Orphan Black is a now comic! Rejoice! Coming soon from IDW — if you can call 2015 soon, and I guess I can — the ongoing series will tread new ground in the Orphan Black universe. Rather than retell episodes, or fill in the gaps, the series will focus on brand new stories — given…
Classic Nerd Movie Club: Mini Review of Barbarella
In the not too distant future, humanity has turned into a species of space travelling, sexually repressed squares. People no longer engage in fluid exchange for sexual pleasure, but have instead replaced physical intimacy with drugs and hand holding. One adventuring astronaut on a mission to save humanity rediscovers the value of “doing things the…
Get Your Game on Wednesday
Dark Dungeons movie premiere at GenCon According to the GenCon newsletter, the world premiere showing of Dark Dungeons will take place on August 14. Based on the 1980s comic, about two college students innocent to the dangers of playing role playing games. Nintendo Gaming Lounge at SDCC If you’re lucky enough to be at San…
Not Our First Time at Fight Club
Dark Horse Comics has confirmed that they will be printing a sequel to Chuck Palahniuk’s Fight Club. The 10 issue series, illustrated by Cameron Stewart of Sin Titulo and the new Batgirl, will be released next May and will focus on the same narrator 10 years later, now married to Marla Singer with a nine…
Forbes’ Top Highest-Paid Actors (and Actresses) List Is Very White And Manly
Forbes released its Highest Paid Actors List yesterday and Robert Downey Jr topped the list with $75 million. Not surprising given his very profitable role as Iron Man in 4 Marvel films, two of which joined the very exclusive billion dollar club. According to Variety: Forbes says it compiles its salary figures based on talks with agents, producers, lawyers…
Interview with Dani Jones
Dani Jones is a graphic artist and writer with a gorgeous portfolio. Her book publications include Monsters vs. Kittens, My Sister the Freak, and Zombie Bunny. Jones’ work maintains a consistent theme of scary things mashing up with cute things, with an end result of everyone ending up adorable. The world needs more instances of…
Casting Call: Lucy Lawless for Agents of SHIELD, The Rock for The Rock
Two pieces of news yesterday exploded the brains of fan-casters everywhere: first, that your role-model and probable girl crush Lucy Lawless will join Season 2 of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD, and, secondly, that The Rock will be playing a DC hero “with the power of Superman,” which…has to be Shazam, right? So, who will these…
Ghost in the Shell: The Major’s Body (1)
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 —…
Incredible Indie Tuesdays: Movie/TV Options for All!
Valiant’s Archer and Armstrong Bound for the Big Screen Seems like Hollywood producers have been catching up on their indie comics lately! Archer and Armstrong, newly revived in 2012 by Fred van Lente and Clayton Henry, has been picked up by the Sean Daniel Company, a.k.a. the production company that did the Mummy movies. This odd-couple action series…
Review of Grayson #1: And They Say “You Don’t Know Dick” To The Readers?
Grayson #1 Tim Seeley and Tom King (W) Mikel Janin and Jeremy Cox (A) TW: sexual harrassment, rape I don’t mind coming in “in media res.” That’s a grabby way to start a story.
I’m Loving: IDW Translates Corto Maltese’s Full Monty
Hi, I’m Corto Maltese, and I’m ridiculously handsome and smooth. I wear an earring and a nautical hat, which some might call affected — but I prefer to think of it as rakish. I’m from 1967 (an excellent year) and I like to smoke, which draws attention to my mouth and gives me something to…
More Female Friendly Content At This Year’s San Diego Comic Con
According to a Variety article (and the SDCC program), there’s more programming for female geeks than ever before through panels such as Female Heroes, Then And Now and spotlights on female creators like Mimi Pond (Over Easy) and Fiona Staples (Saga).