Month: October 2017

Comic Book Review: Eventide from Grub Machine Comics

Comic Book Review: Eventide from Grub Machine Comics

Grub Machine’s Eventide is here to ask one major question: who do we become when we find ourselves face-to-face with soul-snatching peril? Five teenagers are about to find out, firsthand. The premiere issue – which drops today – introduces us to Connor Wood, a high […]

Behind the Ink: Kevin Sorrell

Behind the Ink: Kevin Sorrell

Reading the Glyph Comics Award nominated Life and Times of Abigail Waller can feel like reading transcripts of conversations you’ve had with good friends, your mother, or certain co-workers. The webseries is a slice-of-life treat that tackles everything from dating to gun control via a […]

Romance is Not the Enemy of Strength: Strong Female Characters Want Love, Too

Romance is Not the Enemy of Strength: Strong Female Characters Want Love, Too

One of the fandom memories that I hold close to my heart stems from the night of February 21, 2016. It was the night when Michonne and Rick Grimes finally got together in the season six episode of The Walking Dead titled “The Next World.” […]

#TBT: My Closest Friendships Came From Fandoms

#TBT: My Closest Friendships Came From Fandoms

Note: this essay originally appeared on HelloGiggles. I think you get the best sense of a person when they are deeply engrossed in something they love. That relentless passion can inspire the most intense behaviors — good and bad — that are mostly explained away […]

Behind the Ink: Kim Gaines and Grub Machine Comics

Behind the Ink: Kim Gaines and Grub Machine Comics

Kim Gaines is one of the passionate masterminds behind the new comics company, Grub Machine Comics. On October 31st, Grub Machine will premiere Eventide, a comic thriller about a group of teens poised to saved the world against war-mongering ghouls. Kim was kind enough to […]