Just add cigar and brandy: Girls banned from child’s superhero party
This Sunday's New York Times features yet another controversy over women's place in comics--the exclusion of girls from a superhero-themed birthday party.The teaser for this story on the front page of the Style Section...
Stephen Moffat hits at a harsh truth in explaining why Doctor Who isn’t a...
Every time there is a new Doctor Who, people hope it won't be a white man, but how hard are they really hoping?
Peanuts: It takes a nation of millions to hold Franklin back
Here's a window into comics as social history as Nat Gertler write about this history of Franklin, the black kid in Peanuts which began with a request from a white schoolteacher named Harriet...
Orson Scott Card waves a sullen white flag on gay marriage to thwart ‘Ender’s...
Controversial jacket-holding author Orson Scott Card has finally commented on the proposed boycott of ENDER'S GAME, the tentpole SF movie based on his work launching this fall.
Card has been on the hot...
And finally….from Tumblr to the New Yorker
Jack Hunter's sure-to-be-iconic cover for next week's New Yorker hits so many notes...it's what makes The New Yorker the New Yorker. But it was originally submitted via Tumblr for one of art director Francoise...
Nice Art: Henry & Glenn celebrate today’s Supreme Court DOMA decision
Ed Luce has illustrated the Ghost Wedding of popular couple Henry and Glenn—which would be one step closer to reality today thanks to the Supreme Court if only a) ghost weddings existed and B)...
The week in women: do we write about gender issues too much?
I had about 20 posts in various stages on gender issues this week...let's put them all into one big roil, complete with shocking personal confessions:
§ Villain Month is for boys: When the New 52...
On the Scene: DIY at The Latino Comics Expo
by Bob Calhoun
It's a small room in the back of the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, but every spot on its three wooden benches is taken, with an overflow crowd standing along the...
Gender-shifting superhero may save Hub cartoon channel
Hub, a cable channel for kids owned by Discovery and Hasbro, is hoping its new cartoon "SheZow" can turn the channel's fortunes around.
Hub has struggled to gain viewers since its debut in 2010, but...
Denver Conference Tackles Violence in Comics
The Rocky Mountain Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, sponsored by Comic Book Classroom, the same organization that supports the Denver Comic Con, celebrates its first anniversary this year from May 28th-30th and takes...
On the Scene: Sparks Fly at ‘Surely You’re Joking, Dr. Wertham’ Event
As the first of several “Comic Book Roundtable” events to be held at the Soho Gallery of Digital Art under the auspices of gallery owner John Ordover and former Marvel editor, author, and educator...
Why Seth MacFarlane is not a great satirist
While it was nice to see the first ever RISD grad hosting the Academy Awards, Seth MacFarlane's Oscar hosting turn was not really a triumph for humor.
