More on thinking person’s manga
Much soul-seacrhing in the blogosphere today over whether manga is doomed to be a medium of kiddies and wanna-be ninjas. Much of it was...
And you can look it up…
Thanks to all who sent me the link for the word "Fanboy" entering the Merriam-Webster dictionary along with other useful terms like "edamame" and...
Area woman finds WANTED morally ambiguous
Lucinda Breeding of the Denton Record-Chronicle thinks WANTED reflects an interest in the grim and gritty:
Last weekend, Universal released Wanted, which is based on...
Lynda Barry
The Comics Reporter has an interview with Lynda Barry up that is THE MUST READ of the week and maybe the month because this...
Alarming quote of the day
Ivan Brandon has an army of 58 Zombies, 42,000 Zombie points and is a Zombie God!
-- via Facebook
Revamping characters fraught with peril
§ The NYT looks at new spins on old characters in the 21st Century including some we may not necessarily find palatable:
“You want a...
Quote of the Day
"if someone you've never met doesn't recognize you at a con, consider methods other than a low-self esteem blog post to get in touch."
---R...
Women in Comics!
Writer Hudson Phillips runs a "women in Comics" roundtable:
I recently had a conversation with 5 brilliant, creative, funny women who are up and coming...
Open source dumbass program
This has been going around in email and blogs, and we're not really going to get into it too much, but apparently this dude...
Where the girls are
Various notes and comments on various aspects of women in comics over the past few days.
§ Reminder: It's always someone's first convention panel!....
Special Report: Women who Kick Ass by Steve Bunche
Special Beat Correspondent Steve Bunche went to the closely-watched "Women Who Kick Ass" panel and explains what happened:
Is there any more tired panel that...
How DO women do it?
Follow up: Colleen Doran on her panel-mate:
PS: I’m sorry, I can’t help myself…”constantly blowing us away with the most outrageous and provocative titles?”Yes, I...
