The cover of Brandon Sanderson’s novel features an abnormally short Liev Schreiber alongside a freakishly tall Tom Cruise. It polluted what should have been an otherwise pleasant reading experience.
Full Story »Books: Territory
One afternoon I was presented with the option to either read Territory or watch Aliens in the Attic with the Wee Cousins for the third time in as many days. Let’s just say I now know that movie by heart. I wish I didn’t.
Full Story »Books: The Faerie Ring
If you have a Twihard girl in your life, consider giving her The Faerie Ring as a step toward heroine rehabilitation.
Full Story »Books: The Thirteen Hallows
This book was the literary equivalent of cheese curls, and not even the good ones. I’m talking dollar store cheese curls that are more orange than orange ever should be and when you open the bag, the scent of giving up wafts up to meet your nose.
Full Story »Eric Shanower’s Age of Bronze “Seen” #2: Troy, in Color, On Your iPad!
The second issue of AGE OF BRONZE “SEEN”, the landmark enhanced book iPad app based on Eric Shanower’s award-winning graphic novel series, is now available on the iTunes App store.
Full Story »Rising Star Gains a Satellite
Renowned artist, Mike DeBalfo, best known for bringing the sin to scintillating on Zenescope comic covers, has launched a satellite studio and retail outlet at Jesse James Comics, in Glendale, Arizona.
Full Story »Big Dog Ink Takes Indie Comics Over the Rainbow
Dorothy Gale in the wild West, with Toto, her horse… A home-grown, college-bound, anti-cowtipping superhero with a cybernetic tail… Angels, and devils, and Mary Magdalene in Las Vegas (oh my!)… We are certainly not in Kansas, or in the pages of any comic book you’ll see emerging from DC or Marvel. No, these are the brain children of writer and publisher, Tom Hutchinson.
Full Story »Books: Down the Mysterly River
I wasn’t enthusiastic about this at all. The concept sounded old fashioned, like dusty butterscotch candies. It turned out, however, to be amazing.
Full Story »John: Age of Bronze Colorist and Role Model
The day care kids next door decided that John, who they already think is pretty awesome, has the best job in the world: colorist on Age of Bronze.
Full Story »Comics: The Power Within
I’ve been trying to put my thoughts together about The Power Within since reading it the other day and haven’t really been able to for one reason: I got so angry.
Full Story »The Plain Man by Steve Englehart
I hate this book. All it did was make me further wary of reading anything else that revolves around magic.
Full Story »Women In Comics – Some Perspective
Oh no! Starfire has sex! Oh no! Catwoman has sex and shows everybody her BRASSIERE! Oh no! There’s a lot more men than women working for the big comic book publishers! Well, here’s some perspective. From a time when comic books were a publishing FORCE, selling in the millions each month across a wide variety [...]
Full Story »All Men of Genius: A Reviewbuttal
Because it’s a review and a rebuttal. Having had lofty, scientific aspirations as a kid, I couldn’t help but read All Men of Genius by Lec AC Rosen, the story of a plucky girl scientist in steampunk Victorian England, with the enthusiasm of my 5th grade self.
Full Story »Flawed Feminism in All Men of Genius
Guest post by Lev AC Rosen
I’d really like to think that my novel is a feminist work. But the truth is, I think that if it is, it’s flawed in its feminism.
Full Story »Books: The Half-Made World
The Half-Made World has a strong mythology built in that unfolds with little explanation, leaving it mostly up to the reader to make sense of it. Author Felix Gilman just opens up and runs amok in this world he’s created, and it’s the reader’s responsibility to keep up.
Full Story »Books: The Watchtower
The Watchtower is a terrible title for a book because it’s not an easily searchable term. Googling it leads to several pages of results about Jehovah’s Witnesses rather than an urban fantasy novel. Luckily, the book is so bad, not finding it might be the best thing.
Full Story »Books: Robopocalypse
The Singularity, the technological creation of a smarter-than-human intelligence, is something that is both anticipated and feared. What happens when the Created feels it has no need for its Creator?
Full Story »Geek Wisdom: The Sacred Teachings of Nerd Culture
The handy, compact book form makes Geek Wisdom perfect for preserving the sacred teachings of nerd culture in the event of the apocalypse. Make room for it in your Oh $#!t bag.
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