Readers of Chuck Palahniuk’s comic book sequel to Fight Club might see his recently released short-story collection Make Something Up and think “Oh hey, it’s the guy who wrote the book that the Brad Pitt film was based on. I’ll probably love this.” Whoa. Slow down. Hold up. Hang on just a minute. Palahniuk is
The Thunder Buddies are back! Seth MacFarlane once again writes and directs the characters from his 2012 mega hit in the follow up Ted 2. This time around Ted marries his girlfriend Tami-Lynn and the couple wants to have a baby. However, to have custody of a child, Ted must prove to a court of law that
“We should’ve known. Being happy: always a sign that somebody was about to die.” —From Knight Quest: The Quest for the Knights, by Swerve of Helex. I keep waiting for James Roberts and Alex Milne to create an issue that really lets me down, a story I just don’t care for. Sure didn’t happen this time.
More worlds – more problems! After the events of Combiner Wars, Windblade and Starscream race to recruit the lost Cybertronian colonies to the Council of Worlds – but which of them will control the fate of Cybertron? The official description from IDW doesn’t quite describe how detailed, quirky, and fun this issue is. Click the link for a
There have been cases of mysteriously abandoned ships recorded throughout history. They even have a poetic name: ships without a soul. The Marie Celeste is just the most famous of a whole list of ghost vessels; derelict ships with no signs of a struggle, just a logbook that ends for no reason, and sometimes food still
One of the most successful studio pairings in movie history has to be when Disney and Pixar found one another. Time after time, movie after movie, they have proven how amazingly they complement each other by giving the world some of the best and most creative animated films ever made. This year is no different:
This week reveals the Epilogue of The Combiner Wars; Optimus confronts Prowl, which wraps up the current arc, and Arcee faces down Galvatron, starting up the next arc. Click the jump for preview pages and a review of Transformers #42. (Minor spoilers to follow.)
Animation is an incredible powerful medium that has the very real capability to freight train you right in the feels. Films like Land Before Time, Up or even Big Hero 6 still hold dear and emotional memories for me. Though there is one animation studio that is the king in terms of the feels: Studio
Naomi Kritzer is an extremely prolific writer of short stories (my favorite format), and her collection Comrade Grandmother made me curious to see what she can do when she has an entire novel’s worth of room. In Freedom’s Gate – the first book in The Dead River’s trilogy – Kritzer expands on the world hinted at in her short story “Spirit Stone”.