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Archive - September 2015

Hot Topic: Rule 63

So here’s a funny story, here at Legion of Leia, we’re allowed to pitch editorials and ongoing series to our esteemed founder Jenna Busch. Every once in a while though, an idea hits home and she encourages us to elaborate on an idea. Legion writer Andrew Walsh pitched a great article about gender fluidity and if there is a metric to...

The Pull List: IF Anthology, SAM, Raising Dion

  This week was a quiet week in comics and I wanted to take a look at some of the work that you wont find on your local comic shop shelves. The work of artists and writers that are trying to create their dream and need the readers help to do it. When someone chooses to self publish they have many reasons but the most important reason is that...

It’s Official: Black Mirror Series 3 Coming To Netflix

The dark, funny, razor-sharp satirical sci-fi anthology is returning with 12 new episodes coming to Netflix. Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones‘ Black Mirror is a really, really good show.  An anthology series in the tradition of The Twilight Zone, each stand-alone episode offered keen insight into the sociological, psychological, political...

Idris Elba is a Classic Villain in Star Trek Beyond

Rumors have run amok (time*) over who Idris Elba will be playing in the upcoming Star Trek Beyond. Writer Simon Pegg himself has denied rumors that Elba will be playing a Klingon villain. But in fact, his character is a “classic villain” in the traditional sense of Star Trek. Speaking with MTV, Elba said: “… he’s a guy who wants to end...