Sometimes we enjoy movies because they make us think and feel and cry, and then sometimes we enjoy them because we can’t imagine a life before the phrase “I am Groot”. 2014 was another great year for movies, not only on the comic book front, but it once again brought us films […]
Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Video Games of 2014
2014 was a great year for gaming. We saw releases of stunning new games on new machines that continued to push the boundaries of our imagination and commercial game development. From mobile to mainstream to indie, we have no qualms about loving it all and burying ourselves for hours in these fantastical […]
A Fond and Bittersweet Farewell to The Colbert Report
I was 15 years old when The Colbert Report debuted. I remember watching the first episode in my room, hearing Stephen craft the word ‘truthiness’ and his epic Gravitas-Off with Stone Philips. I don’t know if I realized at the time that I was witnessing the birth of one of the most […]
Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Comics of 2014
From trades, to single issues, to one-shots, to ongoing series, we can’t get enough of comics! Nerdophiles does its fair amount of coverage for comics, but the industry is big and we have barely even scratched the surface here. We’ve got just some of our personal staff favorites picked out from 2014. If […]
Nerdophiles Picks: Favorite Music of 2014
We don’t talk often about music here at Nerdophiles, but many of us are big music lovers. 2014 was filled with albums, singles, and bright new stars reaching the top with their hits. Of course, it isn’t up to us to pick out the top hits of the year, instead our […]
How “Be My Clementine” Came To Be
I wrote a comic this year. It’s the first comic I’ve written, outside of some stuff for class involving biology when I was in high school, and it is also the first time I’ve ever been published, outside of the local newspaper when I was nine. It was a part […]
Ho ho ho! Comixology’s 12 Days of Comics Is Here!
It’s the most wonderful tiiiiime of the year… The time of year that gets us FREE DAILY COMICS FROM COMIXOLOGY! Comixology’s 12 Days of Comics promotion is back for a third year running! What is the 12 Days of Comics, you may ask? It’s simple, Greg. Every day between December 11th […]
Even as an Introduction, Bitch Planet #1 Holds Nothing Back
Bitch Planet (Issue #1) Author: Kelly Sue Deconnick Artist: Valentine De Landro Release Date: December 10, 2014 Publisher: Image Comics Source: Bought and Owned Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Action, ExploitationReview Spoilers: Low Comixology | Things From Another World When I was a junior in high school, one of the first books I read in the International Baccalaureate program […]
Holiday Gift Guide 2014: Ideas for the Comic Lovers In Our Lives
The past few years have been an amazing time for comics. So much so that there’s so much you can be getting your friends and family for the holidays this year, especially if they’re completely new to comics. Luckily, I have a few recommendations of where to start, both for […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D: The Things We Bury Recap
Synopsis of 2×08: Coulson, Skye, Trip, and Fitz go on the hunt to find the city. Ward catches up with his brother while Bobbi interrogates Bakshi. The mystery of how Dr. Reinhart became Dr. Whitehall is revealed. I’ll admit, this was easily a four-star episode plot-wise, but I’m downgrading it […]