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5 Reasons why Ben Affleck as Batman won’t be so Horrible
Now that we’ve all had a few weeks to cool off, I think it’s time that we calmly and seriously talk about Ben Affleck as the new Batman. The most common consensus (or the loudest) is that Ben Affleck...
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Review: Cyborgia by Susan Slaverio (Poetry + Geekdom = Bliss)
We all deeply love our video games, graphic novels, and HBO subscriptions, but there are other magical and underexposed manifestations of sci-fi/ fantasy that will absolutely rock your world. Number...
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Comic Review: Sex Criminals Issue #1
Matt Fraction, confound it, you’ve done it again! I’ve only just finished the first issue, Suzie Down in the Quiet, and I can tell that Sex Criminals is going to be dually refreshing and exhilarating....
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Review: Dark Horse’s Love is the Law by Nick Mamatas
Dark Horse just released a novel, and it’s a stone cold crime thriller. Raging onto the page with a mashup of Communism, magick, and hardcore 80s punk, Love is the Law by Nick Mamatas is a fascinating...
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Ladies in Leadership: The Top 5 Comic Book Heroines of 2013
As we near the end of 2013, we have quite a few butt-kicking females tearing their way through the shaded cells. This list was hard agonizingly hard to nail down because there are so many ladies I want...
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How To Survive A Costume Party: A Nerdy Girl Horror Story
Halloween parties are here! Which means its time for sexy-everything costumes, vats of jungle juice (or, for classier establishments, “punch”), and drunkenly binge-eating fun-sized candy in front of...
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The Search For Rachel and Thomas: The Star Wars Cattle Call Debacle
Disney announces that they’re looking for a pair of unknowns for the leads in Star Wars: Episode VII, and what do you get? Chaos. Pure and utter chaos. I know because I went to the Chicago cattle call...
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Polar: Revenge Served Cold in a New Butt-Kickin’ Black Kaiser Thriller...
Nothing screams the holidays to us in the Die Hard Christmas movie camp like espionage, snow, and blood. And boy, does Victor Santos deliver us the goods with his new graphic novel Polar: Came from the...
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How To Freehand Geeky Christmas Cookies: A Holiday Gift For All Your Loved Ones!
It’s the holidays! That means that many of us are awash in string lights, stress, and gift guide brainstorming. But what if you’re broke? Or what if you have lofty ideas of being less materialistic...
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Comic Review: Let Abe Sapian #8 Give you Thrills and Chills
I love Hellboy. And not only for our beloved stone-handed demon child, but for the supporting characters and Mike Mignola’s contrast-heavy visual style. So when Abe Sapian got his own comic, I was...
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Comic Review: Eerie #4 Brings the Creep
For anyone who misses the creepy/hokey aesthetic of Tales from the Crypt and/or Are You Afraid of the Dark?, I have a proposition for you: pick up an issue of Eerie. It’s all the mind-bending horror...
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Zelda Charity Marathon FTW!
Gods! Mortals! Friends alike! Do you like Zelda? Do you like epic marathoning? Do you like holiday cheer and the overall feeling of warm, fuzzy philanthropy? On this day the 27th, eight young...
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Confirmed Rumor: X-Men Apocalypse Is Hitting the Big Screen
Well then! Bryan Singer is out with it. Once we’ve experienced the promising goodness of Singer’s newest X-Men installment, Days of Future Past (Singer directed X-Men and X2, which were both vastly...
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Review: Abe Sapian #9: To the Last Man (Part One). Dat Necromancy.
Abe Sapian is alive! In the most recent Abe Sapian/B.P.R.D Hell on Earth crossover, Fenix shot Abe in the heart because she suspected him to be part of the global monster outbreak. However, having...
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Review: B.P.R.D Hell On Earth #115: The Reign of the Black Flame (Part One)....
I have to admit, there’s a comic that’s starting to consume me…like an obsession, a passion, or perhaps a demonic parasite. B.P.R.D. Hell On Earth IS SO DELICIOUSLY SINISTER. I like it. A lot. And...
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Review: Sherlock Season Three, or a Beautifully Cinematic Presentation of...
We love Sherlock. Yes, we do. During the last four years, we’ve swooned while taking in Benedict Cumberbatch’s exquisite cheekbones and marveled over how they curve over murder scene minutiae. We’ve...
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Review: Skyman Issue #1 – Good(?) Intentions that Ended in Racism.
Following on the heels of Captain Midnight, Skyman has blasted into its four issue miniseries debut. The colors are bright, the suits are cool, and the government projects are secret. Story-wise,...
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An Interview with Amy Hoff: Folklore, Faeries, and Fantastic Nerd Theatre
What’s missing when you delve into the history and societal workings of Scotland from a American point of view? Well, if you’re looking at a paperback romance novel in an airport, there’s certainly no...
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Power in the Shaded Cells: The Top 5 Black Superheroes in Comics
We can all look back to my recent Skyman rant to know that the suspicious lack of diverse superheroes in comic books really gets under my skin. So now, I’d like to take the time to exalt the amazing...
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First Sign: The Hairclip that Fights Crime
As we near women’s history month, there are all sorts of issues and celebrations to cover, and this new gadget from First Sign Technologies is a mix of both. There’s no mistake about it, violence...
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