Editorial: Who is Jessica Jones?
by Chelsea Dee, Editor-at-Large It’s no real surprise to me that Marvel and Netflix chose very specific characters for their special mini-series. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist are all street fighters who prefer to stick to New York and…
Editorial: Who is Daredevil?
by Chelsea Dee, Editor-at-Large I grew up in a comic book store. Literally. My parents owned one from before I was born, and we had the business through my high school experience. I started working there on the weekends and…
Why Cosplayers Count: Courtney
by Joe Iconic, Reporter One of the most perplexing comic book community controversies is the “fake geek girl” discussion, which largely dismisses cosplayers as fans. From artists to authors to fans, most agree there is room in the expanding pop…
Tips for Taking Photos at Conventions – A Primer
by David Pomeranz, Photographer-at-Law These days, everyone has a camera with them all the time. When we’re not talking, texting or surfing the net, that little gadget in our pocket can take some fine pictures. And within the last few…
Editorial: A Look Back At Friends 20 Years Later
by Chelsea Dee Doyle, Editor-at-Large I remember watching Friends for the first time. I was too young when it first started, only ten years old, and I have vague memories of hearing about Ross and Rachel and “how you doin’” jokes from pop…
SDCC 2014: Vikings Cast Interviews
One of the highlights of any convention in the last two years has been interacting with the cast and crew of History Channel’s Vikings. This year’sVikings Cast Interviews pressroom hour at San Diego Comic-Con International was no different, and featured official…
Real Problems (According to Google)
I began with a post that had to do with problems, because I had one! Surprise. It wasn’t a big one, just a generic one, so I decided to use Google Images to find a visual for “problem” and got lost…
Maniac Cop Reboot Is Happening!
By Kim Filchak The 1980’s were truly a great time for C to Z grade movies and the people who loved them. The shlock was so thick you could wade though it on your way to the concessions stand for…
Dead Trend Walking: New Zombie Docuseries from Syfy
By Kim Filchak, writer and professional bibliophile. It’s hard to keep a dead trend walking but Syfy is trying to get a little more life out of the current feeding frenzy of zombie related entrainment. With Walking Dead having wrapped…
2 Months Until Snowpiercer Plows Into America!
by Kim Filchak, writer/reviewer I have been waiting for months for this movie, hoping and praying that it would be everything I want… No wait, NEED it to be. I have been caught up in this story ever since I…
DVD Review: Dragons: Defenders of Berk Part 1
by Jachelle Overstreet, Reporter It’s a good time to be a Viking. Especially a Viking with a dragon. 2014 is the Year of the Dragon and Dreamworks has big plans for their How To Train Your Dragon fans. In 2010,…
Lovestory: Veronica Mars And Kickstarter
by CO guest reviewer Elizabeth Eckhart Veronica Mars is a character that has done the impossible: returned from the land of teenage nostalgia in a way that isn’t a show reunion, “Where Are They Now?” gossip magazine article, or sad, much-too-late…
TV Review: “True Detective” S1 Post-Mortem
by Kim Filchak, Reporter Warning: This essay is not really a recap, it’s more like a lengthy obsessive rambling, trying to fit everything together in my head about the show True Detective. It hits my sweet spots on both a psycho-sociological…
Review: “Rob The Mob”
by NEW CO’ER Kim F (a professional bibliophile and layabout who who is constantly flabbergasted to find herself living in LA along with six houseplants and one very disgruntled cat.) Full disclosure, this is the first time I have ever done…
Movie Review: “The LEGO Movie” Is No Brick
by Jason Marnocha aka LordJazor, reporter The LEGO Movie, as a film that on the surface is basically a two hour toy commercial (which you’d think we’d have had enough of with Batman & Robin), has almost entirely no business being…