Nate Fisher/Eightball case mop-up
Pretty much everything of interest in the Nate Fisher/Eightball case has been said, until Fisher himself speaks, perhaps, but a few late comments are worth noting. We found these through our own trackbacks (Our...
Facts emerge in fired teacher/EIGHTBALL case
The New Haven Register weighs in with actual news story about the story of Connecticut teacher Nathan Fisher who resigned after parents complained about him giving a 13-year-old a mature reader comic to read....
UVC salutes black women in comics
PR on a new issue of UVC magazine spotlighting a little seen group in comics:
Since its debut in February 2007, UVC: The Urban Voice in Comics has provided news, information and opinions about black...
Medal of Honour equalizes the sexes
Playing video games erases the spatial acuity gap between men and women at least according to one study where men and women participated in an "off Man Out" game in which men scored much...
More on otaku politician
The rumor that manga-lovin' Japanese pol Taro Aso (above, clothed) may be replacing Shinzo Abe as Prime MInister sent manga shares soaring believe it or not!
Shares of companies linked to the Japanese...
College cartoonist resigns
Grant Woolard, a cartoonist for the University of Viginia's Cavalier Daily has been forced to resign after a controversy erupted over one of his cartoons, entitled "Ethiopian Food Fight" which showed emaciated African...
D’Orazio observes
We don't know about you, but Occasional Superheroine has been slaming it out of the park on a regular basis and is definitely on our absolute must-read list on a daily basis now. Following...
Japan frets over “net cafe refugees”
According to the Taipei Times, Japan's 24 hour manga/internet cafes are giving rise to a small population of refugees who live in them.
Internet cafes and "manga" comic cafes are omnipresent in urban Japan,...
Has this man never heard the word “Imus”?
Controversy is growing over the above cartoon by Ed Gamble of the Florida Times Union. Gamble says his intent was to criticize the "no snitch" custom; and he knew the cartoon would be controversial:
"I...
Klingon sighting
Long thought an endangered species, Klingons have been spotted lately in Texas, giving hope that this rare and beautiful species may still make a comeback from the brink of extinction.
When the Klingons walk...
