Welcome back to Dreadful Thoughts, a fan run podcast about Showtime’s Penny Dreadful. This week we have a very special off season episode for you, an interview with artist Anaïs Chareyre.  Anaïs has created many very important things for the show including the tarot cards, Verbis Diablo book, and Vanessa’s blood scorpions.  She was a …

Welcome back to Spells and Whistles!  Two weeks ago we used Karla Ortiz’s fine work on [mtg_card]Liliana, Heretical Healer[/mtg_card] and [mtg_card]Liliana, Defiant Necromancer[/mtg_card] as a jumping off point for talking about Liliana as a character and her presentation throughout the years. But time flies in the Multiverse!  This week, previews for the upcoming Dragons of …

Y’all, check out this amazing project I found on Kickstarter. Austin, TX based artist, Nick Derington is summoning all his nerd powers to craft these gorgeous, video game inspired posters. He has titled his collection, “Boss Fight” because, well  -let’s just let Nick explain it: This project consists of three illustrations that recreate the nervous …

by Harry Huberty and Christina Ladd Hello and welcome to the inaugural installment of Spells and Whistles!  In this column, we’ll be taking a look at the art and flavor of Magic: The Gathering (and other assorted fantasy and gaming media), through two different lenses: first, through the eyes of an avid Magic player, and …

I recently got to check out the new Video Game exhibit at the Smithsonian in DC. If you’re a fan of video games and in DC its definitely worth checking out. It’s not the largest exhibit, consisting of only about 3 rooms. It does give a brief look at video games over the years and …