The Lois carnival is fast approaching. Have you started your post?
News & Things: Books, comic books, and fake books.
Megan Purdy I don’t have a Kickstarter pick for you guys this week. But what I do have is this nifty link. Brandon Graham and Emily Carroll did a Betty and Veronica comics jam. Whaaaaa. I’ve loved B&V since I was old enough to sneak a Double Digest into the shopping cart, and I continue…
Call for submissions: The history of Lois Lane
Looking for a few good guest posts. As part of 75 Years of Lois Lane (Lois 75, for convenience), we’re putting together a series of posts on the history of Lois Lane, but there’s so much history that we can’t cover it all! We’re calling out to all you Lois experts, to make sure Lois…
Blog Carnival: 75 Years of Lois Lane
Celebrating 75 Years of Lois Lane (in May) Action Comics #1 was released in June of 1938. It featured the debut of not only Clark Kent and Superman, but plucky, independent reporter Lois Lane. Love interest, competitor, sometime thorn in Clark’s side, and full time journalistic superhero, Lois has been an integral part of Action…
News & Things: Clever title need not apply
Megan Purdy I’m not sure how to do a news update this week–the gutting of LucasArts and the passing of Roger Ebert (two thumbs down, cancer) obviously overshadow everything else. Instead I’ll just share an Indiegogo campaign, and a few choice reads I’ve collected over the past week. Kickstarter Indiegogo of the Week Caravan of…
What is geek culture?
What we talk about when we talk about fake fangirls. Back in the day–the non-branded, power-to-the-people, halcyon days of geek culture–being a fan was being a geek, was being an outcast, was being a fan. Or so I’m told. Everyone who could be said to be participating in geek culture was by definition a little…