Here we are, folks. It’s the beginning of the end. Black Sails premieres January 29th with the first episode of their fourth and final season. After the events of season three, with Vane’s death and Eleanor’s betrayal, it feels like it’s been a long road towards the eventual future of Treasure Island. […]
NYCC 2016: Magical Realism and Power Vacuums This Season on Outsiders
It’s difficult to describe a show like Outsiders, the WGN television drama that’s making it’s sophomore season debut this coming Tuesday. A marriage of Sons of Anarchy and Justified with a splash of magical realism, it tells the story of a mountain clan living on the fictional Shay Mountain, a part of the […]
NYCC 2016: Shadowhunters Give a Look on Season 2 Grittiness and New Characters
Since launching Shadowhunters, the series has taken things to the next level with their second season. Since Ed Decter’s departure, Todd Slavkin and Darren Swimmer of Smallville fame have taken over the helm of the show. The result? A total redesign and remodeling. The cast seems to agree that they’ve taken the show to […]
NYCC 2016: “The Secret Loves of Geek Girls” Interviews Part 2
This is part two of our interviews with many of the contributors to The Secret Loves of Geek Girls, an anthology series focusing on female creators and their often extremely personal stories centered around love and relationships. Check out our full review of the anthology here. We sat down with Hope Nicholson, the […]
NYCC 2016: “The Secret Loves of Geek Girls” Interviews Part 1
At New York Comic Con 2016, we were able to talk to many of the contributors to The Secret Loves of Geek Girls, an anthology series focusing on female creators and their often extremely personal stories centered around love and relationships. In part one of these interviews, we sat down with […]
NYCC 2016: “Crosstalk” Author Connie Willis Discusses the Past, Present & Future of Relationships & Technology
Ahead of New York Comic Con 2016, we read and reviewed Crosstalk by Connie Willis and greatly enjoyed this new romantic comedy sci-fi offering and we were fortunate enough to catch up with Connie Willis at the convention to talk a little bit more about the book. On top of that, […]
NYCC 2016: The Cast of Syfy’s “The Magicians” Regaled us with Hints about the Second Season
Syfy’s The Magicians enchanted fans during their first season as viewers were pulled into a familiar world with a magical twist. Throughout the first season, audiences had the chance to bond with the characters on the screen and watched as they grew, backslid, grew some more, and work through struggles associated with […]
NYCC 2016: What Worked & What Didn’t Work for the Funko Lottery
In years past, we’ve seen Funko roll out new booth procedures for New York Comic Con that later show up at San Diego Comic Con. This year at NYCC, Funko tested out a new lottery system, where attendees knew before they stepped foot in the Javits Center whether or not […]
NYCC 2016: Diversity in the Old West & Magical World Building with ‘Kingsway West’ writer Greg Pak
One of my favorite things that I learned during this interview was that the diversity of Greg Pak’s characters in Kingsway West is very much grounded in reality – something that I’m not sure ever occurred to me before he explained how it’s not shown in more traditional western depictions. We […]
NYCC 2016: Falling Water Cast & Crew Offer a Passionate Peek at New Show
USA has taken another gamble on intelligent, cinematic programming with their latest show, Falling Water, and we were fortunate enough to sit down with some of the cast and crew at New York Comic Con. See what they had to say about the new show and be sure to catch […]