Welcome back to R/W, our weekend linkblog on writing, reading, language, and literacy. This week we’re thinking about writing mechanics, reading mechanics, and the politics of translation. I am always happy to find great articles and sites from industry experts that can help me improve my skills as a writer. I especially like articles that…
Sunday Art Gala: Dressing for the Hunger Games
I asked the women of WWAC to suit up for Panem. Here’s how they’re dressing for the Hunger games. Claire: What if [the worst]? If I have to go to the woods to play at murders, I don’t want rocks dropped on me, I don’t want to get cold or stay wet. Luxury & laughs…
Old Man Grumpus at the Con: How to Win Friends and Influence Sales
EYES ON THE PRIZE: How to get new and youthful punters to approach your table, as an art-man working largely before the current generation could even read! Some creators find it easy — gaining fans, treating them well, and improving the social side of the industry as they get new, excited eyes on the goods that…
Multifarious: Welcome to the Future
Famous Avant Garde Painting Discovered…in Stuart Little’s Living Room? Discovery of famous lost pieces of art aren’t completely unknown, but you don’t exactly expect to see them in the house of a CGI mouse voiced by Michael J. Fox. A work by Hungarian avant-garde artist Róbert Berény was recently unearthed when an art historian spotted…
Terminator: Genisys – The Day My Apocalyptic Cyborg Baby Dream Came True
When I was a young girl in high school collecting Terminator trading cards and working Terminator analogies into all of my grade ten English class assignments, I had a dream. It was a dream that involved cyborgs and judgment days. Self-aware computers and human resistances. I had a dream of seeing a scarred, war-hardened leader…
Kickstarter of the Week: Video Game Coasters
Melding his love of games and his woodworking skills, Hunter Montgomery wants to create pixelated video game coasters for video game fans everywhere. The Video Games Coasters Kickstarter aims to bring four of Hunter’s designs to life using various hardwoods to achieve the different colors. That’s right, he’s not staining them; he’s using the natural color…
The DC Daily Planet: Hashtag Suicide Squad
Happy Friday, crusaders! Today’s news comes to you from beneath the person-eating pile of work that landed on me this morning. Let’s see what’s new in the world of DC, shall we? The Suicide Squad cast is official! And it includes Will Smith as Deadshot, which is simultaneously nothing I ever considered and awesome —…
Old Guard Comics Dudes: Stop Hiding Behind Your Cosplay Hate
Comics artist Pat Broderick once drew Batman: Year Three, Doom 2099, and Micronauts. He quit drawing those things in the 90’s and left the industry, during a time when many were doing so, because comics suuuuuuuucked to work in due to the industry bottoming out after what is called the “speculator boom.” Now he’s back…
If You Like…Pitch Perfect
Pitch Perfect is one of my comfort movies. I throw it on whenever I’m in a funk or just need something playing in the background while I work. The combination of singing, humour and sarcasm speaks to me. So when the trailer for Pitch Perfect 2 débuted a little while ago I was aca-ecstatic. Haven’t…
Preacher Adaptation Gets an AMC Pilot
The small-screen adaptations of beloved comics series continue: AMC has picked up a pilot episode of the TV adaptation of Preacher. Executive producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, as well as episode writer/showrunner Breaking Bad alumnus Sam Catlin, will be bringing the first of (hopefully) many episodes to geek and non-geek audiences alike. No word…
It’s Show Time: IDW Announces Jem Comic Creative Team
IDW Publishing has officially released the creative lineup for their new Jem and the Holograms comic, which is set to debut in early 2015. Writer Kelly Thompson and artist Ross Campbell are responsible for bringing the popular 80s cartoon to a modern audience in comic format. On her blog, Thompson stated: Ross’s and my pitch to…
Con Diaries: Metatopia
Metatopia bills itself as a game design festival, not a game conference. The difference lies in the purpose: Metatopia is for game design professionals to playtest their current projects. You can’t buy most of the games there yet, although you may recognize some of the game titles from a Kickstarter. You can register as a…
