November Staff Picks: Games
Far Cry 4 Ubisoft Montreal Windows, PS3, PS4, Xbox 360, Xbox One Far Cry 2 was the reason I learned to build desktop computers. I wanted to play it on a machine that could handle how incredibly...
View ArticleI’m Loving: Harlequin Manga Adaptation Previews
I’m loving — I mean I am LOVING — the existence of Harlequin Josei manga. Good grief! I’m loving it with all the passion and fire of a green-eyed shipping magnate! I’m trembling with anger like a...
View ArticleNovember Staff Picks: Comics
Buffy: Season 10, Vol. 1 – I Wish Christos Gage (w), Rebekah Isaacs (a) Dark Horse November 25, 2014 As a full-fledged Buffy fangirl, I will probably read these for as long as they are around — though...
View ArticleStaff Picks: Movies
Big Hero 6 Directed by Don Hall, Chris Williams Starring: Genesis Rodriguez, Jamie Chung, Alan Tudyk, T.J. Miller Disney PG, 108 min. If I only see one movie next month, it will probably be about...
View ArticleKickstarter of the Week: Flame Con
The folks at Geeks OUT think the Northeast needs a con that helps bring the LGTBQ community, people of every size, gender identity and expression, age, color and type, together to get geeky, expressing...
View ArticleI’m Loving ElfQuest: The Original Quest Gallery Edition
ElfQuest was the first comic book I really loved. It was also my first “adult” comic; after reading Betty & Veronica digests and incomprehensible 90s X-Men comics as a tween, ElfQuest felt...
View ArticleEvil Dead Coming to TV… with Bruce Campbell
The Evil Dead series extends past the three original movies to a 2013 reboot, a travelling musical, games, comics, and now, a TV show. A TV SHOW! Poorly named American network Starz will bring the...
View ArticleNew Comics from Youth In Decline? Oh My. OH MY.
Ryan Sands last gave me heart palpitations when he and Michael DeForge released images from their cartoon-that-wasn’t, MallNation, but now he’s gone and released details of Youth In Decline‘s 2015 line...
View ArticleKickstarter of the Week: Words Are Power
In 1946, you return from the front as an established war correspondent. Something fishy is happening in Washington D.C. and you intend to get to the bottom of it. You didn’t think getting to the truth...
View ArticleInternational Men’s Day: Spotlight on Cartooning from Trans Men
This interview (at the Good Men Project, but stay with me) with Dylan Edwards is a good introduction to his Lambda Literary Award nominated book, Transposes — stories of men who are both trans and gay....
View ArticleKickstarter of the Week: Mama Calendar
The new year is right around the corner and you need a new calendar. Take a peek at the farthest thing from that commercial mall kiosk with the Mama Calendar: a calendar about and for progressive,...
View ArticleHoliday Gift Guide For Trekkies
Your prime directive this year: finding the perfect gift for that special Trekkie in your life. Will you boldly purchase a wearable item? Or maybe you’d rather give a decorative piece to hang in their...
View Article9 Great Gifts for Geeks: Apparel and Accessories
Your geeky friend, colleague, or neighbor not into stuff or food (what, why, how?)? Here are nine clothing/accessory ideas for the sartorially inclined. Why nine gift ideas and not ten? Because Even...
View ArticleShopping Guide: Things to Buy the Gamer in Your Life
Struggling with what to get the gamer in your life for Christmas? Have no fear! WWAC Games Editor, Al Rosenberg, is here to help! 1. Games This is the obvious one. What do the gamers in your life love...
View ArticleShopping for the Lesbian Superhero in Your Life? Autostraddle’s Got You Covered
Autostraddle covers comics? Why yes it does, and quite nicely if you ask me. This morning they published the most important gift guide they’ll put out during this holiday season: Lesbian Superheroes...
View ArticleIf You Like…Pitch Perfect
Pitch Perfect is one of my comfort movies. I throw it on whenever I’m in a funk or just need something playing in the background while I work. The combination of singing, humour and sarcasm speaks to...
View ArticleKickstarter of the Week: Video Game Coasters
Melding his love of games and his woodworking skills, Hunter Montgomery wants to create pixelated video game coasters for video game fans everywhere. The Video Games Coasters Kickstarter aims to bring...
View ArticleWe’re Loving: Bitch Planet
We are SO EXCITED about Bitch Planet by Kelly Sue Deconnick and Valentine De Landro. I mean, everyone is, but guys, we are SO EXCITED. Here’s why: 1. DAT ART. Valentine De Landro’s art is so good. SO...
View ArticleGift Guide: Donations
It’s Winter in the Northern hemisphere, now. That means snow for some of us, and a lot of it. Where there isn’t snow, there’s rain, wind, and colder temperatures. It’s a good time to give, but giving...
View ArticleKickstarter of the Week: Seeing Him
Finding love is often complicated. Kate Carrington is ready to settle down except she hasn’t had any luck finding someone to settle down with. One night, she crosses paths with an attractive,...
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