Let’s bask in the glory of today’s alliteration: Memorial Day Mighty Marvel Monday! Hope everyone (in the US) is enjoying a day off. Unless, of course, you’ve been waiting with baited breath for me to round up this week’s Marvel-exclusive news for you: Marvel Cleans House on Directors Marvel fans let out a collective chorus…
Pole Dancing Adventures’ author talks about sexuality, prejudice and comics
Pole Dancing Adventures is a webcomic by Leen Isabel. It is a fun and light read that shares some straight-from-life situations related to pole dance. The updates are generally one or two panels, and vary from instructional, to motivational to comical. You can see that Leen is in love with her art. This makes the…
Archery! Comics! Shooting Lines: Amy’s Answers
Amy Kennebec responded to my request for personal stories about how a love of archery’s been supported by genre pop culture. How does her path compare to yours? Thanks Amy! I got into the archery “concept” ages ago. When I was a kid, caught up in the idea of medieval weapons; the fact a longbow…
The Berenstain Bears: Feminist or Anti Feminist?
The Berenstain Bear books bring up all sorts of warm memories. Those bears live the life I wish I had (treehouses and honeycomb, anyone?). The stories may be past their glory days but there are no other books with the same look or feel. The illustrations were how our house seemed to me when I…