Exclusive: Marvel announces GIRL COMICS
A few months ago Marvel announced that 2010 would see a big push for some events built around women -- as characters, as creators,...
Cartoonists and insurance
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It's about time cartoonists got embroiled in the fun, easy-to-understand debate over health insurance currently going on. Julia Wertz , author of Fart Party,...
Thought for the Day: Scott McCloud
Have we been quoting him too much? Anyway, whatever, a video of a sand painting prompts McCloud to ponder the decade about to pass:
We’re...
TWILIGHT ruined THE DARK KNIGHT’s record opening!
Fangirls now have bragging rights over fanboys, as TWILIGHT: NEW MOON shattered the opening day box office record -- previously held by THE DARK...
What’s sauce for the goose…
At Fourth Letter, Esther Inglis-Arkell becomes enraged by female comics characters who stand around and explain why they wear skimpy costumes.
And I heard...
Welcome to the Brokeback Pose
While going around the internet over just the last 24 hours, the following images turned up, all fine examples of the "Brokeback" aka "Show...
What do women like? Part XLVIII
UPDATE: Above, the cover to the Juice cover story (Thanks, Steve Stahl.)Johanna comments on a particularly dopey "trick your woman into liking comics" article...
Crumb still shocking
R. Crumb's appearance at Virginia Commonwealth University last week has led to a campus controversy, with his comments on rape and misogyny igniting complaints...
Keith Knight is controversial yet again
WYTV in Youngstown, Ohio, reportsthat students at Slippery Rock University, located in western Pennsylvania, are upset about a recent "K Chronicles" cartoon written and...
They’ll do it every time!
No sooner has Rich Johnston noted that much-loved and admired Amanda Conner was the first woman to make Wizard Magazine Top 10 artists list—to...
Carl Jung liked words AND pictures
This long article in the NY Times Magazine talks about Carl Jung's mysterious Red Book, a journal he worked on for years which contained...
This weekend, it’s Dragon Con
Cheryl Lynn Eaton is blogging for Bleeding Cool .
And here's the Flickr group, which is the must-see of the show.
