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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
Why aren’t there more black writers in the comics industry?
Former DC editor and current Comics Alliance editor-in-chief Joe Hughes kicks off Black History Month by baldly stating a shameful fact about the US comics industry::
On The Scene: The Black Comic Book Festival 2013
The first ever Black Comic Book Festival was held on Saturday January 12, 2013 at The Schomburg Center For Research in Black Culture, located in the heart of Harlem in New York City. The festival, which was presented by The Schomburg Junior Scholars and Dr. Jonathan Gayles, celebrates artists, writers, and fictional characters of African descent. Although I have passed by before, this event was my first introduction to the Schomburg Center which is a part of the New York Library. The show was free and open to anyone.
Batwoman, Kevin Keller etc get GLAAD Award nominations
The 2013 GLAAD Award nominees recognizing media for outstanding images of the LGBT community have been unveiled and they are:
OUTSTANDING COMIC BOOK
Astonishing X-Men by...
Lena Dunham likes graphic novels?
Call her shoujo (girl comics) or call her josei (lady comics), the surprise winner of two Golden Globes last night, zeitgeist idol Lena Dunham...
What the women of Big Bang Theory found in the comics shop
We didn't watch last night's hilarious "Women go to a comics shop" episode of Big Bang Theory, but Scott Johnson did so we wouldn't have to and the results sound quite ghastly:
