The Hawkeye Initiative launches—and genderswapping will never be the same
Over the weekend someone on Tumblr got the great idea of satirizing anatomically unlikely, and overtly sexualized comic book covers by replacing the women...
James Gunn apologizes for his offensive comments
Finally, the long national nightmare is over as future Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has apologized on Facebook for his unwise, unfunny and offensive comments that he wrote on his blog two years ago:
James Gunn woos ladies by posing with an adorable lioness
While director James Gunn has remained silent on the shitstorm surrounding his two-year-old superhero sex list—probably because Disney won't let him speak out— he's fought back with a seething, hate filled tweet.
Hollywood director harbors sexist thoughts; film at 11
Yesterday there was a new source of gender battle outrage on the internets, as spelled out by The Mary Sue. It seems that director James Gunn, who has made the film Super and is slated to write and direct Guardians of the Galaxy has a very active website and online presence and nearly two years ago he ran a piece called 50 Superhero you want to have sex with that included all kinds of jokes about having sex and rape and gays.
Kickwatcher & Preview: Big Feminist But kicks ass
A new Kickstarter just launched this morning for The Big Feminist But a comics anthology of stories about women, men, attitudes and the humor and drama of those attitudes. Contributors include Jeffrey Brown, Gabrielle Bell, Lauren Weinstein, Josh Neufeld, Sarah Oleksyk, Corrine Mucha and many more, including what may be the last published comic by the late, great Dylan Williams. The goal is $13,995 which will pay for printing and distribution and a page rate for contributors.
Geek girl updates from the past
Johanna Draper Carlson finds a SF book from 24 years ago that predicted the kind of soul-stealing succubus that many fear wit a narrative involving a SF convention:
NC Comicon—the local con wins
It was nice to finish up a busy and exhausting year of cons (11 or 12) with one of the strong local shows that has been a hallmark of current comics/nerd culture. The NC Comicon was put together by the guys behind Ultimate Comics, a popular shop in Durham, NC.
Face to face with real geek girls
Speaking of family vacation, I'm staying with my cousins, a household that includes girls of ages 3 and 6 1/2 year old twins. Reading...
And then they came for the cosplayers…
A few people sent this to me last night, but out of respect for Tony Harris's great art, I couldn't bring myself to post...
Enough with the faux “fake geek girl’ outrage already
Outrage erupted on Twitter and Facebook over the weekend when writer/journalist Dirk Manning posted a still from Ted with an "anti fake geek girl"...
Inappropriate touching and stalking roundup
In light of recent stalkerish stories, two incidents from last weekend's PAX video game show, make for disturbing readings.
While it occurred at an event that wasn't officially affiliated with PAX, the incident recalled by female video game blogger Kyle is perhaps given away by her blog post title: Boundaries and The Penis Incident:
