To paraphrase the Hebdo editorial Everyone’s Been Talking About, all Muslims, bear with my sarcasm, are responsible for any terrorism popularly associated with Islam, because if we like and respect Muslims, then we can’t condemn their religion. And if we can’t condemn the religion, then we can’t condemn violence. Right? Does that make sense? Ah… So,…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Evening Edition
Mighty Marvel Monday: Evening Edition Since I’m sure all of you were curious, the Chicago Blackhawks were, indeed, blessed by Thor and triumphed over the Tampa Bay Lightning to win Lord Stanley’s Cup. And a joyous time was had by all. In the Marvel universe, things have been less joyous. It’s been a week of…
741.5: Liberté, Égalité, Brimping
After I purchased the first volume of Sex Criminals for my library, it was requested that I prepare a “letter of defense” in the event that it was challenged. Dear Library Patron or Trustee, Hello! I see that you disagree with my choice to purchase Sex Criminals Volume One : One Weird Trick by Matt…
Kotaku Exposes a Story of Sexual Harassment in the Gaming Industry
Note: For this article, we will continue to use the pseudonym the interview subject has requested in order to protect her professional identity. I think that most women who are involved in the comics/gaming/general nerd worlds have at least one story similar to this, but I’ll go ahead and give you an example from my…
Shiapologyscape 2014
Yesterday, noted plagiarist Shia Labeouf hired a skywriting company to publicly apologize to noted nonplagiarist Daniel Clowes. It was a bold move from this shameless copier–the only question is, who did he steal it from? (No, his sincerity is not in question. We know he’s not sincere.) Because we can’t answer that definitively, we put together…
Scott Lobdell admits to harassing MariNaomi and apologizes
Yesterday afternoon, xoJane published an account of convention harassment by cartoonist MariNaomi. The extra fun twist? It happened while she was working. While she was on a panel. In front of an audience. After a very long hour, the panel is over. It went pretty well, despite DB, what with lively conversation and a talented…