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Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda’s Fascinating “Monstress”
“Monstress” is a beautiful and dark graphic novel series (2015-current) written by Marjorie Liu and illustrated by Sana Takeda. The gorgeous art depicts a complex and violent world where tensions never cease between the Ancients (anthropomorphic animal lords), Arcanics (human-animal … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Miscellanious
Tagged comics, fantasy, Graphic Novel, image comics, marjorie liu, monstress, sana takeda
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Movie Review: The Enigmatic “I Kill Giants”
Based on the graphic novel by Joe Kelly and J. M. Ken Niimura, “I Kill Giants” is the heartfelt story of a very clever, imaginative young girl who has convinced herself that she must protect her town from killer giants. … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellanious, Movies
Tagged coming-of-age, fantasy, giants, Graphic Novel, james wan, madison wolfe
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Book-Ness with K.P.-Ness: “Diary of a Teenage Girl”
Phoebe Gloeckner’s “Diary of a Teenage Girl” is “An Account in Words and Pictures” of Minnie, a fifteen-year-old who is having an affair with Monroe, a 35-year-old man who is also her mother’s lover. What makes this story so different from … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Movies
Tagged Bookness, Books, Diary of a Teenage Girl, Graphic Novel, KPRennie, Memoir, Phoebe Gloeckner
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Movie Review: “Chuck Norris vs Communism” at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival
“Chuck Norris vs Communism” is the case of an irresistible title meeting a compelling story. This documentary explores the influence of Western movies had on Romanian cultural underground during the communist reign of Nicolae Ceaușescu that helped precipitate the downfall of communism … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Bennight, Bucharest, cheating, cinema, comics, Communist, Doc, documentary, Drawing, Feature, Film, Graphic Novel, illustration, Independent, indie, Indy, Intimacy, LAFF, Los Angeles Film Festival, love, Movie, Movie Review, Nicolae Ceausescu
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Movie Review: “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” at the 2015 Los Angeles Film Festival
Minnie Goetze, played by Bel Powley, wants love, rad sex, a perfect body, acceptance and the life of an artist in this late 70’s San Francisco tale. “The Diary of a Teenage Girl” is based on the book of the same … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy Bennight, cheating, cinema, comics, Drawing, Film, Graphic Novel, illustration, Independent, indie, Indy, Intimacy, love, Movie, Movie Review, New York, R Crumb, San Francisco, sex
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