Friends of Lulu to end in September
Valerie D’Orazio, the president of Friends of Lulu for the last three years, has announced on her blog that due to financial problems, personnel problems, and her own lack of will to keep it going almost single-handedly, the organization for women comics readers and creators will be forced to shut down in four weeks: If [...]
Continue ReadingSD10: The Final frontier
As images of SD10 filter out, the defining one has yet to manifest itself, but in this image of a woman helping her Iron Man-themed friend pee into a bottle, we have a fetish-palooza: water sports, mascots, bondage, superheroes. No wonder Comic-Con is all things to all people. But the one message that this image [...]
Continue ReadingCosplayers make fun of Westboro Baptist Church bigots
The biggest sociological story here at SDCC10 on Thursday was definitely the Cosplay counter protest against Westboro Baptist Church’s protest. The cosplayers outnumbered the con protesters — who had come for the health care conference goings-on at the Hyatt, and beat the bigots at their own game. Viva la fandom! Comics Alliance has all the [...]
Continue ReadingSD10: PRISM events #2049/2146/2148
As always, CCI:SD promotes diversity with programming and events covering the LGBT side of comics. This year there will be special guests, parties, panels, and more. Highlights include appearances by Howard Cruse and the sixth annual "Heroes vs Villains" party. Stop by the PRISM Comics booth for more information.
Continue ReadingSpecial Wonder Woman Land o’ Links
§ Why is this totally AWESOME quote by Dan DiDio not getting the attention it deserves??? The pants are really intentional for the actual story itself, again § JMS notes an odd dichotomy: It’s not a case of either/or. What I found fascinating recently was a Wonder Woman reader, a woman, who pointed out [...]
Continue ReadingGraphic Novels Challenge shows newer readers in their native habitat
We've mentioned book bloggers a few times lately, and contrasted their peaceful, herbivore ways with the violent, predatory jungle of comics blogging. Now here's a VERY direct comparison -- and also some interesting market research type stuff -- via the Graphic Novels Challenge. This is a blogging program in which book bloggers try to read a bunch of graphic novels in a given period -- one of a series of similar challenge for memoirs, history books or whatever. Most of the bloggers are not trained-from-birth comics experts and heir comments are illuminating. The list is also high on "litereary" and young adult comics -- not very much Marvel or DC. They also check books to read out of the library, so they are not "Wednesday" Crowd" much.
Continue ReadingThings that deserve ATTENTION: STUCK RUBBER BABY
It's time for pissed off readers to put their money where their mouth is.
Continue ReadingInternet: Dan DiDio has been playing you
As regular readers of this site and other comics sites know, the DCU has been taking a lot of lumps for perceived insensitivity in handling the death of various minority characters, and they haven't had too many opportunities to set the record straight. However, a big interview with co-publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee conducted by Fearless Kiel Phegley has been quoted widely:
Continue ReadingComplaints, complaints II — The Return of Doug Funnie
Okay, we've restocked our load of piss and vinegar and we've loaded our shotgun for bear! UNTIL WE TELL IT, WE JUST CAN"T MOVE ON! My first "Complaints" post drew a bit of private praise, especially from those who welcomed a return to more pointed commentary. To which I say, I'd love to do more of it but I was literally up until dawn writing that first one (I'm ssslllooowww) and this one will take just as long. Especially since this time I"m taking on everyone's FAVORITE SUBJECTS: Race and gender. It's a good thing comics never talk about religion or we'd be here all night and day! And if I can predict one thing with dead certainty it's this: Gene PHillips will show up in the comments.
Continue ReadingGene Luen Yang’s AIRBENDER boycott explained
The Last Airbender movie gained controversy for casting white actors in the roles associated with Asian characters in the cartoon original. Many folks are boycotting it because of this, including cartoonist Gene Luen Yang.
Continue ReadingAnatomy of a panty shot
Dear lord, what is coming out of this woman’s vajayjay? People, dogs, monster claws, golden light, frayed denim. This one has it all. The cover to Image’s new NANCY IN HELL miniseries by Juan Jose Ryp and El Torres is either a subtle homage to such cameltoe classics as Ryan Kinnaird’s X-Men: Phoenix – Legacy [...]
Continue ReadingEndangered otaku in Queens
By the time the New York Times gets around to spotting a trend, that usually means it's something your grandma loves. IN this case, the recent manga implosion gives this New York Times spotlight on manga something of a more urgent undertone. The story focuses on budget cuts in the Queens library system, where the kids -- of widely diverse ethnicities -- have embraced the manga:
Continue ReadingNon-white people in refrigerators?
We haven’t quite been following this story but some other folks have. It seems that a bunch of “legacy” characters at DC who were mostly whiter men, have, over the years, been replaced with new folks who were more multiracial and even female. But now they are all getting killed off, and even Jessica Fletcher [...]
Continue Readingxkcd’s revealing color survey
At the blog for the insanely popular webcomic XCKD, Randall Munroe directly confronts issues of gender, fashion and whether a color can be construed as "dusty" Here are the color names most disproportionately popular among women: 1. ... Kind of an incense-bomb-set-off-in-a-Bed-Bath-&-Beyond vibe. ... Here are the color names most disproportionately popular among men: 1.
Continue ReadingMay Day! Tampa is crawling with Trekkies
In an announcement that will turn Tampa, FL into a place of dread and infamy for some a whirlpool of horror for some -- and a much-desureed destination for others -- this weekend's Vulcan Events Convention in Tampa, Fl will attempt to se a world record for Most people wearing ear cuffs in one place Largest gathering of people dressed as Star Trek Character in one place. Now the existing record for more Trekkies in one spot was set just this February in London, England, but there were a mere 99 Romulans, Bajorans and Mugatu gathered in one place -- so given a spurt of enthusiasm, setting a new record seems within grasp. Also, you might think it is a simple thing, but there ARE rules, which are as follows: #1 All participants must be wearing costumes representing characters from the Star Trek universe and extended canon. ...We'd dearly love to see this event unfold in all its natural majesty and beauty, and also to note how Next Gen costumes are faring in the Star Trek popularity race; adherents of the Rick Berman Trek-i-verse seems to have been steadily dwindling away, but that's definitely an outsiders opinion.
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