December 1, 2014 · 2:26 am
Geek out this holiday season with Randall Munroe’s “WHAT IF?” This #1 New York Times Bestseller will undoubtedly make the perfect gift for the science lover, the comics lover, and the geek in your life.
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. Now, its sister blog has been transformed into a book, “WHAT IF?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions.”
“WHAT IF” is published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and is available here, here, and here.
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Tagged as Allie Brosh, Entertainment, Gifts, Holiday Gift, Holidays, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Math, New York Times Bestseller, Pop Culture, Randall Munroe, Science, webcomics
October 30, 2014 · 5:16 am
Megg, Mogg, and Owl. Say it with me, “Megg, Mogg, and Owl.” They will set you free. Set you on a righteous path. What Simon Hanselmann does with his comics is what any artist and/or writer worth his or her salt does: take you somewhere, make you feel something. The most disturbing, and most exhilarating, moment for me in comics this year, or any year, must be Werewolf Jones taking a cheese grater to his testicles. Pure genius. And I say it with only a touch of irony. In fact, it is a great moment in comics.
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Filed under Comics, Comics Reviews, Fantagraphics, Fantagraphics Books, Graphic Novel Reviews, graphic novels, Simon Hanselmann, Webcomics
Tagged as comics, Entertainment, fantagraphics books, Graphic Novel Reviews, graphic novels, Humor, Media, Megahex, Pop Culture, webcomics, Witches
June 19, 2014 · 6:19 pm
“Rachel and Penny” is spot on good stuff. Webcomics are a tricky thing. It is basically a character-driven endeavor. It can be a wacky sense of humor thing and nothing more. But, if you’re a talented creator who believes in good storytelling, believes in good characters, then so much the better. This is exactly what Lauren Zuke has accomplished.
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March 13, 2014 · 8:42 pm
LUMBERJANES looks like an all-out joy ride of comics fun. This new comics series joins THE MIDAS FLESH under BOOM! Studios newest imprint, BOOM! Box. It is written by Noelle Stevenson who you may know from her webcomic, NIMONA. LUMBERJANES #1 arrives in comic shops on April 9th. Visit our friends at BOOM! Studios to pre-order here.
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March 12, 2014 · 5:33 pm
Millions of people visit xkcd.com each week to read Randall Munroe’s iconic webcomic. Today, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt announces it will publish Munroe’s new book “WHAT IF?: Serious Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions” on September 2, 2014. Based on the wildly popular blog of the same name, WHAT IF?, the book, will feature new hypothetical questions and answers illustrated by infographics, lists and, of course, Randall’s signature stick figure drawings. We’ll also revisit some of his favorite questions from the blog. It’s the perfect book for anyone who has ever wondered how fast you can hit a speed bump while driving and live, or what would happen if a Richter 15 earthquake hit New York City.
Starting today you can pre-order it from your favorite bookseller (Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Indie Bound). There are also foreign editions, including a UK and Commonwealth edition and a German edition.
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Tagged as Books, Entertainment, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Humor, Pop Culture, Publishing, Science, webcomics, xkcd
December 9, 2013 · 10:19 pm
Into the night, we pressed on in search of the heart and soul of Ballard.
Portraits of Jennifer at Ballard Inn.
She and I had ventured onto an interesting journey.
Sights. Sounds. History. Ghosts. Maybe some answers.
Filed under Ballard, Ballard Comics, Comics, Seattle, Webcomics
Tagged as Art, arts, Ballard, comics, Entertainment, History, Hotels, Inns, Pop Culture, Seattle, Travel, webcomics
December 2, 2013 · 7:00 pm
Editor’s Note: Percy’s & Co. is a shining example of how old and new can come together. Percy’s & Co. is not some cute name that a marketing team came up with. It refers to Percy Sankey who built the building in 1893 to house his dry goods business. The Sankey building has mostly housed liquor purveyors of one form or another. Even when it was a dry goods business, there was a speakeasy in the back room.
Percy’s & Co. might be mistaken by tourists as a business going back over a hundred years. It’s actually brand new but it’s not brash. Just some local kids providing unique cocktails and working with local growers. Percy’s & Co. offers apothecary inspired cocktails. As its website states, these drinks feature “infused spirits, fresh purees, and beneficial tinctures.”
Thankfully, here’s a place that looks like it has a bright future because it bothered to take a careful look at the past. Visit Percy’s & Co. here.
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Tagged as Art, arts, Ballard, Cocktails, comics, dry goods business, Entertainment, Percy Sankey, Percy's & Co., Pop Culture, Seattle, Sustainability, webcomics
