The race and gender roundtable is here! Mixing it up were our resident writer Mai Pucik; Arturo Garcia, a writer for Racialicious; writer and comics publisher/editor Talisha Harrison; blogger and webcomic creator Jamie Kingston; and moderator Kelly Kanayama. In part one (of two), we talked about “diversity” characters in comics, the gendering of race, and…
News & Things: Is it still bestiality, if the turtle talks, and walks on two legs?
Welcome back to News & Things! Of course, this week we’ll all be digesting news from New York Comic Con, but here are some non-NYCC stories to cleanse your pallet! News IDW To Publish Parker Prose Novels With Illustrations by Darwyn Cooke You might recall that IDW publishes Cooke’s graphic adaptations of the Richard Stark/Donald Westlake noir…
What’s In A Codename
Marvel Comics has long been my oldest and preferred superhero reading material, but over the years it’s developed some patterns I can’t help but notice and wince at just a little. Codenames. I’m not griping that they exist; in the universe the characters run in, having a costumed identity separate from the regular “day to…
Nelvana of the Northern Lights: The Kickstarter Project that Warms My Cold, Canadian, Superhero-Lovin’ Heart
The World War II-era comics starring Nelvana of the Northern Lights are being reprinted! She is Canada’s first superhero, and one of the first female superheroes to exist, even pre-dating Wonder Woman by a few months. The project, headed up by Hope Nicholson and Rachael Richey, is being crowdfunded by way of a Kickstarter project….
News & Things: Doctor Who Lost and Found
Welcome back to News & Things! Tonight we have the recovery of lost Doctor Who episodes, Adventure Time interviews, new Sandman merchandise, and more! Read of the Week ‘How The 1989 Batman Logo Helped Set The Course of Superhero Movies’ by Noel Murray: “Most importantly—to fans anyway—the logo looked super-cool. After the panic over the…
Short and Sweet (or Sour): It’s a Blood Bath in Here
Welcome to Short and Sweet (or Sour), where women who read comics write about the comics they’ve read. In our first outing, the lovely Claire Napier and I review some of the roughest and toughest comics out there, following hitmen, heroes, barbarians, and serial killers as they battle their way across the pages and into…
Interview with Black Girl Nerds creator, Jamie Broadnax
Jamie Broadnax has been blogging since 2007, and in February of 2012 created Black Girl Nerds, a site for blerds (black nerds) to find fellowship around many geek fandoms. BGN has a great mission statement: “This is a website for every nerdy girl that can finally come out of the closet and tell the world…
News & Things: Suburban Zombies
Kickstarter of the Week Instead of promoting a Kickstarter this week, I’m going to point you to a radio show that needs no kickstarting. CBC’s Q with Jian Ghomeshi featured an interview this week with Kickstarter co-founder Yancy Stickler. He talks about the meteoric growth of the site, the future of arts funding, and some…
Review: The Cute Girl Network
The Cute Girl Network First Second Books MK Reed and G. Means, Joe Flood The Cute Girl Network is not a title that clearly flags a target market. It could be for pre-teen girls. It could be for teen boys, maybe? It could be for teenage girls for sure, or less than respectful young adult…
Nipple Care Tips for Matt Fraction, and also Sex Criminals
Last Wednesday night I went to a sex club and watched Matt Fraction have his nipple pierced. He fainted. The heat, he says. The club was packed to the rafters with bodies, so I believe it. The piercing was in honour of his new ongoing series, Sex Criminals. With Fraction writing, and the notorious Chip…
Fall Reading
Fall is a good time for books that will destroy your everything. It’s not winter, when disaffection can stretch on into misery. Fall? There are pumpkins to carve, fallen leaves to jump into, and forget seasonal affective disorder–there’s still enough sun to keep you from the black pit of despair we call deep winter. I read a…
News & Things: Adventures Across the 8th Dimension
Welcome back to News & Things! Today we’re travelling across the 8th Dimension to find the next Jane Foster! Read below for more! Read of the Week The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension is The Dissolve’s Movie of the Week, with new articles discussing the film’s cult following, quotability, and the mythology…