December 2010
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This was my personal favorite cover from 2010. It’s got 3 of my favorites and that fairy tale motif I love. I know some people don’t like it because Wanda’s in the wicked witch role in…
“We keep coming back to the question of representation because identity is always...”
– bell hooks (Reel To Real: Race, Sex, and Class at the Movies)
Recommended Reading and Food for Thought on Silver... →
David’s got a post up today on race and comics that’s damned good reading. Lately, I’ve been trying to put to words my problem with the assumption that “Silver Age Nostalgia” is what’s wrong with…
The most memorable moments in DC history for...
This was hands-down my favorite No Man’s Land moment. dcwomenkickingass:
One of things cover on this blog is how minority groups are treated in DC comics. Today’s guest blogger Neo-prodigy writes about minorities and comics regularly on his blog and elsewhere where he gives sexism, racism and homophobia, in any form, absolutely no mercy. Today he’s writing about a memorable moment for a...
“Lithium—a simple metal and the oldest drug in psychiatry—might protect the brain...”
– The Metal Marvel That Has Mended Brains for 50 Years | Pharmaceuticals | DISCOVER Magazine (via discopotential)
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How to Suppress Women's Writing →
OH, I wish it was all online! This is a must-read. ladiesmakingcomics:
Thanks, kellysue
DC Women Kicking Ass: Comics for US Troops and... →
dcwomenkickingass:
Earlier this year I wrote a post about how providing comics to US troops would be a good way to increase female readership. I also included ways that readers could donate comics to the troops.
When researching the story, I was told by a few soldiers that Marvel comics were made available in…
Amendment to the Last Post →
Yeah, I know there are comics fans who like Roy Harper. I don’t particularly care either way about him, but here’s the big thing: Nothing is more infuriating about Young Justice to me than using…
Ladies Making Comics: G. Willow Wilson's Wish for... →
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G. Willow Wilson, writer of the Vertigo series Air, graphic novel Cairo, and Vixen: The Return of the Lion miniseries, contributed a guest editorial to AOL News today, which starts with the news that Ms. Wilson is pregnant! Congratulations!
Her wish for her daughter, of course, follows on the…
DC Women Kicking Ass: Time to recognize the female... →
dcwomenkickingass:
If you saw the recent CBR list of the top 100 comic creators, you know that it was a little light on women. No. Let me rephrase that. It was pathetically light on women. Here’s the list of women selected for the 50 top artist and top 50 comic writers.
Gail Simone
Much, much congratulations…
The Allegory and the Amazon →
I complain a lot about the the portrayal of the gods in Wonder Woman, and while the “Rise of the Olympian” storyline by Gail Simone has some openings for discussion and possibly complaint (I’m not…
Happy 88th Birthday Stan Lee
My favorite Stan Lee ladies?
Marvel Girl/Jean Grey, Scarlet Witch/Wanda Maximoff
And the Winsome Wasp/Jan Van Dyne!
dcwomenkickingass:
I attended NYCC for the first time this year and while the lines were certainly not as horrible as the ones I’ve heard about at SDCC, they were long. As we snaked around a giant empty basement warehouse there was a mixture of excitement and tedium as the...
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Which of the Fantastic Four will Die? Pro Gamblers... →
“BetUS.com has determined by what we can only assume is copious comic book research and a complex and dynamic algorithmic Mother Box-like computer system that Sue Richards is the most likely FF’er to kick the bucket in January, with odds of 1:1. After Sue comes little brother Johnny Storm with odds of 4:1, then Reed Richards 6:1, and then The “Thing, who’s probably safe...
“I didn’t break up the Beatles. The Beatles were a group made up of four very...”
– YOKO ONO, in an interview with the Daily Mail, in which she also says John Lennon would love the Internet, Twitter, Facebook and Lady Gaga. (via inothernews)
The most memorable moments in DC history for...
dcwomenkickingass:
We’re at the half-way point of showcasing the top 30 memorable moments. And for number 15, the guest poster is one of the nicest gents I’ve had the pleasure to meet in comics, Martin Gray. He is a journalist based in Scotland who spent a few years as editor of UK DC reprint titles. He reviews comics at his blog, “Too Dangerous For a Girl.” The blog’s title comes from a time...
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Here’s some holiday reading for those of you bored enough to check out this blog today: This is a really awesome charity idea, and I think we should all pull something similar next year. Colin…
“Keep faith. Trust to love. Fight with honor. But, fight to win.”
– Wonder Woman (written by Gail Simone)
This is possibly my favorite line of dialogue I have ever written, and one of the most-quoted things I’ve ever had a character say. I have had people tell me that they used this as their mantra through hard times. Thank you for bringing it up here! (via...
The most wonderful time of the year: day 25 of...
dcwomenkickingass:
Wonder Woman has a message for you!
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