Shock the World: A Profile on Jay Woodley

When you walk into the MOSH AfterDark event room, a table confronts you. On the table, is an array of horrific costumes, body parts, a box filled with immediating looking tools, and splattered blood decorating the otherwise pristine white covering. This is Jay Woodley’s introduction class into movie makeup, specifically – if you didn’t already…

Adventures at Wasabi Con: The Pop Culture Convention of Jacksonville

Wasabi Con is one of the many conventions organized by Green Mustard Entertainment, and is a symbol of the best Jacksonville geek life has to offer. The venue is small, and if you’re a frequent convention goer it might seem underwhelming stepping into the halls of the Marriott. However it is the atmosphere that permeates…

Get To Know Your Live Action Superheroines

Wonder Woman: The Hiketeia written by Greg Rucka with art by Wade Von Grawbadger and J.G. Jones This fascinating story begins with Wonder Woman taking a young woman under her protection because of an Amazonian oath, then going up against Batman himself. This is one of the most influential, stories about Wonder Woman you could read. Whether it’s…

The Voice Actor’s Life: An Interview with Amanda Miller

Amanda Miller is an American voice actress who studied theater at the University of Maryland. She also did improv at Upright Citizens Brigade and Monkey Butler, and is a company member of Theater of N.O.T.E. in Hollywood.Miller’s resume extends into video games, anime, audio books, and traditional stage acting. She is most known for her roles of…

The Extra Life Guild – Gamers Saving Lives

In 2008 a young woman named Victoria Enmon was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Her story inspired the Sarcastic Gamer Community who sent her gifts, and games in an effort to support her. Unfortunately, Tori passed that same year. However, Tori’s former friend and founder of Extra Life, Jeromy Adams, took her tragedy and created…

Six Comics for Six Upcoming Superhero Movies

While there may be a lull currently in the superhero movie when 2016 rolls around so do the new movies. Marvel’s line up for 2016 includes Captain America: Civil War, and Dr. Strange, while DC Comics is releasing Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice, and Suicide Squad. While comic book movie adaptions can be vastly different from their original…

3 Comics Every College Girl Should Read

I love comics, but having talked to some of my fellow comic movie loving college girls I noticed many weren’t sure what to read or where to start. Comics, as we’ve talked about before, can be really difficult to get into. There’s so much history! Luckily all is not lost and comics are slowly becoming…

Talking Comics with Desiree Rodriguez

Superheroes are seemingly everywhere lately, what with the slew of movies, TV shows, and cartoons that inhabit our screens on a yearly basis. These adapted takes on famous characters introduced to a new and wider audience can entice that audience to seek out the source material. However, comic books, with their decade’s worth of history,…

The Killing Joke: Starring Barbara Gordon

Republished from Women Write About Comics The Killing Joke is considered one of the best comic stories of all time. One of the greatest Batman storylines to ever be printed. It has Joker at his worst, Gordon at his most vulnerable, and Batman at his breaking point. The book is most remembered for its graphic content,…