This year at Gen Con was the big debut of the TTRPG adaptation of famous comics. No, not the one put out by the big dog that has all those superheroes. I’m referring to DIE The Roleplaying Game , an adaptation of Kieron Gillen and Stephanie Han’s popular Image Comics title of the same name. […]
Do memes live rent-free in your head? The Workaholic writers’ room famously kept whiteboards of “over-done jokes” that were verboten. From edge to edge, you can find bits of brain decay dating back several years like rings on the brittle stump of pop culture: “Too soon?” “Laughy McLaugherson.” “We have fun.” “That’s not a thing.” […]
ACA banner 20232 UPDATED Aug. 15 : Registration for the Arlington Center for the Arts’ ( ACA ) fall session is open, while summer programming winds up this week save for “Vacation Arts Camp Plus” the week of Aug. 21.That is currently full, but one can join the waiting list, says Aneleise Ruggles, communications director. […]
When I began working on the design for the cover of Kyle Dillon Hertz’s debut novel The Lookback Window , I had two goals in mind: I wanted the book to be taken seriously, and I wanted to get it into the hands of readers who might not otherwise find it. Right from the beginning […]
Photo by Louis Reed on Unsplash For me, the term “mad scientist” brings to mind images of bubbling beakers filled with neon liquids; elongated, menacing silhouettes; and of course (Pinky and) the Brain. There is a long history of stories from Frankenstein and The Island of Dr. Moreau all the way to Rick and Morty […]
