gap isn’t like other towns.
Interview with WinC: Uplifting Women One Panel at a Time
I got the chance to speak with three women involved with WinC, a collective of women working in comics and entertainment whose mission is to highlight other women in the industry and discuss issues women face within it. When our interview through my new favorite tool Google Hangouts began, I could see the dark grey skies of…
Her Name is Modesty … Modesty Blaise
I am a huge fan of Modesty Blaise. The cheap description of the character is “the female James Bond,” but oh, Modesty is so much more than that. She was born in 1963, when writer Peter O’Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway brought to British newspaper strip comics—and later novels—her adventures in subterfuge and action and capers that took…
Interview with Mangaka: The Fast & Furious Game of Drawing Comics
Drawing games are awesome. They’re one of the few games I can get most of my friends and family who aren’t into board games to play with me. They are all also big fans of Taboo, and I’m a big fan of geekery. Now there’s a tabletop game that will combine all of the interests and…
Get Your Game on Wednesday
Hello, gamers! Jo here, filling in for Brenda for a completely amazing week of game news. Legendary publisher Konami melts down before our eyes, and Spy Party bursts back onto our radars with a fabulous, diverse cast. Here’s the week in games news.
WWAC Warriors: The Lazy Woman’s Zombie Apocalypse
My fellow WWAC Warriors impress me to no end with their incredible feats. From to bodybuilding to Muay Thai to recovery workouts and diets, it seems like they can and will do it all. Their dedication and effort are inspiring—or at least they ought to be, but my problem is that I’m lazy. Also, I really love…
Disabled Protagonists + Apocalypse = New Anthology I Never Realized I Needed
Just when I thought I was done with apocalyptic/dystopic fiction I found Defying Doomsday: a crowd-funded anthology featuring disabled characters of all stripes, coping with the end of the world. The project, which ends on May 1st and is still $1600 away from its goal, looks full of exactly the kind of stories the genre needs…
WWAC Reacts to DC’s “Dark Knight: The Master Race” [GIFs]
This past Friday, DC Comics announced Frank Miller’s return to the Dark Knight Returns brand name, in honor of the 30th anniversary of the original title. Miller will be joined by Brian Azzarello, writer of Joker, Wonder Woman, and others. This third entry, following the much-maligned Dark Knight Strikes Again, is stunningly titled Dark Knight:…
Review: Legenderry Red Sonja #3 or Red Sonja versus Sharknado
Legenderry Red Sonja Marc Andreyko (writer), Aneke (artist), Impact Studios (colors), & Dave Lanphear (letters) Cover by Sergio Davila & Ivan Nunes Dynamite April 22, 2015 While I didn’t expect it, I find myself enjoying Legenderry Red Sonja. Too often, these side ventures can be painful, cough, cough, cough. But in Andreyko’s and Aneke’s hands,…
Red Stylo Is Singing Killer Queen: An Interview with Enrica Jang
I first met Enrica Jang while at Philadelphia Wizard Con a near two years ago. She was on a panel speaking about diversity and women in comics, and I—the baby comic journalist I was then—bucked up the courage to speak with her. She gave me honest advice about writing and promoting one’s self online. She kindly…
PEN Gala Refusal: Writers Say “Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie”
Michael Ondaatje, Peter Carey, Francine Prose, Teju Cole, Rachel Kushner and Taiye Selasi will not attend PEN American Center‘s gala this year–this refusal is in response to PEN’s choice to honour Charlie Hebdo. The satirical magazine is set to be awarded PEN’s Freedom of Expression Courage Award on May 5, in recognition of their continuing to publish, despite years…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Hooray for More Dragon Ball!
Big news for Dragon Ball fans this week! First, was the news that Akira Toriyama, the manga’s creator, would be writing a new manga series and then today it was announced that he’d be writing the first new TV Dragon Ball anime in 18 years. While there have been the occasional Dragon Ball movies, the upcoming Dragon Ball Superi is…