Comic Review: Zodiac Starforce.

Zodiac Starforce is a bubble-gum-fueled, magical girl romp that reignited one of my most notable latent teenage obsessions. Most magical girl stories feature regular high school girls with superpowers and lengthy transformation sequences involving creative costume changes and some kind of magical item (wand, scepter, or, in this case,...

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Comic Review: Junji Ito's Cat Diary: Yon & Mu.

What do you do when you discover that your favorite horror manga artist has created an autobiographical manga chronicling his struggles with sharing a home with his new fiancée’s cats? You buy it. Immediately. Without a second thought. When I happened upon a new volume of Yon & Mu at a local bookstore, I took one glance at the cover...

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Book Review: Uprooted by Naomi Novik.

I had been craving a new fantasy read -- something standalone (not a series) that had some teeth (or fangs) and an interesting premise -- when I glimpsed Uprooted by Naomi Novik and, drawn in by the description on the back of the book, brought it home with me. Here, I found a fantasy novel that, while not offering anything particularly...

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Board Game Date Night: Odin's Ravens.

The basic premise of Odin’s Ravens is that the ravens, Huginn and Muninn, are racing across varying terrain in order to bring Allfather Odin news of the human world. Naturally, the ravens have become slightly competitive in their quest and often enlist the help of the trickster god, Loki, to expedite their journey or sabotage their partner. The...

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