It was the cover that caught me. Concrete Park: You Send Me Tony Puryear and Erika Alexander Dark Horse Comics October 1st, 2014 Talking to Bleeding Cool about his “artist’s journey,” Tony Puryear, illustrator and co-writer of Concrete Park, said: I majored in art at Brown [University], loving Gauguin but doing very indulgent, Morris Louis-inspired color field paintings….
People Telling Us What A “Good Book” Is: The Percy Jackson Edition
R.L. Stine Scares Us In 140 Characters… …okay. Maybe a little more than 140 characters. 15 tweets to be exact. It’s a really freaky story which Stine is a pro at, having penned the popular Goosebumps and Fearstreet series among others. Stine isn’t the first author to try this but if you want to check out…
What Do Marvel’s #MarvelEvent Announcements Mean?
Marvel made our minds explode with the number of major announcements they made during their #MarvelEvent. What does it all mean, and how should we feel about it? Well, let’s take a look back at their game-plan and break it down a bit: October 14th, 2014: Variety reports that Robert Downey Jr. is in final negotiations…
Reel Geek Girl: The Book Of Life
The Book of Life (2014) Written by Jorge Gutierrez and Douglas Langdale Directed by Jorge R. Gutierrez Produced by Guillermo Del Toro Starring: Diego Luna, Zoe Saldana, Channing Tatum, Ron Perlman, Hector Elizondo, and Ice Cube 20th Century Fox and Reel FX PG, 95 minutes Flat out and up front: If you loved Pacific Rim…
741.5: How To Sound Professional When Talking About Cerebro
The problem with working in a field that relies heavily on bureaucratic procedure is that sometimes you propose something, and then so much time passes that you forget about it. Then, suddenly, you get three emails one day saying that the talk on the importance of comic book collections and geek-centric programming in libraries you…
Disney Animation Announces 2016 Film Starring A Woman Of Colour
We're thrilled to announce Moana, our 56th animated feature film coming to theatres late 2016! pic.twitter.com/S8x1KkJwYh — Disney Animation (@DisneyAnimation) October 20, 2014 I have never been so excited for an animated film than I am right now for Moana. As you can see above, Disney Animation announced that their next film in development for…
Wrap up of Baltimore Comic Con
Time for my long overdue wrap up of Baltimore Comic Con! (Sorry it has taken so long; health stuff.) Baltimore Comic Con was held Sept 5-7 at the Baltimore Convention Center. This is another con that seems to have grown exponentially since last year, though the promoters do not release the attendance numbers, so it…
Afterworlds Is Only Half The Fun
Afterworlds Scott Westerfeld Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster *Advanced Reviewer’s/Reader’s Copy (ARC) Darcy Patel has put college and everything else on hold to publish her teen novel, Afterworlds. Arriving in New York with no apartment or friends she wonders whether she’s made the right decision until she falls in with a crowd of other seasoned and…
Love Is the Drug: A Contemporary YA Wearing a Political Thriller Trench Coat
Love Is the Drug Alaya Dawn Johnson Arthur A. Levine Books/Scholastic Press *Advanced Reviewer’s/Reader’s Copy (ARC) Emily Bird was raised not to ask questions. She has perfect hair, the perfect boyfriend, and a perfect Ivy-League future. But a chance meeting with Roosevelt David, a homeland security agent, at a party for Washington DC’s elite leads…
Katherine Tanski’s Teaching Comics Part 2: The Amazing Spider-Man
This is part two of my retrospective/nostalgia journey through my time as a graduate student teaching comics in the “early days.” Part one, my love letter to Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics can be found here.
Zinesters Interviews
Interview with zinester: Sarah Scalise/SA$$Y Zine: Understanding the Beauty Myth: A Girl’s Guide to Human Sexuality, Interpreting Popular Culture, & the Cultivation of Pimples and Pubic Hair!
Gamers, Voice Your Thoughts On Diversity in Games
With women in gaming on the rise, student researcher, Jennifer Allaway, is exploring players’ wants for diversity in games and games developers’ understanding of that desire. She’s assessing that gap using two different surveys to create a case study, one survey is aimed specifically at consumers and one aimed specifically at developers. If you are…
