I am a foreigner and an ethnic minority. I spent my entire childhood in the predominantly Asian-ethnic environment of Hawaii. My adulthood has played out so far in predominantly white regions and, within that, extremely white-dominated academic and professional fields; that’s what happens when you get into the humanities. Living among the white people of…
I Didn’t Know Bruce: Bruce Lee at the Wing Luke Museum
I have a confession to make. In spite of being relatively well-rounded in other areas of nerdom (video game RPGs, tabletop games, anime and manga, sci-fi and fantasy novels, and 80s movies), there is one area in which I have fallen resoundingly flat. I hope my friends will still speak to me after reading this….
Don’t Call it a Comeback: Wrestling Puts Comics, Comedy & Pop Culture in a Headlock [GIFS]
In the past month or so, I saw a young Thor get drunk and Jon Stewart kick a man in the nuts. Wait, this is going somewhere, I promise.
The Apocalypse, Unfinished: Seraphim 266613336 Wings
Suppose the end of humanity approaches in a manner different than that depicted in the Book of Revelation, the Poetic Edda, the Vedic Scriptures, or any other written account of the end of days. The apocalypse is a time of transformation, after all. (You thought it was just about death and destruction? Think again!) What…
Women As Superheroes: A Comic Drawing Workshop to Celebrate 40 Years of The Feminist Library
A free comic workshop led by artists Sally Jane Thompson, Rachael Smith, and Karen Rubins in London at The Feminist Library? I’d signed up faster than you can say sequential-art-salon-in-Southwark.
Science Fictional and Fantastic — The Universe of IDW’s Transformers
This article goes into serious detail in examining the history of the Transformers in the IDW comics to explain the current status quo, and as such, spoils many plot twists. You have been warned. The thing about the premise of the Transformers — robots that turn into other things — is that there is an…
Legend of Korra Corporate Flailing
It’s not often that my fannish obsessions remind me of my former professional life, but Nickelodeon’s decision to take its critically acclaimed sequel to Avatar: The Last Airbender — The Legend of Korra — off the air and onto exclusively digital distribution was a painful reminder of my time working as a news reporter. Or,…
Pacific Rim 2: Drift Again Like We Did Last Summer
The news is all over the internet: Visionary director Guillermo Del Toro and Script writers Travis Beacham and Zak Penn are reuniting with Legendary Pictures to bring giant robot action sequel Pacific Rim 2 to theaters in 3D and IMAX on April 7, 2017. The 2013 film Pacific Rim, starring Idris Elba, Rinko Kikuchi, and Charlie…
