From the publisher: Oriko sees her use of Kiriko as an attack dog against other magical girls as a justifiable means to achieving a greater purpose--protecting the world from the destructive force of Walpurgisnacht. However, their arrangement has piqued the interest [...]

Jordan Ellis has always been drawn to geeky fandoms. Harry Potter, comic books, and conventions have always been a source of excitement and comfort for her – and Ellis actively works to keep this comfort present in her fan communities. [...]

Nan Desu Kan (NDK) was low-key this year. I can count the number of activities I attended on one hand. And there was a general feeling of malaise among the crowd, or at least, that's what I perceived. The number [...]

Kanata Tanaka and Kazuki Yoshikawa are very grown-up for middle schoolers. Between Kanata’s womanly grace and Kazuki’s sophisticated manliness, the rest of Class 2-B is awed – and a little intimidated – by their maturity, seriousness, and good grades. But Kanata [...]

Join us for our first fall discussion: Yoon Ha Lee's Ninefox Gambit, winner of the 2017 Locus Award for Best First Novel and nominated for the Nebula, Hugo, and Arthur C. Clarke awards. Captain Kel Cheris of the hexarchate is disgraced [...]

From the mind of the modern master of horror, Stephen King's Dark Tower hits theatres this month, and if there's one thing this movie wants you to know, it's that it is STEPHEN KING'S Dark Tower. You can play a [...]

Warning! This article contains mild spoilers for the 2017 film The Dark Tower. Among Stephen King’s inspirations for The Dark Tower, a series of novels he wrote beginning in 1982 and spanning well into the new millennium, was Spaghetti Western classic [...]

Based on what the movies have told me about what it's like to have a sister, I grew up thinking, "thank GOD I never had one." Even at their purest and most well-meaning, nearly every sisterly bond I've seen portrayed [...]

Chito and Yuuri don't know a world aside from the dead one they wander together. Girls' Last Tour, Vol. 1 follows the quiet everyday life of these two companions as they search for food and shelter in a post-apocalyptic landscape. [...]

When Diana witnesses an explosion and a shipwreck off Themyscira's shores, she feels compelled to save the lone survivor -- even though the island itself rejects the presence of mortals. But Alia is a Warbringer, descended from Helen of Troy [...]