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VRV BlogAnime, sci-fi, horror, comedy: over at the VRV Blog, you’ll find thought-provoking articles on contemporary pop culture and the communities that engage with it.
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Dispatches from New York Comic Con
Photographer Andrew Boyle captures the creativity on display with this fantastic photo essay of cosplayers at New York Comic Con.
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The B&N Sci-Fi and Fantasy BlogThe Barnes & Noble team serves a constant flow of posts for fantasy and science-fiction fans, from news and interviews to reading recommendations and posts on memorable book covers.
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Abridged Classics: Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read (But Probably Didn’t)
Wrong Hands illustrator John Atkinson blends cartoons, literature, and humor in his new book, Abridged Classics.
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A Comic About My Bad Ass Grandmother
Lisa Lim creates a comic about her favorite matriarch in life, her grandma. It’s about a long Chinese tradition of loving boys over girls just because they’re boys. “It’s about a woman who scares the sh*t out of me, and the world, but who inspires me every day to be just as bad ass.”
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Draw The Line: Bringing Comic Artists Together to Effect Positive Political Change
The founder of the Draw The Line comics site talks about how the project expanded into a global effort.
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Marvel, Gatekeeping and the ‘Problem’ with Avengers: Infinity War
“If film should only be for stories which tell a complete picture across two or three films, then is cinema not restricting itself?” Pop-culture critic Tony Black defends the ambitiously hermetic Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Silence Killed The Dinosaurs
At Silence Killed the Dinosaurs, Australian writer and illustrator Lucy Grove-Jones publishes illustrated stories and comics about coping with life. (Aside from dinosaurs, cats make frequent appearances on her site, too.)
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Expecting
Writer and illustrator Lucy Grove-Jones on miscarriage: “I could have told this story differently. I could have cut out the jokes about apps and fertility friendly lube. I could have mentally prepared you from the first line, signalled sooner this was a tragedy and half the cast would be dead . . .”
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14 Art & Design Podcasts Hosted by Women
Michelle Kondrich and Thomas James at Illustration Age curated a selection of women-led podcasts that focus on art, design, and visual culture.
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