NYCC begins this Thursday, and Therefore I Geek is bringing out a post from the archives to give you some handy tips on surviving a big convention!
New York Comic Con is fast approaching and preparations must be made. This year will be my seventh NYCC (there have been eight, for the record) and I’ve learned a few tricks that have helped me survive and more thoroughly enjoy myself. Continue reading
Filed under Andrew Hales, Comics, Events, Geek Life
At its simplest, a dramatic foil is someone or something in a piece of literature that serves as a contrast to another. As with many literary techniques, while the idea behind a foil is simple, the execution can be anything but. Writers from Shakespeare to Mary Shelley have used the concept to help define their protagonists by comparing them to other characters that surround them. Harry Potter is filled with them, for crying out loud.
What about Star Trek? The entire franchise consists of 726 episodes, spread across thirty seasons and six series. That’s a lot of writing, so surely there must be the use of a dramatic foil in there somewhere. Of course there is. Given that the dramatic foil is a commonly used device by franchise writers, watching just a few episodes of any of the Star Trek series reveals several of them. There is one pair that stands out in my mind: Captain Sisko and Gul Dukat. Continue reading
Filed under Andrew Hales, Television
Chances are, any purveyor of contemporary pop culture is steeped in Norse mythology—perhaps without even realizing it. Of course, there are some media that directly reference Norse mythology, such as Marvel’s Avenger, Thor, his brother Loki, and their father Odin. In some parts of geek culture, however, the references are far more subtle.
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Filed under Editorial, Tracy Gronewold
Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead (DC)I don’t know why I keep reading Green Lantern titles. Maybe it’s because it is one of the two families of books I picked up when I first started reading comics (X-titles being the other). At the time, Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps were amazing books being written by Geoff Johns. Less than a year into my comic reading the “Sinestro Corps War” story line began and I was blown away. It is with that in mind that I decided to pick up Green Lantern/New Gods: Godhead.
Filed under Comic Reviews, Comics, Saturday Reviews
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