Happy Canadian and American Labour Day! Don’t worry, we also recognize and appreciate International Worker’s Day/May Day.
It feels like a good day to talk about mansplaining
So I should say straight off, that this isn’t an essay for the guys who don’t know any better. It isn’t an essay for my converted sisters, so we can nod our heads in unison. Nor is it an essay meant to flash my ally credentials at feminists of colour. Mansplaining, for all the goofiness…
News & Things: Life of an Egg
Read of the Week In 1990, Calvin & Hobbes creator Bill Watterson delivered a speech at Kenyon College. Now, decades later, artist Gavin Aung Than has put images to Watterson’s words in this delightful and poignant comic strip. Go read, and feel good about art.
Top 10: Best? Worst? Moomins merchandise options
A lot of the nerd identity is wrapped up in consumerism; maybe you’ve been there, but have you got the t-shirt? Did you make a Portal birthday cake? Do you wash with TARDIS soap? And I get it, of course – souvenirs are nice and they make you feel good. When you’ve had a swell time…
Goodbye to the Tiger Mother: Batman Incorporated #13 [spoilers]
At the end of July, we said goodbye to Grant Morrison’s Batman run with the final issue of Batman Incorporated. Goodbye to one of the best Batman story arcs for a long time, to a Batman that remembered how to smile even in the darkest and strangest days, and to a great villain in Talia…
Snap his neck!: Man of Steel and Superhero Violence
As General Zod gets dangerously close to murdering a family of four, the thought that kept running through my head was, “Superman, just snap his neck!” And then he did.
News & Things: X-Fashionistas
Welcome back to another installment of News & Things! Read of the Week Geek Pinata interviews popular “X-Fashion” artist Kevin Wada about his work and inspiration:
Call for essays: Race, gender, and comics
Next month Women Write About Comics will be talking a lot about intersections of race and gender in comics. We’re looking for some great guest essays to round out our coverage. We’re specifically interested in: Creator profiles. Critical essays (ex. black masculinity and heroism, the “dragon ladies” of comics, whiteness and geek feminism). Personal essays…
Avril Lavigne fights a lobster, mourns tie-wearing dog (mumble mumble, lesbian content)
In her new song Rock N Roll Avril Lavigne revisits Sk8er Boi by way of Def Leopard and Joan Jett, and it’s… a pretty limp track, to be honest. It’s a pre-fab hit in waiting, with too-pat girl power exultations, and it’s going to curl up in darkest region of your brain for a month…
Review: The Wolverine, The Softer Side of Awesome
I’m going to say it. The Wolverine was my favorite X-men movie thus far (sorry, X-men First Class). Those who enjoyed the campy, super-power driven earlier movies might be disappointed though. The movie took its time, and took itself very seriously. That’s probably best for a movie that features atomic bombs and suicide.
News & Things: This Is How You Lose Your Marbles
Hello and welcome to a new installment of News & Things! Have you read Saga #13 yet? You should totally read Saga #13. But after you read our News & Things. Because we’re awesome.
Top 10: Comic Book Movies
Claire’s Top Ten live-action comic adaptation films! Personal thoughts Not objective. “Comic book” movies are superhumanly sustaining their moment in the sun, with plenty more to come. But as previously discussed, comics have been adapted for the silver screen since 1898! I haven’t watched anywhere near most of them, but I’ve seen plenty, and here’s.. my…