It’s always handy when fashion trends work in the favor of the fashionably-inclined geek girl. Lately, there’s been a heck of a lot of chevron everywhere which is reminiscent of, or at least to the Hawkeye fan’s eye, arrows. (It also helps that arrows seem to be in vogue too!) Bauble Bar, an online jewelry store that stays on point with current fashions, has kept up with the chevron and arrow craze. They’ve got some pretty cute pieces that would be perfect for any fan of the Hawkguy. (Plus, they’ve got free shipping!)
Infinity Arrow Ring + Love Struck Pendant + Chevron Vinyl Bracelet
Gold Deltoid Cuff + Tri Chevron Necklace + Chevron Ring
Despite everyone’s best efforts to ignore it, the cold weather seems here to stay for at least a little while which makes t-shirts, the staple geeky wearable item, a little hard to wear on a daily basis. The solution? Geeky Sweaters! The lovely folks over at WeLoveFine have curated a geek chic collection and it features sweaters! We’ve post some of our favorites below but be sure to check out all the options over their site.
SHIELD – Deadpool – Hawkeye
Stormtrooper – TARDIS – Dark Side
Find the Hawkguy “Things I’m Great At” top here in a variety of styles and sizes!
How great are we at boats? … not very. But you might be, and who are we to say no to that. After numerous inquiries about my customs tank from Hawkeye Week, we’ve decided to make the design available online.
![[WAYW] Lin – Clint Barton 03](https://i1.wp.com/www.whitehotroom.com/wp-content/uploads/wayw_lin_clintbarton_01.jpg?resize=480%2C640)
Update: We’ve made the “Things I’m Great At” top available here!
Clint Barton isn’t great at many things, but he’s got a few skills nailed down — “I’M GREAT AT BOATS” became something of a rallying cry for my nears and dears during NYCC 2012, so I designed this tank in fond memory of. Flying a geek flag on the low-low? I’m totally profesh.
We’re channeling a full-on Hawkguy here, but with a stylin’ uptwist. We got the beanie and the smell test wifebeater and the Converse hightops — street level beat-em-ups with a blazer thrown on, and always with the purple.
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“Things I’m Great At” Tank: Forever 21 / DIY
Purple Blazer: Yesstyle
Asymmetric Chiffon Skirt: Forever 21
Aviator Shades, Accessories: Forever 21, Ebay, Asos
Hightops: Comme des garcons PLAY x Converse
Special thanks to Mandy for providing invaluable styling tips for this look and shirt design. She’s so street, you guys.
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It’s Hawkeye Week, bro. In honour of the new story arc debuting this week, we decided to fly our purple pennants — so check back in with us every day as we class up this joint like Kate Bishop, party like Tracksuit Dracula, and make embarrassingly coordinated kitchenware like Clint Barton.
Warning: This review has spoilers for the end of the previous issue along with some spoilers for this one. You should go read them first, bro. Especially #9, bro.
Like half the internet who reads this comic, I still haven’t recovered from the end of issue #9. Alas poor Grills, we knew him. I was expecting this issue to pick up right where the previous one left off. In a way, I was right but Matt Fraction and Francesco Francavilla did it in a way that I didn’t quite predict and it made for a lovely read.
There are two storylines going on in this issue. The first is Kate Bishop striking up a conversation with a man at one of her father’s parties. The other is the backstory of that said man, aka Kazi Kazimierczak aka the Clown. It wasn’t hard to see how this was going to go but Fraction’s writing and Francavilla’s art make this a great read even if that last page was like getting stabbed in the heart YET AGAIN. One of the great things about this issue is that it really does help illustrate the relationship between Clint and Kate. They work together and they’re friends but boy is it hard to put one simple label on their relationship and it’s part of what makes them (and this book) so gosh darn interesting.
Francavilla’s art was definitely a highpoint of this issue. Granted, there has yet to be an issue of Hawkeye where I didn’t like the art but Francavilla’s work here seemed especially noteworthy. I particularly loved the backstory pages for Kazi/the Clown. The page layouts work perfect for the story. I could read books with Francavilla drawing explosions or guns firing all day. I’m also a huge fan of the colouring on the page where Kazi leaves and Kate stops him. There’s something about it that just makes me go ‘wow’.
At the end of the day, I recommend that you go out and buy this comic but did you really expect me to say differently? And if you haven’t been reading Hawkeye so far, go out and buy yourself the first trade in honour of HAWKWEEK. You can thank us later.
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It’s Hawkeye Week, bro. In honour of the new story arc debuting this week, we decided to fly our purple pennants — so check back in with us every day as we class up this joint like Kate Bishop, party like Tracksuit Dracula, and make embarrassingly coordinated kitchenware like Clint Barton.