Why I Write “Strong Female Characters”
Greg Rucka has rocked the worlds of comics and novels for years, including memorable Batman writing, plus the Queen and Country series and the Atticus Kodiak books. But he might be best known for being a man who writes a lot of “strong female characters.” People always ask Rucka why he chooses to write so…
10 Epic Villains Who Were Supposed to be One-Offs
When it comes to supervillains, it’s all about survival of the fittest. Sometimes a villain is introduced who’s supposed to be a new Big Bad — but turns out to be a short-lived Little Awful instead. And sometimes, a villain who’s supposed to appear once and then never be seen again catches fire and becomes…
Shadowy scenes from the abandoned Los Angeles subway system
Design writer Alissa Walker recently took a tour of L.A.’s original subway system, one whose tunnels are no longer in operation, though they remain down there bricked off and all but forgotten beneath buildings downtown. Cue horror movie soundtrack here, with hapless apartment dwellers in a newly renovated downtown loft complex finding strange things coming…
