Zombies keep on coming
People -- specifically John Jakala -- continue to wonder why this doesn't bother me. While I can see the "line muddying" issue that some people have with it, quite frankly, I don't think "zombie...
Nymphet creator speaks
The controversy over NYMPHET, the planned American version of Kaoru Watashiya's KODOMO NO JIKAN ust keeps going. Now Watashiya-san has addressed the controversy in her diary. As this translation shows, however, there is...
PRoN frolic with children’s books causes ruckus in Singapore
It seems that a copy of HOW TO MAKE MONEY LIKE A PORN STAR, the controversial graphic novel by Neil Strass and Bernard Chang, has caused some problems in Singapore when it was found...
Douglas Wolk two-fer
Our esteemed comics journo compatriot Douglas Wolk has two new pieces up:
Over at Salon he interviews cartoonist Berke Beathed, whose "Opus" just started running on Salon: (You must watch a short film to view...
Anime bigger than sex?
Compete looks at what people are searching for in Wikipedia, and the results may surprise you:
Anime (26%)
There is a tremendous amount of interest in learning about Pokemon and Naruto. Perhaps these are parents...
Will this Heroes for Hire thing never end?
Speaking of Newsarama, in last week's Joe Fridays, there's yet more about the Heroes for Hentai cover:
NRAMA: Ahem…So to quickly follow-up on last week’s pot-stirring topic…Despite your (Marvel’s) intentions or lack thereof in regards...
Women etc.
Gah! Why do more interesting things keep coming in on that gender thing??? Damn you. Ike this story in THR about the difficulty in launching female action pics and how Robert Rodirguez is taking...
NYMPHET controversy rears adorable head
We don't have time today to do justice to this Nymphet controversy. Suffice to say that Seven Seas has been forced to postpone publication of NYMPHET, a popular Japanese comic about a grade schooler...
Black Women have their say
Man, we are trying to get away from all the Gender Wars, but all the good links seem to circle back around, like Michaela Reid's write up on the "Having Our Say: Black Women...
Holiday Blogosphere responses to Joe Q
While the holiday weekend has left people more interested in barbecues and outdoor exposure, a few developments. First J. Bone has posted the above image.
But see also this (!).
A few responses...
Joe Q speaks on HEROES FOR HIRE cover
At least one authority figure has spoken out, and the message is "Subtext? What subtext?":
On the MJ: Statue:
JQ: Not really. When fans saw the statue was exactly the same time I was made aware...
More on the matter of the day
No time to write anything ourselves but the interesting links keep coming.
Lea Hernandez has launched a MANSTREAM site, with such things as the MANSTREAM AWARDS:
Award: STRATEGIC PHALLUS AWARD (HALL OF FAME)Winner: Cannon God...
