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llyzabeth

aka Elizabeth Wallace. Full-time graphic designer, part-time book reviewer and violinist. Slightly weird, usually nice, occasionally grumpy, always preoccupied.
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Binary System Podcast #154 – The IDW Transformers Finale Wrap-Up

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! SPOILER ALERT. Last week IDW released Optimus Prime #25, the very last issue of all the current Transformers series, after this the entire universe reboots. Seeing as how this podcast could easily be the All Transformers All The Time Network (if

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Photo Gallery – DesignerCon 2018

It’s that time of year again: DesignerCon is one of our favorite fall conventions, a huge collection of original, dark, weird, beautiful, random artwork by talented artists from all over the world. Check out the photo gallery below, an equally random selection out of the hundreds of amazing pieces we saw this weekend.

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Review – Optimus Prime #25

It’s finally here: the final issue of IDW’s Transformers (this current incarnation anyway, the reboot is scheduled for next year sometime.) I can’t really talk about the issue without spoilers, so if you haven’t read it yet you might want to go read the issue first. (And you should read it even if you don’t

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Review – Unicron #6

It’s the final issue of the Unicron saga, and I was going to say “it’s the end of an era” but we’re not quite there yet: Optimus Prime #25 comes out next week and will finish up the IDW Transformers books. I think I would’ve liked the Unicron book to be the final chapter in

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Review – Transformers Lost Light #25 (a conversation)

(Massive great big spoilers below.) Kathryn …how the heck do we start a conversation about this one? Elizabeth Probably with what you told me when you finished it. “Siiigh. All the feels.” And then I’ll say “Man oh man.” Kathryn Yes, and I’ll add “I had no idea what to expect from this issue. Never

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Review – Watersnakes

I seriously don’t know where to begin with this book.  It’s beautiful, except when it’s grotesque. It’s a straightforward adventure, except when it goes completely off the rails. It’s a fairy tale except when it’s a coming-of-age story, except when it’s a comedy, except when it’s a mystery, except when it’s a myth, except when

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Binary System Podcast #150 – The BSP Mixtape

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! The title of this episode was almost “One hundred fifty episodes: still no plan” but we already used that fifty episodes ago. And we do have a plan, even if we thought it up an hour before the recording. Still counts! This

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Review – Irontown Blues

I read this book months ago and meant to write a review, but I kept putting it off, because in the end I didn’t think the book was very good, but I’m such a John Varley fan I didn’t want to admit it. Here’s some random thoughts I jotted down when I was planning an

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