Who is Josh Tyler Anyway?
Josh Tyler's sexist, illogical, rambling, shrill screed over why we don't need more female superheroes is getting all the disdain it deserves, but a little link blogging has revealed that this is the same...
Female superhero fight!
Well, well, the debate over Josh Tyler's mild statement We Don't Need More Female Superheroes is getting a few ladies riled up. Dodai at Jezebel's hackles are raised right up.:
First: I'm a woman who...
Peggy Burns on Double-X in comics
I've had a lot of private correspondence over my recent post on my dearth of women creators and decision-making execs, many from folks who work for indies who pointed out the number of...
Cherchez la femme…again and again and again
J. Caleb Mozzocco at Blog@ had a good post yesterday about women in comics. Again? Yes, again. Mozzocco tries to put a positive spin on things -- pointing out that writers G. Willow Wilson,...
Keith Knight cartoon causes kerfuffle in Jersey
A comic strip by African-American cartoonist Keith Knight that used the N-word has caused an apology at Montclair State University. The episode of Knight's syndicated weekly comic, The K Chronicles, adapted a real-life...
Lonely otaku seeks four-color wife
Once you start digging a bit into Japanese culture, you often come across reports that there are a lot of single people in Japan. According to one survey, 1 in 4 Japanese men between...
A new generation comes of age
Today's "It Kids" of snark and anti-establishmentarianism, Tucker and Nina Stone, are interviewed by Chris Mautner at Blog@Newsarama. Depending on your point of view, you will find them to be ultra-haters or honest proponents...
“An unexpected legacy”
Steve Bunche got a bunch of old comics collections from a neighbor and found some gems, including several Pogo books and a copy of BACKSTAGE FROM THE STRIPS. Unbelievably, the above strip is from...
Social networking: bigger than porn
Reuters reports that people are now more interested in potentially hooking up with someone over the internet than in watching impersonal films of people hooking up:
Social networking sites are the hottest attraction on the...
Life on the Web
It seems that just as one must own various kinds of casual or formal shoes, one must have a variety of websites to capture various moods. So here's our guide.
Deep thoughts -- you...
I can has bridges?
Computer culture division. The New York Times discovers web trolls.
§ Want to start trolling? here's where to begin:
These abbreviations are fun ways to add personal flavor to your email and online discussion postings. What's...
