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…
News & Things: iZombie, Yuu Watase
News Marvel Comics API Launches Marvel is unveiling a new programming interface that gives developers “the tools to create their own Marvel-based apps and digital offerings.” iZombie Pilot Greenlit The CW has greenlit a pilot for a series based on Chris Roberson and Michael Allred’s iZombie, about a zombie named Gwen who gains the memories…
New Captain America Posters Drop: Black Widow very very thin
To build buzz for the Superbowl debut of the new Captain America: Winter Soldier trailer, three posters dropped today. Along with Nick Fury and the man himself, Captain America, a Black Widow poster was released. It’s, well. It’s very Hollywood. And it caused an immediate uproar on Twitter.
I’m Loving: Féminin/Féminin
Féminin/Féminin is a new web series written and directed by Chloé Robichaud. Think The L Word having a party with The Real L Word in Quebec, but not annoying. The series follows a group of friends, lesbian, bi, and straight, and their various embarrassing and poignant romantic misadventures. Interspersed with the low key dramedy are…
Storm building: where’s Ororo’s solo book?
My comic addiction started with Classic X-Men, which reprints Uncanny X-Men #93 onward and includes secondary stories that transform the characters from superheroes into actual human beings. Classic X-Men #3 was one of the first issues I read, and it didn’t take long for Storm to become a favourite. If you assume my adoration of…
STORE REVIEW: COMICS TOONS N’ TOYS
Comics Toon N’ Toys PHONE NUMBER: 714-730-2117 ADDRESS: 13542 Newport Avenue, Tustin, California 92780 On my lifelong quest to visit every comic book shop in the world, I made a special trip through SoCal traffic to visit Comics Toons N’ Toys. Taking up two store fronts, the shop offers a wide range of scintillating comics…
Comics Academe
My name is Francesca Lyn, and I am a second year doctoral student in the Media, Art, and Text program at Virginia Commonwealth University. My research interests center on graphic memoirs written by women. I didn’t come to VCU knowing I wanted to study comics. In fact, my path to studying comics is a rather winding one….
News & Things: A Cool Fantomex & A Sad Batman
News Mahmud Asrar Talks “Wolverine and the X-Men” Relaunch Asrar talks to Newsarama about what’s next for Wolvie’s kids, discusses his recent exclusive contract with Marvel, and reveals some really awesome sketchbook art for the characters. That Fantomex! Ant-Man Movie Date Moved Up Ant-Man, a movie with an ever-shifting release date, will now come out…
Queering Comics: “Anything That Loves Anthology” Review
Anything That Loves Anthology NW Press Edited by Charles “Zan” Christensen Featuring comics and illustrations by Adam Pruett, Agnes Czaja, Alex Dahm, Amy T. Falcone, Ashley Cook & Caroline Hobbs, Bill Roundy, Ellen Forney, Erika Moen, Jason A. Quest, Jason Thompson, John Lustig, Jon Macy, Josh Trujillo & Dave Valeza, Kate Leth, Kevin Boze, Leanne Franson,…
Trouble in the City of Townsville (er, IDW)!
Recently, IDW revealed the variant cover to issue six of their new-ish Power Puff Girls series by artist Mimi Yoon. It is … interesting: Now, what we see here is a definitely aged-up version of Bubbles, Blossom, and Buttercup. Wearing what appears to be latex. With very defined chest areas. Which a lot of people on…
News & Things: Saga(s) of the Swamp Thing
News Gal Gadot Signs Three Picture Deal, Including Wonder Woman Solo Film Though the upcoming Superman/Batman flick has been pushed back to 2016, Gadot has signed for at least three appearances as Wonder Woman, including a proposed Justice League film and a solo Wonder Woman film. From Swamp Thing to Saga with Brian K. Vaughan…