Happy Monday, true believers!
Webcomics Capsules — Run Freak Run, Curtailed and Jackie Rose
Webcomics Capsules is all about webcomics short reviews—more like recommendations, actually. See what our staff is enjoying around the web, choose your favorites and get to reading!
Gene Luen Yang on Comics in Education
For this installment of Kids Comics Go to Class we’re looking at Comics in Education, a website run by Gene Luen Yang. That’s right. Gene-Boxers & Saints–American Born Chinese-Yang. The site and the webcomic featured on it were his final project proposal for his Masters of Education degree at California State University. The project, a…
R/W: Reading makes you a better person!
Over at Book Riot, they’ve rounded up some literary journals designed for e-readers. Woo! But no Symbolia? Shame! New issue out right now. Go. Gooooo. — Megan
Ghost in the Shell: The Major’s Body (5)
The Major, or Motoko Kusanagi, is the protagonist of each incarnation of the Ghost in the Shell manga-anime-merchadise franchise. If you care to google, Motoko Kusanagi is autocompletes to “a man” and “is hot,” then “in bed with a boy” and “in bed.” For a science-fiction philosophy character named for her military position, we (the audience — although I don’t…
The DC Daily Planet: Under the Radar
Good morning, caped crusaders! The news from DC this week is a little thin on the ground, but let’s see what we can sniff out, yes?
It’s the End of the World as We Know It: Apocalypse Fiction — WWAC Roundtable
This week the women of WWAC talked apocalypse fiction. What’s it all about? Why are we so fascinated by it? Megan P, Annie, Wendy, Claire, Jamie, Brenda, and Laura all chimed in. Content Note: Frank discussion of trauma, violence, disaster and apocalypse prepping, end times fundamentalism, and murder.
Kickstarter of the Week: Beep
No one disputes that video game graphics have come a long way from the early days, but video game sound plays just as big a part in creating the overall experience for the gamer. With the rise in popularity of chip tunes and concerts like Video Games Live, it’s time to give game sound the…
Sensation Comics #1: Wonder Woman in Gotham
There may have been someone out there more excited than me to hear that DC was launching (or re-launching, maybe) the Sensation Comics title as a digital first, but I’m totally not making it a competition, because we can all like the same things at different levels, right, pals?
Just Keeps Getting Better and Better: A Review of Storm #2
Storm #2 Greg Pak (W) Victor Ibanez (A) Marvel Comics Issue two of Storm’s new solo series is, put simply — just as good as the first. Okay, no, it’s better. The issue begins with a recap by way of a casual date: Ororo and Logan (that’s Wolverine to most people, or does he let…
Party Post!
This party is starting early and going late — the staff will be GIFing it up until Sunday night — the way all the best parties do, so join us in a for a marathon safe(ish) space party post. What’s a SSPP, you ask? I’m so happy you did ask, friends — it’s downtime, a…