Natania Barron

1 month ago | geekdad.com | Ray Goldfield |Natania Barron |Anton Olsen

Batman: Detective Comics #1095 – Tom Taylor, Writer; Mikel Janin, Penciller; Norm Rapmund, Inker; Alex Guimaraes, ColoristRay – 9.5/10Ray: Since the start of this run, Batman has been on the trail of an assassin targeting juvenile delinquents who are used for a blood-based compound that reverses aging. But at the core, there’s a far more personal crisis for Bruce Wayne – the discovery that his parents may not have been killed randomly.

Nov 21, 2024 | geekmom.com | Sarah Pinault |Lisa Tate |Natania Barron |Rebecca Angel

I have always loved a fairy story. From the Flower Fairies I played with in my childhood, to the Bat Boys that occupy my middle age novels, something about the otherness of the fairy world has long lingered in my imagination. A parallel world, with similarities but so many differences. A shared world with a shared history. The ways in which the fairy stories of the past interact with the modern tales we tell ourselves. There is nothing like a good fairy story.

Sep 18, 2024 | geekdad.com | Ray Goldfield |Jules Sherred |Natania Barron

Catwoman #68 – Tini Howard, Writer; Carmine Di Giandomenico, Artist; Veronica Gandini, ColoristRay: The finale of this run suffers from some of the main issues of the last year of stories – namely, a very busy plot and way too many villains, all of which have converged on Gotham to fight as Selina lies on an operating table, undergoing brain surgery from the bad doctor himself, Thomas Elliott.

Aug 5, 2024 | uncannymagazine.com | Natania Barron |Clockpunk Studios

It was in the year 2000, roughly two hundred years past its initial publication, that I became aware of Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. The moment is crystallized in my memory: sitting in my roommate Kate’s dorm room while she fiddled with the VHS player—she had a VHS player!—to begin my indoctrination to the 1995 miniseries featuring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, our other roommates chirping excitedly.

Jul 11, 2024 | geekmom.com | Elizabeth MacAndrew |Shiri Sondheimer |Natania Barron

So a little while ago, I wrote about crocheting through an anxiety spike. Part of what I worked on during that time was one of the projects I’m going to include in today’s update. To give a quick recap, after having tried my first Woobles kit in November and realizing I can maybe learn to crochet after all, I started more seriously teaching myself crochet with kits from Woobles in April. Those articles include: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3.