The art gala is back! Yes, after a couple of weeks away, we’re back with our themed sketches. Add yours in comments, or just become inspired by our high-quality output! This week I promised Colleen a pony. I forget why. But it turns out that ponies are quite hard to draw, and I decided my…
R/W: The Original Problem Millennial–Y2K
Word Nerdery This subject was suggested to me by Gibson Twist of Pictures of You. Every century and millennial end comes loaded with hefty dose of end-times paranoia, bacchanalia, and scoffing. Lately there was the fake Mayan doomsday prophecy and only a scant twelve years before that, our first millennial problem child, Y2K itself.
Multifarious: France vs. Impressionism!
Recently I discovered Kriss Stress Art. Very unique, Chicago-based artist. There are a couple different projects going on, my favorite is the “Blank Expressions” series that they do.
Life Geek! – 09/12-18/14
Life Geek! is our weekly lifestyle feature where we offer readers a glimpse into our geeky lives. Ginnis Tonik, Lifestyle Editor I made a peach paprika pie – sounds a little different, huh? On first bite, it tastes like a pretty typical fruit pie, but then it has these slightly spicy back-notes from the paprika…
Sims 4: Is It Worth Your Simoleons?
U.S. (Windows) Release Date: September 2, 2014 Publisher: EA Price: $59.99 Sims live in a magical world where you can always be gainfully employed if you want to be, no one judges you based on race or sexuality, and everyone is a bit of a character. Sims fans are always hungry for more, and as…
Kickstarter of the Week: Dracula: The Kisses
Halloween may be a month away, but Dracula is for all seasons. The Kickstarter for Dracula: The Kisses…Help Scary Little Girls fly north! aims to raise funds to allow the show to go to the Mac Birmingham as well as prepare for a national tour. The all-female production “explores queer and feminist theory in gothic, steampunk…
Sex Criminals Review: Would you eat a street muffin?
Sex Criminals #7 Matt Fraction (W) Chip Zdarsky (A) Image Comics Sex Criminals #7 opens with Suzie mulling over the downsides of birth control pills before dropping her badly-needed muffin on the street. What would you do? Would you eat the street muffin?
The DC Daily Planet: December Solicits
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Where Do We Stand: August Comics and Graphic Novel Sales
Proving that Batman still has staying power even after seventy-five years, this month’s top single issue comic was BATMAN #34. The monthly tug-of-war continues between the big two, with DC winning the back the top spot but only three other titles on the list. Marvel took six of the top ten and Image snuck in…
Thinking Outside the Panel
Reading David Mack’s Kabuki: Circle of Blood was an entirely new experience for me. Back then, I was firmly in my superhero phase, keen on colourful and shiny art by the likes of Jim Lee and Marc Silvestri. Kabuki’s black and white format and Mack’s style was a bit off putting. Thankfully, I liked the…
Author Called Out On Racist Video Lashes Out At Tweeters
On September 7th, author Christy Parks (aka C.L. Parks) shared a video on Facebook.
Trigger Warning: Fantasy vs Reality
I hate the dark. As in full-on shaking, bones trembling, sweat-breaking-out-along-the-nape-of-my-neck fear. It’s a strange thing to admit to people because being afraid of the dark is something children fear. Being afraid of the dark is something people associate with weakness and immaturity. So no one thinks twice when they turn the lights out on…
