Comics: A Global History, 1968 to the Present promises to be a bit more than it ever could be, while succeeding in being a bit more than one would expect it to be.
LeVar Burton Guest Editing ScientificAmerican.com Today!
LeVar Burton is guest editing Scientific America’s website today. Do not adjust your screens: he controls the vertical and the horizontal, the blog posts and the discussion threads, the homepage and the editorials. He’s also livetweeting from @sciam and his first reading assignment of the day is about comets and the seeing of said celestial phenomenon. The…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
It’s getting better for women gamers Aisha Tyler, the actor and gamer well-known for her Facebook post about being a “real gamer,” shares her thoughts on character diversity in gaming. Gamers are more sociable than their stereotype suggests A new study shows that gamers aren’t just nerds living in their parents’ basement. Berserkon gaming convention…
CAKE 2014: Photo Parade & Creator Quotes
CAKE was immensely fun to attend (see our overview here), but it was also a success for many of the exhibitors. We reached out to several creators to hear what they had to say about the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo. Get the scoop straight from the con floor, followed by photos of the crowds, comics,…
Online indiE3 Project Open Now
As folks prepare to glue themselves to the internet for this week’s E3 gaming goodness, there’s another option for your eyeballs. The indiE3 project, open yesterday, gives participants a way to learn about new games and game development as well as meet the people behind the games. The event which runs from June 9-16, includes online panels…
Reel Geek Girl: Godzilla (2014)
Godzilla (2014) Directed by Gareth Edwards Legendary Pictures PG-13, 120 Minutes If you are old enough to remember the old Godzilla movies from the 50s and 60s, this movie is a lot of fun. If you’re young enough to think the old ones were cheesy and the 1998 what-were-they-thinking movie with Matthew Broderick was a…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Archie, Muppets & Dark Fantasy
Archie Announces Creative Team for Horror-Themed Sabrina the Teenage Witch Series Following the success of Afterlife with Archie, publisher Archie Comics has announced that series writer Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa will be writing the upcoming horror-themed Sabrina series. Think less Sabrina the Teenage Witch, more dark terrors of the unknown. With Robert Hack as the artist, issue #1 will be out…
Mighty Marvel Monday: What About Moon Knight, Though?
What’s up, Marvel Zombies? It’s Mighty Marvel Monday, and we have a multitude of movie…morsels (yeah, I don’t know either) for you! For the record: I will never, ever get tired of forcing a totally cheeseball alliteration in this intro paragraph. Deal with it. Anyone reading the current Moon Knight series from Warren Ellis and…
Stories from Comics Academe: The Culture of Production in Marvel’s Media Franchises
On May 1, 2014, I attended Derek Johnson’s lecture, “My Hero?: The Practices and Politics of Sharing Worlds in Marvel’s Media Franchises” presented by the University of California at Irvine Humanities Collective. Johnson is a professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who researches identity and hierarchy in the production of…
Introducing Throwing Popcorn
When I gave birth, I immediately read up on baby brains. I read everything from T. Berry Brazelton’s The Earliest Relationship to Pamela Druckerman’s Bringing Up Bebe to prepare for parenthood. While many ideas on child development were held constant by all experts, one rule was set in stone: exposing kids under the age of two…
Winners of the Xbox 360 Awards
Looking for something new to try? Xbox held their first Xbox 360 Game Awards, polling gamers from all over the world over the past few weeks. The results have been counted and winners announced.
Boston Festival of Indie Games Announces Keynote
The Boston Festival of Indie Games has announced their keynote speakers for 2014. Voice actor and writer Ashley Birch and actor Sarah Elmaleh will present An Actor’s Truth, the Future of Indies and the End of the AAA Everyman.