London Super Comic Con: Day 2 Diary – The Rundown Panels: The Return of Miracleman (Marvelman), Avatar Press and Max Brooks: Uncut, Creativity in Comics. Geek wear: Batman top from Junk Food, Batman shoes from Converse, Spider sweater. Free stuff: Limited edition Chew print, signed by Rob Guillory. “I AM SO SLEEPY,” my notes…
Buffy Challenge Season 5
Season 5 Character Arc: Stand Alone Sister to Sacrifice This season is almost all plot and very little monster o’ the week. Basically if you aren’t completely sucked in by the Glory/Spike/family issues story-lines, Buffy isn’t for you anymore, because there aren’t any haunted houses or spooky children to get by on. But you should…
News & Things: Wolverine, Elves, and the God of Manga
News Osamu Tezuka Erotic Drawings Found The daughter of the late Tezuka, frequently called “the god of manga,” unlocked a desk belonging to the artist which contained “a half-eaten piece of chocolate, a handwritten essay about Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo and a bag of sketches, including a stash of erotic drawings by Tezuka.” ECC’s Broadening Comics Readership…
Kickstarter of the Week: Family Portraits
The video opening for the Family Portraits Kickstarter draws you in right from the start. Sam appears waving before the camera, then wearing a sweater vest, button down shirt and glasses he addresses the camera saying: “Hi, my name’s Sam and I’ve been drawing since I was a little girl.” Using different comic styles, Sam’s…
Buffy Challenge: Season 4
Season 4 Character Arc: Fish out of Water to Rebel with a Cause Setting: UC Sunnydale Plotwise the beginning of the season isn’t my fave. On one hand college! And Spike! On the other hand Riley never really did it for me. Yeah, I’m not really for the AW SHUCKS, MA’AM types. At least not…
Short & Sweet: Superior X-Men Orphanage!
Inhumanity: Superior Spider-Man Christos N. Gage and Richard Elson; cover by Jeff Dekal Marvel Comics I’m a little late to the party on this one, but I picked up the main Inhumanity series and decided I wanted this one shot to go with it. I’m really glad I picked it up. The Superior Spider-Man title itself seems…
Review: Ms. Marvel #2
Ms. Marvel #2 Written by G. Willow Wilson Art by Adrian Alphona & Ian Herring Marvel Comics “All Mankind” — Part Two of Five Part one of our newest Marvel heroine’s story, “Metamorphosis” was my opening review of the Ms. Marvel title. Issue two gets the story moving. This comic starts with the moment after…
Buffy Challenge Season 3
Season 3 Character Arc: Gone Girl to White Knightress Principal: Snyder This is where the plot actually start to gel. Characters start to make choices based on who they are. Things really start moving! This doesn’t mean I LIKE everything that happens. IN FACT I AM QUITE GRUMPY about certain things. *grump* #TeamOz Watch for:…
News & Things: Dear Diary: My teen angst bullshit now has a body count.
No news, just commentary. Whoops! Commentary From Elizabeth to Katniss: Evolution of the YA Storybook Heroione How did we go from Lizzie Bennet to Katniss Everdeen? Paper Droids explores the question. How Heathers Changed Teen Movies Forever Heathers, Daniel Bettridge says, was the first movie to show teenagers as they really are. How to Make…
London Super Comic Con: Day 1 Diary
London Super Comic Con: Day 1 Diary–The Rundown Panels: We are BOOM!, IDW Invades! Signings: Kieron Gillen, Si Spurrier, Al Ewing, Lee Garbett Geek wear: Judge Dredd cardigan (custom order) Free stuff: Preview comic of Disenchanted, by Si Spurrier and German Erramouspe I arrive at the Excel Centre feeling more tired than I should. This morning I woke up terribly early and…
741.5: Greetings From Your Local Librarian
About a year ago, I was helping my boss, the director of the public library at which I am employed, shift books. We were in the 740’s–for those unfamiliar with the nightmarish nonsense that is Dewey Decimal, that’s “Arts and Recreation”–and both of us were sighing heavily at the state of the graphic novels. Comics…
Buffy Challenge Season 2
Season 2 Character Arc: Slayer in Love to Slayer Betrayed Principal: Snyder (not seen much) Much more plot driven. Fewer Monster of the week episodes that help the plot breathe without feeling like we’ve forgotten it.