by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Feb 17, 2022 | Article, Pop Culture
I recently stumbled across an article about The Simpsons. My first thought was, “Holy shit. The Simpsons is still around? It hasn’t been good since, like, season 14.” Funnily enough, the article addressed this criticism directly. Yeardley Smith (the voice of Lisa...
by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Feb 9, 2022 | Article, Comics, Pop Culture
In recent weeks you’ve probably heard a lot about the graphic novel Maus being banned. In 1992, it became the first and only graphic novel to win a Pulitzer Prize. The school board of McMinn County, Tennessee, unanimously voted on Jan. 10 to remove the book from the...
by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Feb 2, 2022 | Article, Conventions, Pop Culture
I’ve previously discussed the concept of cosplay as charitable work, but, until recently, I’d never been able to sit down with one of the “cause”players to discuss what they do. Part of that is my own sense of intimidation; these are the pros, royalty among...
by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Jan 23, 2022 | Article, Games, Pop Culture, Retro Review
Did you know that, when the Globe Theater caught fire in 1613 during a showing of All Is True, it burned to the ground in one hour? And that the cause was the misfiring of a cannon during the play, because they used real cannons in the performance, and the theater...
by Julian "Tony" McGinn | Jan 12, 2022 | Article, Pop Culture
I recently visited a kava bar. A kava bar is sometimes referred to as a “nakamal,” which is a Vanuatu public house. I wasn’t in Vanuatu, but Oakland, California, and I had never heard of kava before, which is what MeloMelo Kava Bar serves. Having tried it, I’m going...
