You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! It’s here once again, like Christmas in May for comic-book lovers; it’s Free Comic Book Day, Saturday May 3rd! And if that wasn’t enough, the very next day is Star Wars Day, on May the 4th (be with you.) Join our heroes and heroine and special
At this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, viewers waiting to see the premiere of In Your Eyes were shown a short video message from the film’s writer, Joss Whedon. He apologized for not being there (he was on the set of Age of Ultron in the video.) He hoped everyone enjoyed the film, and then casually
Andy Weir’s first novel, The Martian, has gotten a lot of attention lately, mostly because it’s nerve-wrackingly realistic. It’s about a man living in an environment that’s trying to kill him every second of his existence. And that’s on the good days, when his own mistakes don’t make things worse. It’s very well-written, and it’s not
WonderCon 2014 is only one week away! This is my second year attending, and I’m hoping to actually make it to a few panels this year. The problem is figuring out which ones to hit, while still making time for interviews for the website, snagging photos for the cosplay gallery, shopping for geek trinkets, and
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! Back by popular demand, we’ve got Boss Ross Thompson on the podcast! Creator and coordinator of Kingdom-Con here in San Diego, Ross is a major name in SCA and tabletop gaming, and visits over 20 conventions every year. And as long as
I stumbled across a beat-up, dog-eared copy of Megatokyo Volume 1 at the library ten years ago, and loved it so much I had to go buy my own copy, even though you can read it for free at megatokyo.com. Fred Gallagher’s art is so charming, with such a great story, it’s one of those
In his afterwards, Stephen King points out that he almost didn’t write Doctor Sleep, the sequel to The Shining. The trouble with sequels, he points out, is that no matter how brilliant it is, there will always be someone who’ll read it and say “Nope, nope, it’s just not as good. And he’s right. You
You can listen to this episode on our Comic Issues channel at Anchor.fm! Our favorite comic shop is moving! Don’t worry, they’re not going far. The Villainous Lair Comic Shop and Game Shop are moving just down the street. This week on the podcast we’ll tell you about the new space that’s big enough to
If you haven’t checked out Evan Dorkin and Jill Thompson’s title Beasts of Burden, the latest one-shot, Hunters and Gatherers, is a good place to start. The premise is clever and fun; a pack of neighborhood pets become paranormal investigators and save the local animals from monsters. The story is so well written that even