Monthly Archive:: February 2016
Feb 29 2016
This Week in Geek (02/29/16–03/06/16)
Happy Leap Day! Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, February 29th through Sunday, March 6th.
Girly Book Club: All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doer
What: Meet-Up, Books
When: Monday, February 29th at 6:45 p.m.
Where:…
Feb 29 2016
What Is Weirdpunk Books? Meet Editors M. P. Johnson and Sam Richard
Local press Weirdpunk Books might have just made literary history: they managed to get a book published that features controversial personality G. G. Allin in various fantastic stories. They were able to make it using Kickstarter and it has been doing well as an indie-published book about a very, very…
Feb 28 2016
Roller Derby and the Geek Connection
If you’ve listened to me talk, at all, over the last year and a half or so, I’ve probably mentioned the phrase “roller derby.” My MFA thesis is about roller-derby vampires. I go to practice every week, even when I’m feeling shaky and I’d rather stay home. This weird sport has gotten into my blood. And there’s…
Feb 27 2016
Brotherman Meets Hancock Meets Green Lantern in The Legend of the Mantamaji
At first glance, Eric Dean Seaton’s Legend of the Mantamaji may look like a typical comic-book story, complete with pencil-thin-mustached villain, a seemingly formulaic world-ending plot, and a reluctant Black hero . . . and if you merely skim the book, that’s probably what you’d…
Feb 26 2016
From the Stands: Captain Jack’s Comics is Waiting for You
From the Stands is a series that profiles comic-book stores around the Twin Cities and talks about their histories, their offerings, and the communities they serve.Discovery has always been an important part of being a comics fan. After all, if you take the Yellow Kid as your (possibly dubious) starting…
Feb 25 2016
Throwback Thursday: TL;DR? David Lynch Is a Surrealistic Genius
Throwback Thursday examines films from the past—“classic” films that might not be in the current cultural zeitgeist but can still be important, interesting, fun, or all of the above.
This is officially my 52nd weekly column. I can’t believe I’ve gotten to share so many wonderful films, and it’s surprising…
Feb 23 2016
This Week in Geek (02/22/16–02/28/16)
Welcome to This Week in Geek, your guide to events of interest to the Minnesota geek community for the week of Monday, February 22nd through Sunday, February 28th.
Board Game Night
What: Meet-Up, Gaming
When: Tuesday, February 23rd at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Bad Weather Brewing Company
Bad Weather Brewing…
Feb 22 2016
Cis Boom Blah: Going for the Joke in Deadpool
According to weekend box-office figures, you’ve probably seen already seen Deadpool. Fox’s film about the Merc with the Mouth has made so much money that unborn children and dogs have probably seen Deadpool by this point, so a review or recommendation would be fairly academic. A review would also be…
Feb 21 2016
Yeah, I’m a Nerd, and I Have the Ink to Prove It
When I was a kid, I thought tattoos were stupid. Why would you put a mark on your body that would be there forever? What if you didn’t like it anymore? Thankfully, I got over that a few years ago. Now, nine tattoos later, I’m looking back on what it means to have all this ink; particularly, what it means to have…
Feb 20 2016
From the Stands: DreamHaven Books Is Still Standing
From the Stands is a series that profiles comic book stores around the Twin Cities and talks about their histories, their offerings, and the communities they serve.
One of my earliest memories of my “fandom” is going to DreamHaven on Lake Street and gazing longingly at their antique books, my breath…