Now THAT'S what we call objectification!
Just how gay were the old Marvel Swimsuit Specials?
Very, very gay, Richard Cook writes, and JR JR demonstrates:
Angry women of the day: Comics shops and Wonder Woman
§ In the never-ending discourse over gender and comics, one of those classic anecdotes -- this one told by a man:
The DFC Library Day Three: Neill Cameron
Neill Cameron is best known online for his A-Z of Awesomeness and drawing a lot of weird Santa Clauses on his blog last month,...
The DFC Library Day One: David Fickling
When the weekly DFC comics magazine came to an end in 2009 after only 43 issues many in the UK comics scene were saddened...
From the Archives: Walt Kelly at Harvard
I'm home for the holidays, and spending some time digging around my parent's basement, delving into my assorted and sordid collection of ephemera.
The above...
From the Archives: Star Trek #7, March 1970
Here's a comic from my brothers' collection, the type of comic kids read back in the 1960s and 70s. We didn't care about condition...
Holiday rewind: Team Venture Christmas Song
Totally missed this before, but better late than never?
"Shallow Gravy"
Lost cartoonist's family searches for lost daughter
The late Joel Beck was a pioneer of the Bay Area Underground comics revolution, illustrating Lenny of Laredo, a satirical bio of Lenny Bruce, and a naughty poster of Daisy Duck among other things. The SF Chronicle reports that he's also part of a family mystery his survivors are trying to crack:
Is geek culture dead?
Comedian/actor/sometime comics writer Patton Oswalt expresses clearly the vague feeling we've often haphazardly batted about here: as Geek Culture becomes the norm, it is...
Best Holiday Wishes
In the spirit of our Christmas in Blighty, here are a few classic British comics images.
Wishing all of you the best in the holidays,...
