And the bar is HOW high this time?
It started when James Sturm from CCS, presented a slideshow on children's book illustrator Virginia Lee Burton on the feminist blog DoubleXX. Sturm proposed...
THE IRAQ WAR STORIES ANTHOLOGY
Yow, two great-sounding anthologies in one day? This one will be online, but covers a topic that has been, as yet, little covered by...
The Big Feminist BUT
A new anthology dealing with gender issues has been announced, and it's called The Big Feminist BUT. It's edited by Suzanne Kleid (The Believer...
Well now, talk about TIMELY
Holy shit, have people really been PREDICTING this pandemic thing? You'd think so, based on this 12 page comic on preparing for a flu...
Today’s comment-fodder post
Ryan at Comicsfodder rounds up all the things that Marvel and DC have done lately to show that they don't take female readers very...
New SECRET IDENTITIES trailer
http://www.youtube.com/v/NKKOzsTDJkY&hl=en&fs=1
SECRET IDENTITIES, a new superhero anthology by Asian creators examining various aspects of Asian culture and stereotyping, has been putting out videos to promote...
Secret lives of comic store employees
Wired looks at the secrets of your friendly neighborhood comic shop clerks.
Nation’s headline writers ga-ga for Batwoman!
What is it about DC's Batwoman character that headline writers just seem to adore? Take a single bare AP story about Kathy Kane taking...
NYCC: Secret Identities
GIvane all the talk over stereotyped casting and racial images going on here at The Beat of late, we wanted to draw attention...
David Brothers’ Black History Month
Over at 4th Letter, David Brothers is posting daily articles on Black History Month:
While there are often interconnecting themes, I try to keep each...
Kim condemns Hollywood racism
We made an oblique reference to the controversy over the casting of the AVATAR; THE LAST AIRBENDER movie the other day, but noted cartoonist...
Willingham calls for an end to “Superhero Decadence”
Thank God, a NEW controversy! Last week, Bill Willingham penned a piece for Big Hollywood, a newish website dedicated to presenting a more conservative...
