Lez Vamps is an anthology of vampire stories inspired by one single painting by award winning comic artist Mark Wheatley. The book features additional illustrations by Mark, inspired by the stories. It is a vastly entertaining exploration of blood sucking and lust! A perfect Halloween Gift for the, ah, oldest kids you know! Last year,…
Author, actor, comedian and game show host, Stephen Fry will receive the Annual Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism, presented at Harvard University each year by the Harvard Secular Society on behalf of the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard and the American Humanist Association. Past recipients of the award include novelist Salman Rushdie, punk rock…
Artist Denise Devine is altering E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations from the first edition of the book to remove Jim and replace him with Robot Jim. Recently an international controversy and debate broke out when NewSouth Books decided to publish a version of the Mark Twain classic, “Huckleberry Finn,” replacing all instances of the word “nigger”…
MotherJones.com used this image to help illustrate and explain the current political unrest in Egypt. It’s a Guy Fawkes mask, superimposed over the Sphinx. In the article, Mother Jones claims that the image of Guy Fawkes, the English Revolutionary, is from the movie, “V for Vendetta.” But clearly, it’s based on the graphic novel of…
Geek Girl Con, a convention that will celebrate the contribution and involvement of women in all aspects of science fiction, comic books, gaming and related geek culture recently announced the dates and initial invited guests for it’s first gathering. The first convention will take place October 8-9, 2011 at the Seattle Center in Seattle, WA….
