WonderCon: Better Than Getting Shot In the Face Pt.I

By Victor Fuste
INTERMISSION| I love comic books. That simple declarative statement begins the retelling of the single greatest day of my life. A day filled with capes, spandex and character defining moments for a young boy of twenty who daydreamed his childhood away under the fantasies of larger than life adventure stories.

WonderCon: Better Than Getting Shot In the Face Pt.II

By Joshua Smith
INTERMISSION| I don’t know a damn thing about comic books. In fact, my knowledge on the subject is similar to my dear “Friend” Phoebe when she, in her wonderfully understated intelligence, wonders aloud why the last syllable of Superman and Batman isn’t pronounced the same way as that of Daily columnist David Blackman’s.

'Night Watch" review and Ads

By Joshua Smith
INTERMISSION| At WonderCon on Saturday, the all-smiles publicity man from Fox Searchlight announced that we in the audience had the great (mis?

I love my Readin', Writin' and...

By Kelly Peterson
INTERMISSION| “No Licking the Master During Holydays - No Kissing Girls in School Time.” The newest exhibit at the Cantor Arts Center, “American ABC: Childhood in 19th-Century America,” offers visitors a glimpse into the depictions of young life from the country to the classroom to the city slums.

LivelyArts: Not just for old people anymore

By Di Dang
INTERMISSION| “Imagine everything you did between the years of 1976 and 1992,” says Sunny Jacobs (Adele Robbins) before giving the audience a full ten seconds of silence to consider their life histories: graduating college, getting married, having children, raising children, etc.

If only it were still the 60s, we would be listening to the real album

By Matty Smith
INTERMISSION| Beginning in the late 60s and all throughout the seventies, Sly & the Family Stone cemented themselves into one of the most important places in rock history.

FratMan meets HotChick

By Roxy Sass
INTERMISSION| This week, Roxy tries to explain sex — in their own language — to those poor souls at WonderCon who, either by choice or by unfortunate circumstance, are oblivious to the pleasures of the opposite sex.