I went to the comic shop for the first time in a year! Things are looking good there—the spined books are shelved by genre now. In my opinion, that’s the best way to do it. What do you think? Single issues, lacking spines, and thus unshelvable, are laid out on a full wall (kids’ section…
Star Wars: Let’s Talk About That Metal Bikini
As the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens fast approaches, Star Wars is, unsurprisingly, on the minds of many fans. The latest chatter stems from a rumour that Disney intends to retire “Slave Leia” from its merchandising plans. Many fans are upset by this, while others are happy to see it gone. The Slave Leia bikini…
Friday Poll: Most Anticipated Comic Movie of 2014?
It’s a new year, and that means a new year of comic book movies! The Lego Movie‘s already given us the joys of Lego Batman and Lego Wonder Woman, but what other big screen adaptations do you want to see? Cap versus the Winter Soldier? X-Men: Days of Future Past? And hey, someone has to…
Friday Poll! Yays & Nays of Free Comic Book Day 2014
Free Comic Book Day! It’s not for a while yet, but most (all?) of the available titles have been released. Do you know where your Local Comic Shop is? Do you know which titles they’ll be getting in? Register your preferences now, let proprietors know what to order. This is also the perfect time to…
Friday Poll: Best Comic Book Movie or BEST Comic Book Movie?
The list of my Top Five Comic Book Movie Adaptations is a little unconventional, in that there’s only two items on the list. (My list of Top Five Comic Book Movies That Had Great Potential But Really Let Me Down consists of one. I’m looking’ at you, 2008’s The Dark Knight.) In one corner we…
Friday Poll catch-up: your favourite crim
Fashions may seem hot at the time they’re on top, but time is the great leveller. Which trends make it into the history books? It may shock you–it may shock him–to learn that Shia LaBoeuf was not your favourite artburglar. When placed in a short race against other accused tracers, stealers, borrowers and the Heavily…
Awesome Comics Awards: Day Four
Last set of polls! Today you’re voting on for the most awesome cartoonists, writers and ongoing webcomics! All polls will close on January 12. Previous polls can be found here.
Awesome Comics Awards Day Two
Three more categories for you to consider today: Awesome Feminist, Awesome Ally, and Awesome Hashtag/Conversation. Don’t forget yesterday’s polls: vote for your favourite ongoing print comic, penciller, and colourist here.
Awesome Comics Awards: Voting Begins now!
With fifteen categories and loads of great nominations for each, we’ve decided to spread the polls out over the next few days. We want all of these fine comics and comics creators get your full attention. Today, we’re starting big, with Awesome Ongoing Print Comic, Awesome Colourist, and Awesome Penciller. Vote, share, comment!
US Court Rules Holmes is Public Domain–now I can write him into my sexy dinosaur stories
All of the Sherlock Holmes canon is finally recognized as public domain in all of the places! We must therefore prepare ourselves for the coming rash of gonzo Holmes adpatations. Sort of. Maybe. Effectively, this means that anybody can write about Sherlock Holmes, but they might have to leave out some details that were added in later…
Cabin Fever
Winter is a magical time. It contains a lot of holidays as we humans try in our human way to stave off the dark and the cold. One of our favorite ways to do that — at least those of us who have to endure the bitter cold winter weather — is TV! Sadly, due…
Friday Poll: Your Favourite Cultural Plagiarism Scandals
It’s been a newsy kind of week. Power-play harassment isn’t the kind of news we want to have fun with, so this week’s poll is all about plagiaristic reminiscing: literary and artistic Ghosts of Christmas Past. Who made you really angry? Who made you laugh and eat that popcorn? Which of these alleged non-creators made…