If the Facebook ads are any indication, subscription box services are steadily growing in popularity. Everything from collections of health food to make-up can find its way through the mail to your front door. What usually makes a subscription box so much fun is not knowing what’s going to be in the box until you…
I’m Loving Super Junior’s Devil!
Two weeks ago, I fell into a Super Junior sized hole in the shape of their latest single: Devil. I’ve never really listened to K-Pop (Korean Pop music) prior to this and have only had limited contact with it through the reaction videos of popular youtubers or Emma Stone talking about it on Conan. Super Junior is one…
“Just go out there and do it!” – An Interview with Cosplayer Briana Lawrence
Our third piece in our summer cosplay series is an interview with cosplayer Briana Lawrence. Briana has cosplayed Princess Peach, Tiana from Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, Wonder Woman, and many more. She has been a continuous inspiration to the cosplay community since she shot to cosplay fame with her xoJane article: “I’m a plus-size…
Wanna Hear A Grown Woman Rant About POWER/RANGERS?
Okay, Power Rangers was always a bootleg. Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, as you probably know, began life as Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger, a Japanese Saturday morning show, latest in a long line of similarly colour-coded superhero shows stretching back to the seventies. One per year. Saban took (yes, they paid, it was a business agreement, so…
You Are What You Watch: Which Five Anime Shaped Your Life?
Whenever I’m asked about my favorite books, movies, anime, or video games, I hesitate to answer. For me, comparing my love of Haruki Murakami to J. R. R. Tolkien, for example, is like comparing apples to oranges or choosing between chocolate and vanilla. Murakami and Tolkien, apples and oranges, and chocolate and vanilla are all…
I’m Loving: Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (Special Operations Squadron Go-Busters) is the 36th entry in the long-running, cultural icon that is the Super Sentai Series by Toei and Bandai and aired on TV Asahi. For those who don’t know, Super Sentai has been the source material for the long-running beloved American franchise that is Power Rangers, with the…
News & Things: Saga(s) of the Swamp Thing
News Gal Gadot Signs Three Picture Deal, Including Wonder Woman Solo Film Though the upcoming Superman/Batman flick has been pushed back to 2016, Gadot has signed for at least three appearances as Wonder Woman, including a proposed Justice League film and a solo Wonder Woman film. From Swamp Thing to Saga with Brian K. Vaughan…
Boston Comic Con 2013
It was a beautiful day in Boston, Ma. as thousands lined up bright and early to attend Boston Comic Con at the Seaport World Trade Center on Saturday, August 3, 2013. After being postponed by the Boston Marathon bombing in April, the show went on with gusto at the new location. It had been previously…