My brother set me on the road to bibliophilia by teaching me to read dinosaur books at age two, but it was LeVar Burton who guided me down that path with his Reading Rainbow. I consider the television show to be a major part of my childhood and even created a little bookclub in its honour. But…
Review: X-Men: Days of Future Past
X-Men: Days of Future Past Starring Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy, Jennifer Lawrence, Michael Fassbender Directed by Bryan Singer PG-13 20th Century Fox “We need you to hope again,” Professor X tells his younger self in a psychic pep talk across time and space. But he may as well have been talking to an audience fatigued…
Future All Age Comics
June is full of cool new releases in all age comic books and regular ole books. Take a look.
Record Breaking 4.7 Million Comics Given Away on FCBD 2014
Diamond reports that this year’s Free Comic Book Day broke records, with 4.7 million comics given away at 21,000 different stores, libraries, and local festivals. Local comic stores saw over 1 million visitors. This year, over 40 publishers participated in the annual giveaway, offering 60 books. Diamond attributes the boost in attendance to a surge in…
Women Destroy Science Fiction: An Interview with Guest Editor Christie Yant
Lack of diversity is an ongoing discussion in the science fiction community. Earlier this year, Lightspeed Magazine’s Women Destroy Science Fiction Kickstarter campaign offered a call to action. Would science fiction fans pay to see an issue dedicated to female authors? The answer was a resounding “Yes!” as it closed at over 1000% of its…
The Evolution of a Gamer
There have been all sorts of influential people and moments in my life that have shaped me into the geek I am today. One Christmas, my father, then a district manager at Radio Shack, brought home a Tandy Color Computer. He unknowingly started me on a path he’s never quite come to understand, but three decades…
Dogears: In the Beginning (there were short book reviews)
Our first short book reviews collection! Every month Dogears will bring you bite-sized, bookish satisfaction. This month, we’re talking SF, fantasy, and YA. Southern Reach: Authority Jeff Vandermeer FSG Originals This trilogy, all completed and being released over the course of the year, has become my must-read books list of 2014. The story revolves around…
The Thursday Book Beat: “Love Letters to the Dead” Gets Optioned by Fox 2000
Hello, Book Nerds! Thursday means book news, so anything that quakes in the book industry in the last week will be featured here. Grab onto your favourite dog-eared book and enjoy the ride.
We’ve Got Ourselves A Daredevil
Marvel announced that English actor, Charlie Cox, will be taking on the role of Matt Murdock aka Daredevil in the self titled Netflix series. His credits include Stardust and Boardwalk Empire. Slated to come out in 2015 for 13 episodes, the show will have Steven S. DeKnight on as a producer as well as showrunner after Drew…
Readership Response and its Effect on Creators
Reading webcomics is a neat experience, both like and unlike reading comics on paper. Instead of waiting for Wednesday for one week’s worth of monthly comics, many webcomics update weekly, multiple times a week, or even daily, giving a reader a much shortened wait time. Instead of waiting for a graphic novel, a reader can…
Sing a Song of Six Pence: Review of Nursery Rhyme Comics
Fairy tales, mythology, and nursery rhymes have unstoppable longevity. The stories are ancient and they never die, they simply change with the times. Nursery Rhyme Comics furthers this evolution by revamping the images that accompany the rhymes.Most rhymes are so old that we can only guess what their origins were. Common beliefs about the real…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
6th graders win start-up game event with a game that teaches coding Need some inspiration today? These two girls have been coding for two years and decided to make this game because they found a lack of games to teach coding to middle schoolers. The Gaming in Color documentary is now available The feature length…