Things We Saw Today: Game of Thrones Valar Morghulis Beer

Remember when HBO and Ommegang asked us to vote for the next Game of Thrones-themed beer? We totally predicted Valar Morghulis would win, and it did. The press release says, “The voting also determined the style of the newbeer – an Abbey Dubbel – which is perfectly represented by the “two-headed” coin which will adorn the labels.Valar Morghulis will be available at retail in fall of this year.” We can’t wait to taste it but we’re still holding out for Ho-Ho-Hodor this holiday season… 

• Where Are All The Women Directors At Cannes? An Infographic Shows Just How Bad It Is (via The Frisky)
• Comic book writer Barbara Slate writes “Let the Girls Take the Lead” when it comes to comics. (via Comic Book Resources)
• Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany In Talks For The Woman In Gold with Helen Mirren and Ryan Reynolds. (via Empire)

Some stylish X-Ladies by Charapoo on DeviantArt.

• We previously reported on Lev Grossman’s The Magicians being brought to television, now we know Syfy has picked it up. (via Deadline)
• This Seven-Year-Old Girl Holds the Key to Comedy (via The Maude)
• Something relevant to my interests: IZ Adaptive Clothing, Stylish Clothing Specifically Made For People In Wheelchairs. (via Laughing Squid)

For sale on Ebay: Walt Disney World MARK IV RED MONORAIL 1971 Ride Vehicle Car Cab Prop. Just $189,000. Mono-D’OH. (via Death and Taxes)

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Jill Pantozzi is a pop-culture journalist and host who writes about all things nerdy and beyond! She’s Editor in Chief of the geek girl culture site The Mary Sue (Abrams Media Network), and hosts her own blog “Has Boobs, Reads Comics” (TheNerdyBird.com). She co-hosts the Crazy Sexy Geeks podcast along with superhero historian Alan Kistler, contributed to a book of essays titled “Chicks Read Comics,” (Mad Norwegian Press) and had her first comic book story in the IDW anthology, “Womanthology.” In 2012, she was featured on National Geographic’s "Comic Store Heroes," a documentary on the lives of comic book fans and the following year she was one of many Batman fans profiled in the documentary, "Legends of the Knight."

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