You know how you get less diversity in art? Â Book Banning and Mob Outrage, that’s how. Â If you haven’t been keeping up with the news in literary circles recently you may not even know that here in the U.S. we have schools still censoring books. Â We also have mobs carrying digital pitchforks and demanding book … [Read more…]
I wasn’t sure what to expect with The Orville on Fox. Â When I first heard about it I thought we were going to get a silly parody making fun of Star Trek at best, or just Family Guy in space at worst. Â After seeing the first episode I was pleasantly surprised. Â The Orville comes off … [Read more…]
I have been a fan of Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman for well over twenty years now. Â Especially a fan of their Dragonlance Saga. Â They’ve crafted a world so deep and intricate that it’s easy to lose yourself in for hours at a time. Â I’ve wanted a movie about this series for about as long … [Read more…]
Press Release: Oni Press, the acclaimed Portland-based comics publisher, announces the launch of Oni Games, a new gaming imprint dedicated to bringing Oni Press titles to the growing tabletop market. With the response to Renegade Game Studios’ Scott Pilgrim’s Precious Little Card Game based on the graphic novel series by Bryan Lee O’Malley and designed … [Read more…]
I had the pleasure of seeing the Stygian Sisters perform at the Dark History and Horror Con this year in Champaign, Illinois. Â The routine I saw, when I had a break from helping at my wife’s booth, was two of the ladies killing it to Rammstein’s “Du Hast”. Â Whirling black cloth, metal studs, chains and … [Read more…]
**UPDATE: Corrected results of Jessie’s run at Daytona** I covered American Ninja Warrior last year as a great example of a fair competition with people pitting themselves against a course. Â A perfect level playing field where people either make it or they don’t. Â Fewer women run the course than men, and the group of finishers … [Read more…]
I went into Wonder Woman with a sense of hopeful skepticism. Â Unfortunately there’s been a plethora of recreational outrage articles and think pieces trying to divide us along lines of race, gender, and fandom. Â Women-only showings, movie’s not feminist enough, Gail is or isn’t a person of color, you name it and the chimps will … [Read more…]
I set a challenge for myself a couple years ago, to watch all the Star Trek series and movies in chronological order, and then review them for you all. I had already watched pretty much all of them over the years, in the order they were released, but it had been sporadic. I really wanted … [Read more…]
In my quest to find new books I happened to stumble upon a couple of images from a book called Sky Doll going around on Twitter. Â At the time I had no idea that it had been around for 17 years already, but got lucky enough to spot it and get it added to my … [Read more…]
Recently Alterna Comics announced their #BringingBackNewsprint initiative to release newsprint comics priced between $1.00 and $1.50.  Demand for four of the new titles was so high that the print run will be extended, and not with a second printing, but an increase in initial runs from the printer.  The four titles getting an extended printing and … [Read more…]