Comic-Con's culture clash
Sometimes it's hard to tell whether an internet feud is just an excuse to type or lot or a manifestation of an actual conflict....
Asian American ComicCon
Yesterday's first ever Asian American ComicCon was a pleasant, laid back affair. As a non-member of the group the show was aimed at, I'm...
Asian American ComiCon announces guests, schedules
The first ever Asian American ComiCon will be held next Saturday, July 11th in NYC, and they are only selling 250 tickets, so we...
Larry Hama to receive inaugural Kiyama Award
If you ask us, there is not a person more deserving of an award than Larry Hama. Also, dig into the press release for...
Penthouse guide to con hookups
Shari Goldhagen at Penthouse looks at the idea of meeting members of the opposite (or same, we suppose) sex at conventions . The article...
Latest Femmenerd snubs
Charlie Jane Anders (again) rounds up the two most recent clueless dissings of female genre fans. In the first, as Johanna reported, the huge,...
Hours of fun: Government comics archive
Did you know that The University of Nebraska-Lincoln library archives contain a digital archives of 175 free government comics from around the world? It's...
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...
