DC, WB, Mattel and Target going big on DC Super Hero Girls
Everyone is teaming up for DC Super Hero Girls, the multi-company, multi-platform push for girls' versions of DC's lady characters. Target will have an exclusive line of apparel and toys; Boomerang will air a 44-minute special and the digital shorts. The line also claims some firsts: "the first-ever 6-inch action figure designed for girls; first 12-inch collection of action dolls featuring strong, athletic bodies that stand on their own in heroic poses; and first-ever action role-play toys for girls."
Toys that stand on their own -- kinda a nice metaphor there.
Black Comics Month: Free comics, Cyborg, Myisha Haynes and more!
Continuing our spotlight on #BlackComicsMonth, by arrangement with Vixen, we have some catching up to do. First FREE COMICS! Concrete Park Vol 1. is...
Black Comics Month: UPDATE! Read Concrete Park Volume 1 for FREE
Continuing our spotlight on #BlackComicsMonth, by arrangement with Vixentoday's spotlight is Volume 1 of Concrete Park by Tony Puryear and Erika Alexander. AND...
Black Comics Month: Princess LovePon by Shauna J Grant
Continuing our spotlight on Black Comics Month, by arrangement with site runner Miz Caramel Vixen, who wanted me to remind everyone that the #blackcomicsmonth...
Black Comics Month: Clusterf@#K
I'm a firm believer that we shouldn't celebrate black history or women's history only one month a year, but 365 days (or even 366...
Four French women cartoonists turn down knighthoods to protest poor treatment
by Xavier Lancel
In a never-ending whirlpool of controversy, Fleur Pellerin, french minister of Culture, released a list of people who will received a medal...
Support diversity in comics? You need to support the BLACK kickstarter
There's been a lot of tweeting and tumblring about the need for more diversity in comics. And now you can make comics more diverse! Here is a chance to actually support a project by African-American creators that deals frankly with racial issues from a non-white perspective. BLACK is a new kickstarter for a graphic novel written by Kwanza Osajyefo (aka Kwanza Johnson)and Tim Smith III with art by Jamal Igle with additional art by Khary Randolph. Former Vertigo editor Sarah Litt will oversee the production. The story is high concept: what if only black people could become superheroes? Let your mind wander over that.
On The Scene: Our Comics,Ourselves Illuminates The History of Comics Diversity
Interference Archive's Our Comics, Ourselves ongoing art exhibit is a powerful reminder of how comics have always been an expression of personal issues from many viewpoints.
First look: Faith #2 and how Valiant got a viral hit
Valiant Comics relaunched as a publisher in 2012, and they've certainly done most things right since then, putting out quality comics with high level...
Barbie’s got a brand new bod – actually three of them
In a massive COVER story on Time Magazine, Mattel has unveiled a bunch of new shapes and sizes for Barbie, the long reigning ectomorphic...
GLAAD Nominees honor Wicked & Divine, Harley Quinn and more
Awards season is underway! And GLAAD has announced its annual media award nominees to "recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive...
Report: toy companies explicitly told to exclude Rey from Force Awakens products
A site called "Sweatpants and Coffee" has just posted an anonymous insider whistleblower report on the Where's Rey? controversy that has seen the main...
