Wait, you’re STILL shopping? Girl, I thought we had you covered with that last round of recommendations. Oh, you’re looking for some seeing-you-after-Christmas-so-I-can-be-horrendously-late gifts! Well then. We’ve got you covered with these online buys. Like our last roundup of cool things, we’ve held back on posting prices, due to the internationality of our readership (and…
Scott Lobdell admits to harassing MariNaomi and apologizes
Yesterday afternoon, xoJane published an account of convention harassment by cartoonist MariNaomi. The extra fun twist? It happened while she was working. While she was on a panel. In front of an audience. After a very long hour, the panel is over. It went pretty well, despite DB, what with lively conversation and a talented…
Awesome Comics Awards: Seeking nominations!
We’re looking for the best of 2013–according to you. We’ve got lots of categories, so skip the ones that you’re stumped by. In the comments, nominate up to 3 people/things per category. If we haven’t specified, the category is open to people doing print and/or web work. So tell us, dear readers, what did your…
News & Things: Wet Hot Ant-Man Summer
News Paul Rudd in Talks for Ant-Man We may have our Hank Pym! Paul Rudd is in early negotiations for Edgar Wright’s long-gestating Ant-Man film. Lauren Faust on Super Best Friends Forever DC Collectibles talks to Faust about her SBFF (“SssBOOFs!”) character designs. 27 Pieces of Denys Cowan Art Missing Original concept art and comic…
Shiagiarism 2: Electric LaBeoufaloo
Today Buzzfeed reported that Shia not only plagiarized Dan Clowes in his short film, and Yahoo! Answers in his apology for plagiarizing Dan Clowes, he also plagiarized Charles Bukowski and several other writers in his original comics. And then he plagiarized Tiger Woods in his apology for plagiarizing Bukowski. Is Shia for real with all…
Optimus Prime Reacts to the News that Sam “Thank God for Beef” Witwicky Is a Plagiarizer
He weeps tears like people. If you don’t know why Optimus is crying, yesterday’s hard hitting news post will help with that.
Last Minute Gift Guide: Books and Comics
Still shopping, huh? Don’t worry, we’ve got some ideas for you. We’ve held back on prices—availability, shipping, and prices vary so much—but rest assured, a wide variety of price points is represented. Today we’ve got book and comic book recommendations. Come back Friday for recommendations on geeky stuff and things.
Shia LaBeouf Plagiarizes Daniel Clowes, Joins Decepticons
Shia LaBeouf, Hollywood actor and self-published comic book artist, posted his short film HowardCantour.Com on Monday; the film has been making the film festival rounds, but it wasn’t until it was shared online that audiences noticed it was…more than meets the eye. (Cue synth guitar, robotic “pew-pew” noises.) HowardCantour.com, about an online film critic played…
Thought Bubble: TB Leeds to the future (har har)
An intro to, and con diary of, Thought Bubble comics convention, Leeds, 2013
News & Things: Anyone else approaching comic book movie exhaustion?
News Don Cheadle Will be in the Avengers Sequel In an interview with USA Today, Cheadle confirmed that he would be appearing in Age of Ultron. No word yet on Falcon. (He got short shrift in that Winter Soldier trailer, I tell you. Short shrift). Janice Valleau Winkleman / Drew for Archie comics, painted for…
Your favourite comic book movie of the year is…
Blue Is the Warmest Color! With its hefty three hour plus running time, and the epic tales of its asshole director spread far and wide, it’s even more impressive that Blue Is the Warmest Color has charmed critics, audiences, and our loyal readers. For those of you who haven’t yet seen it, here’s the elevator…
Webcomics Capsules: Killers, queens and space pilots
Welcome to the first edition of the new Webcomics Capsules! We’ll be bringing you regular reviews of complete and ongoing webcomics—everything from art comics to slick romcoms are fair game. This time out we’re all over the map, with horror comics, fantasy, and adorable slice of life gag strips.