I am a huge fan of Modesty Blaise. The cheap description of the character is “the female James Bond,” but oh, Modesty is so much more than that. She was born in 1963, when writer Peter O’Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway brought to British newspaper strip comics—and later novels—her adventures in subterfuge and action and capers that took…
Oh Super: How Many Episodes Of Dragon Ball? Over–
Friends, Shenlong has been summoned. The balls are back together. The monkey is returning. Animated Dragon Ball… is coming back. It’s like the fuckers knew I just finished a run through “the entire series.” Even GT? Yeah. Even GT. People are pretty excited, of course, because this new anime will begin directly following Goku’s final battle…
Can You Spare a Brain? iZombie From Panel to Screen
Angel and Christa decided to undergo a little experiment when the CW premiered iZombie a few weeks ago. Christa had already read the majority of the comic series by Chris Roberson and Michael Allred before watching the show. Angel on the other hand watched the first two episodes of the show first and then read…
Movies That Shaped Me: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure Directed by Tim Burton Written by Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, and Michael Varhol Produced by Richard Gilbert Abramson, William E. McEuen, and Robert Shapiro Starring Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, and Mark Holton 1985 If I really wanted to impress you, I’d tell you that I can quote every single line from Pee-Wee’s…
Farewell, Girls With Slingshots
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He Wrote Our Soul Music: Remembering Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett was an important author–to a lot of you, to a lot of your faves (Kieron Gillen, for example), to a lot of us. Here’s how. Rachel Stevens: I remember working at a library part time in high school, and tracking down every Pratchett book I could find. I think the first work I…
The Duff, A Teen Comedy That Sells Itself Short
The Duff (2015) Written by Josh A. Cagan (screenplay), Kody Keplinger (novel) Directed by Ari Sandel Starring: Mae Whitman, Robbie Amell CBSFilms, Wonderland Sound and Vision PG-13, 102 minutes The worst teen comedies are painted with the heavy brush of this-is-what-adults-think-teens-are-like, starring actors that are too old to play even the collegiate versions of their characters. Throw…
Super-Cute Vulture Apocalypse: Snackies by Nick Sumida
Snackies Nick Sumida Youth In Decline 2014 Let’s get one thing straight: this is a beautiful little book. That pink cover is enough hot pink to be arresting, but enough shades dark of true hot pink to be just plain nice. The cover illustrations are perfect: joyful, weird, intriguing. And the interior, yes, two-tone, navy…
Kickstarter of the Week: Geek Loves Punk
A lesbian geek and her best friends try to figure out their lives and their relationships in the sweet comedy, Geek Loves Punk. In the Geek Loves Punk Kickstarter, filmmaker Julie Kerr expands the Geek Loves Punk story from her original short film to a full length feature. The story focuses on Elizabeth, a lesbian…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
Hello, happy gamers! How’s the week treating you? I recently realized I had forgotten to play The Room 2, so I’ve been catching up before The Room 3 comes out this spring. Also, confession time, I started Life is Strange, but haven’t committed much time to it. Let me know what you’re playing, and what…
Double Trouble, Gotham via Riverdale: Date Night With WWAC
I’m at the fanciest Italian restaurant in Riverdale (weirdly, I can also order lobster here). Across the table is my Valentine’s date—high school heartthrob and continual teenage crush Jason Blossom. No, wait. It’s no heartthrob at all, it’s everyman Archie Andrews, looking extra freckled and earnest in the kind glow of the candlelight.
Sequential Sartorial + Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai: Nakahara Aya’s Please Love Useless Me
If you loved Bitch Planet for reasons that seem obvious but also, more deeply, for reasons you’re not quite sure of, I have a mission for you. I want you to go to a manga scanlation site (Mangahere, Mangafox, MangaReader…) and type “josei” in the search box. Then, follow your nose to the art you like…