This is the fourth in our series of Carol Appreciation posts. Also check out Megan Byrd’s review of Captain Marvel #1, Valtyr’s ode to Ultimate Carol, and Garrideb’s look at Carol and female friendship. When I walked into my comics shop on Wednesday, the owner–goes by the name of Steve, rarely seen without his Captain…
Carol Appreciation: Carol and the Stories of Other Women
A guest post by Garrideb This is the third in our series of Carol Appreciation posts. Also check out Megan Byrd’s review of Captain Marvel #1, and Valtyr’s ode to Ultimate Carol. One of the most insidious forms of sexism is the valuing of stories about men above stories about women. An obvious symptom of…
Carol Appreciation: Ultimate Carol Danvers
A guest post by Valtyr “I will arrest you, no matter how many times you outrank me.” In honour of Kelly Sue DeConnick’s new Captain Marvel, which Megan Byrd reviewed for us on Wednesday, I decided to dedicate the weekend to Carol Appreciation. This is the first in a series of guest posts about the…
Review: Captain Marvel #1
Captain Marvel #1 Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick Artist: Dexter Soy Marvel Comics A debut issue is a challenging beast in comics; this is doubly so for a book that is re-introducing an established character to old and new fans alike. It is a delicate balance between showing what we know to be true while still…
Interview with Laura Sneddon
Girls, Comics, and ComicBookGrrrls With one foot in blogland and one in professional byline journalism Laura Sneddon is blazing her way to where to action is. Claire Napier If, like me, you’ve followed her interviews with Stan Lee, Alan Moore and Grant Morrison in the Independent’s Arts & Entertainment section you might be impressed by…
Master Post: Harassment in the Geek Blogosphere
The ongoing harassment of Anita Sarkeesian is getting lots of press and pushback, and that’s wonderful. It was the misogynistic response to her Tropes vs Women In Video Games Kickstarter video, that pushed me to host a carnival on harassment. I was of course hoping for more entries, but I understand why many regular contributors…
Guest post, by Anon
WWAC is always willing to post carnival submissions and guest posts pseudonymously and anonymously. This powerful post is a contribution to round four, Harassment In the Geek Blogosphere. I wasn’t going to write about harassment in the geek blogophere because I don’t run into a lot of it and I didn’t feel I had much…
Online Harassment of Women: some links
Round four of the carnival goes live tomorrow. For terminal procrastinators (like me!) I’ve gathered some links to articles and essays about online harassment of women, in hopes that it’ll help you along in your post-crafting. Good luck with your writing/drawing/vlogging!
Jughead IS Joe Strummer: Interview with Laura Jane Faulds
A “Veronica” says Archie comics are more punk than you think (well, just Jughead really). Laura Jane Faulds is a writer, with a perfect name, who is from Canada. When I first read her words she was on No Good For Me, and if you like to read, read the NGFM archive. These days she…
New Readers and Representation: Interview with Saranga of New Readers… Start Here!
LGBTQ representation, reaching new readers, and the greatness of Supergirl(s). I met Saranga during one of those awkwardly sprawling Twitter conversations that inevitably gift you with new people to follow and be followed by. Then I found out she ran a site dedicated to helping people new to comics figure it all out, and thought,…
Make Mine Manga: Interview with Melinda Beasi
Melinda Beasi talks girls comics, blogging, and international manga fandom. Melinda Beasi is founding editor of Manga Bookshelf, a manga review site home to a wealth of reviewers with their own tastes and subjects… including our own founding editor here at WWAC. Since interviewing your own boss is a bit of a funny one I…
The Revolution Will Not Be Digital (Only): Interview with Corrina Lawson of GeekMom
Lois Lane, women in comics, and the business of bringing the industry into the digital age. Corrina Lawson is a journalist-turned-blogger who’s written extensively about comics and the comics industry. She’s a contributor to GeekDad and Sequential Tart, and a senior editor of GeekMom. Corrina is also a fiction writer, and has just had her…