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Look what i did!

June 24, 2014 Anna Pederson Comments Off

Yikes, there’s a lot of heavy hitters out this week. From old to new. Indie to mainstream. Black and white to two-tone, to hyper-color. There’s something for everyone this month. Stop hating and get with […]

I Hope This Isn’t Late

June 3, 2014 Anna Pederson Comments Off

Hope everyone had fun at BookCon/Book Expo. Was Chaucer there? He’s pretty great. If you’re Northwest local, the Olympia Comics Fest is this weekend in our state capitol, with special guest Charles Burns! He’s pretty […]

Summa

May 13, 2014 Anna Pederson Comments Off

I’ve taken up the ancient art form of origami as of late, and between creating lotus flowers, cranes, and tie-fighters, I have learned the power of creativity, dexterity, concentration, and the overwhelming urge to set […]

I’ll never be successful because I’m not crazy

April 29, 2014 Anna Pederson Comments Off

Jodorowsky’s Dune finally came to Seattle this weekend, and I was painfully inspired by this doc. You basically get an animated Moebius film, in between beautiful H.G. Giger art, and topped with an amazing soundtrack […]

Captain America 2 is the Political Commentary War Movie of Our Generation

April 8, 2014 Anna Pederson Comments Off

If any West Coast readers accidentally read this, maybe they’ll accidentally go to a new show that’s popping up in Portland this weekend. It’s called Linework NW, and it’s a free to the public, one-day […]

I Regret Nothing

March 25, 2014 Anna Pederson Comments Off

Regrets and Errors: I regret that a couple weeks ago I accidentally told you that Sandman Overture #2 was coming out. It’s releasing this week. But given its constantly shifting timeline, I won’t believe that […]

Just Hold on. Hold on for one more day.

March 18, 2014 Anna Pederson Comments Off

Happy Irish day/week, nerds. Hope you didn’t break too many face bones on your way home the other night. Buffy the Vampire Hunter, Season 10 #1– Being hailed as the season that brings Buffy “back the […]

Day Late and a Dollar Short

March 11, 2014 Anna Pederson Comments Off

Sometimes comics are a participation sport. And sometimes a full contact sport depending on what conventions you’re going to this year. I spent this weekend going to a signing for Tony Millionaire (creator of Maakies […]

Drunk in Loooove

March 4, 2014 Anna Pederson Comments Off

Nothing else matters to me this week other than comics, because Oni Press’s, “The Auteur” is finally coming out. So I’ll just cut to the chase: Auteur #1 I’ve been so excited for this […]

Rocket Me to the Moon

February 25, 2014 Anna Pederson Comments Off

Sometimes my little black heart overwhelmingly swells with joy over the future of comics. You discover a new artist, read a new book, or see a small community pull together so quickly (because we never […]

Anna Reviews Stuff

October 11, 2013 Anna Pederson Comments Off

Holy moly. This time next week I’ll be back in my beloved second city, New York City. For NYCC! I’m going to hug everyone at Forbidden Planet so hard they won’t know what hit them. […]

CRIME! MYSTERY! BOOBED!

September 24, 2013 Anna Pederson Comments Off

I don’t mean to purposefully draw themes from all the comics I want to talk about each week, but there was a glaringly obvious coincidence between a lot of the wonderful books coming out today […]