Sometimes you need a project to back where you feel like you’re making a direct impact. Sometimes all you need is pony plushes. Today you can have both! Read on for our Kickstarter pick of the week. In her Kickstarter campaign, Embroidered Equines, 20% Cooler Pony Plushes, full-time crafter Stephanie P. Widmer, has a simple…
The DC Daily Planet: First Looks
Welcome back to the DC Daily Planet, crusaders, where it’s all DC all the time, and occasionally that’s a good thing! Sometimes it isn’t, of course, and others…well, they stand balanced on the cusp of judgement’s edge. Let’s take a look.
Drink Your Comics: Convergence!
So everyone is talking about DC’s New 49, I mean…er, Convergence, these past few months as DC attempts to diversify their lines. In celebration of what I am sure is a well-intentioned attempt to stop fridging female characters and glossing over characters who should be canonically bisexual and preventing lesbian characters from marrying their partners,…
One Piece and Its Dead Mother Cemetery
If you read shounen manga, you’ve probably heard of One Piece. If you read manga, period, you probably know about this series featuring a guy with a rubber body who wants to become the Pirate King. Between the merchandising, pop-up restaurants, and amusement park, it’s difficult to overlook.
Victor/VicThoria: Feminism, Personhood & Hammering Out the Trouble with Thor
The new gender-swapped Thor is currently outselling the old Thor by 30%. And as She-Hulk and Storm would tell you, numbers matter, as it’s precisely the lack of single-issue sales that led to the cancellation of both of those characters’ series. Marvel’s much-publicized decision to depict the new Thor as a lady is proving to…
