I have written before on white-washing in Hollywood films. I actually started a whole freaking podcast because the trend was rising with no end in sight. Roles were passed out, one by one, that participated in Asian-American erasure: Tilda Swinton in Doctor Strange, Scarlett Johansson in Ghost in the Shell, […]
Hellboy: Into the Silent Sea Looks Inward With a Lyrical Ghost Story
Writer: Mike Mignola Artist: Gary Gianni Release Date: May 2, 2017 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Review Spoilers: Medium GoodReads | Amazon Hellboy is a comic that has resolutely denied easy classification. While the stories revolve around a relatively straightforward character, the charm of Mike Mignola’s stories has always been the way Hellboy, a hero designed in […]
Interview: Alien invasions, Hellboy and “The Visitor” with Dark Horse’s Scott Allie
For all the lyrical ghost stories, mutant amphibians, and kaiju-inspired aspects of the outer-gods, and mystically empowered Nazis, the Hellboy universe has rarely touched the realm of extraterrestrials. That all changes, however, with the new miniseries The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed, which explores the life and of an alien, […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – May 4, 2016
Sam dove into Poe Dameron #2 from Marvel, as well as The Woods and Giant Days from BOOM! Studios , and enjoyed all three comics this week. Kylee took a look at the first issue of Weavers from BOOM! Studios and is intrigued by where the series is headed. And wants people to know that […]
The #NerdsRead Pull List – October 28, 2015
We’re pretty much in agreement here at Nerdophiles that Fight Club 2 might just be the worst comic of 2015… and yet we’re still reading this trainwreck to see it defy expectations of just how awful it can get every month. That being said, Arcadia continues to be one of the best […]
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