Tag: Sana Takeda

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llyzabeth

Review – Monstress: Talk Stories #1

“Don’t you dare be angry at us.” Just in time for Thanksgiving, we’ve got a stand-alone story about love, family and food. Keep reading for a review of Monstress: Talk Stories #1. On the eve of war, Maika Halfwolf walks through the camp and finds the little fox girl Kippa, helping out the cooks. As

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Kathryn Adams

2019 Hugo Awards – The Finalists

Just in time to start choosing my summer reading list, the Hugo Awards finalists for 2019 have been announced! This year I’ve already read two of the novels, two of the novellas, and one short story; if I can catch up on the rest of them before August then I might actually read some of

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Comic Books
llyzabeth

Favorite Comic Book Artists of 2018

I know without a doubt that this list is probably missing some amazing names: one of my favorite “problems” is that there’s way too much talent out there to see all of it in one year. Bearing that in mind, this is a list of the artists, in no particular order, that caught my eye

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Kathryn Adams

2018 Hugo Awards – The Finalists

The Hugo Award ceremony is this Sunday, August 19! Click the jump for an updated list of the finalists, including links to reviews, where you can find the stories (for free or for purchase) and my guesses for who might win the award.

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Kathryn Adams

Review: Monstress – Vol. 2: The Blood

The second volume of Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s ongoing series Monstress is up for a Hugo Award this year for best graphic story, just like volume 1 was up for a Hugo last year, and volume 3 (due out this September) will probably be up for a Hugo next year. This series is just that good. Volume 2 neatly contains

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2018 Hugo Awards – The Finalists

It’s that time again, the finalists for the 2018 Hugo Awards have been announced! I’ve only read four of the 114 nominees this year so far, so I have quite a bit of catching up to do… This will be the same format as last year: between now and when the winners are announced on

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Comic Books
llyzabeth

Favorite Comic Book Artists of 2017

2017 was certainly an…interesting year, I think we can all agree on that one. But one of the bright spots was all the amazing art that came out of the comic book world. Here then, in no particular order, is a baker’s dozen of our favorite artists of 2017.

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2017 Hugo Awards – The Finalists

The Hugo Awards are this Friday, 7:30 PM Eastern European time (that’s 12:30 in the afternoon for those of us on the East Coast). The Worldcon 75 youtube channnel should be streaming the ceremony live, just in case you’d like to watch the announcement for Best Novel (or Best Editor Short Form, if that’s what

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