This week Geek Girl Riot teams up with Fantastic Forum for an entertainment news episode of epic proportions, celebrating Octavia Butler, mourning the shutdown of DC Vertigo Comics, wishing Batman a happy birthday, and more news!
We chat to the queen of YA, Nicola Yoon, then proclaim She Did It! about the legendary Mary Shelley & Jane Yolen. We also talk Ralph Breaks the Internet’s mega princess bonanza.
Sherin, Philip “The Talent”, and Alex got together to talk the good, the bad, and the geeky of SDCC 2018.
We chat to our pal Maurene Goo about her new novel The Way You Make Me Feel, Sam gives us her latest YA roundup, then we explore the terrifying town of Castle Rock…
Onscreen and behind-the-scenes, female creators lead the way and we’re applauding them on Geek Girl Riot. We’re joined by special guest host Sara Miller, the talent development manager at DC Comics.
Our Rioters are talking the movies, shows, books, and comics they love in spite of them being a whole lotta problematic. Because guess what? You can love something while recognizing its issues and demanding improvement.
YA author Nicola Yoon joins us for her very own Whachudoin’?, then we bring back our She Did It! segment to highlight Mary Shelley and Jane Yolen. Plus, a report all about Escape Velocity, and a review of Bilal.
So New York Comic Con happened last weekend, and we’re still getting over it. We chat the 2017 con events, and also jump to the year 2049 to talk Blade Runner.
Moments before the opening curtain of “American Idiot,” the musical theater debut of the punk band Green Day, a t-shirted house manager took the stage at Berkeley Repertory Theater for the tradition of reminding audience members to turn off their cellphones and unwrap their candies. This being a musical by Green Day, though, it wasn’t your typical curtain speech. “Are you ready to rock tonight?” shouted the house manager, John Gay. And sure enough, the crowd roared back, “Yeah!” Such is the rowdy mood surrounding “American Idiot,” a rock opera drawn largely from Green Day’s multiplatinum 2004 album of the… Read more »
The daughter of an acclaimed electronic music producer is safe, and her mother remains jailed after authorities in California arrested the woman earlier this week on a child abduction warrant obtained in Maryland, even though the charges have been dismissed.Ashley Duffy is no longer wanted by police, but her arrest Tuesday and subsequent jailing, police and prosecutors in Montgomery County, Md., confirmed to ABC News, was made based on a felony warrant that officials now say should never have been issued. The 3-year-old girl, Kaia, may be safe, but a California court will have to resolve the ongoing custody dispute… Read more »
