Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Next up on my list of Books I Really Should Have Read Ages Ago is R.F. Kuang’s novel set in an alternate-history, fantasy-adjacent Oxford England. And oh boy, this one is going to sit in my head for a long time. The story
Reviewer David Leninhawk returns with a look at Lisa Frankenstein. Growing up in the late 80s/early 90s, my grandparents had HBO. One of the big complaints from people who paid for HBO at the time was that they played the same movies over and over again. This meant, however, that as a kid I would
When we last heard from Night Vale in December, Cecil was being held hostage by a strange boy with a large knife, and this week’s episode picks up right where we left off. It’s another Brie Williams story so you know there’s going to be delightful lists of really weird things. Knives! Trapper Keepers! Field
Created by Vivienne Medrano, Hazbin Hotel follows Charlie Morningstar (Erika Henningsen), the princess of Hell, as she sets about fulfilling her seemingly impossible dream of opening a hotel called “Hazbin Hotel,” which aims to rehabilitate sinners. Due to overpopulation, Hell goes through an annual purge where angels, led by Adam (Alex Brightman), descend from Heaven
This past Saturday Wade and I got to check out Black Com!x Day at the World Beat Center in Balboa Park. As a celebration of Black creators in comics, it featured artists from publishers worldwide, as well as cosplay, food, art, panels, music, and more. I highly recommend you stop by next time they hold
Directed by Matthew Vaughn, Argylle follows Elly Conway (Bryce Dallas Howard), an introverted spy novelist who seldom leaves her home and is drawn into the real world of espionage when the plots of her books get a little too close to the activities of a sinister underground syndicate. When Aidan (Sam Rockwell), an undercover spy,
Episodes 262 and 263 feature a Persephone who’s dealing with the uncomfortable reality that the Mortal Realm is dying and it may possibly be all her fault. But for the Binary System Podcast team, that calamity pales in comparison to the fact that Apollo is being a gigantic jerk and it’s stressing us out. The
Helmed by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 1 follows a 12-year-old demi god named Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell) who is accused by the Greek god Zeus (Lance Reddick) of stealing his thunderbolt, resulting in many beings of Greek mythology to go after him. With the help of newfound
I’ve run though my list of Books I Got For Christmas, so the next list I need to tackle is Books I Should Have Read Ages Ago. We’ll start with C.S.E. Cooney’s utterly delightful novel from 2022, Saint Death’s Daughter. The novel opens with a letter from our central character, Miscellaneous Immiscible Stones (the names