Trigger Warning: This post discusses drug addiction, self-injury, and other mental health issues. In September, DC landed itself in some seriously hot water when a proposal went out for artists to draw Harley Quinn naked and attempting to electrocute herself in the bathtub. The proposal, dreamed up by series writer Jimmy Palmiotti, drew quick condemnation…
Friday Poll catch-up: your favourite crim
Fashions may seem hot at the time they’re on top, but time is the great leveller. Which trends make it into the history books? It may shock you–it may shock him–to learn that Shia LaBoeuf was not your favourite artburglar. When placed in a short race against other accused tracers, stealers, borrowers and the Heavily…
Strumpet Issue 3: A Matter Of Taste
Strumpet, Issue 3 Edited by Ellen Lindner and Kripa Joshi Cover Art by Kripa Joshi The transatlantic anthology Strumpet, a black and white comic featuring all women creators, sees its third volume take on the topic of taste. So what is the verdict? We’d be going back for seconds if we weren’t so full! Plenty of…
Our Top Ten Posts of 2013–According to You
You liked these posts a lot, last year. Hey, we liked them too! Here’s to a great 2014, with many more interviews and essays for you to enjoy. What is geek culture? Tess Fowler, Brian Wood, and Harassment in the Comic Industry Interview With Kate Leth Scott Lobdell admits to harassing MariNaomi and apologizes Look…
Store Review: Alakazam Comics
Alakazam Comics Phone: (949) 854-3744 Email: alakazamcomics@aol.com Address: 4237 Campus Drive, Suite B162, Irvine, California, 92612 USA Nestled between a bakery and a lunch place in the strip mall across the street from the University of California at Irvine, intrepid cyclists (or slightly more intrepid SoCal motorists) will find Alakazam Comics. (If you prefer more…
News & Things: Buying comics in 2014
News BOOM! Box Announces Stevenson, Ellis and Allen’s New Lumberjanes Series Teenage girls versus yetis. Teenage girls versus yetis. Teenage girls versus yetis. UK Box Office Suffers Biggest Fall For 20 Years Some blame movies that try to attract multiple demographics, rather than focus on one. I blame the lack of a Spice World reboot….
Commerce in Moominland
Sorry about the title. I can’t resist a pun. The new Moomin website, announced earlier today on Twitter by Drawn & Quarterly (who publish the beautiful Moomin strip collections), is not as baldly mercenary as all that. Even if it was–well. What do you want from a Moomin official site? What do I want? I don’t…
What Looks Like Strength: A review of Yahrzeit, by Leela Corman
Yahrzeit Leela Corman In 1939 Leela Corman’s grandfather was caught up in the events of of the second world war. It isn’t so much the war that haunts her, but her grandfather. Corman is walking home one day when an ordinary neighbourhood turns into something fantastical. Trees bend, roots and branches reach out for her,…
Awesome Comics Awards: Day Four
Last set of polls! Today you’re voting on for the most awesome cartoonists, writers and ongoing webcomics! All polls will close on January 12. Previous polls can be found here.
Awesome Comic Awards Day Three: Publishers, blogs and OGNs
Three more categories for you to mull over today: Awesome Site/Blog and Publisher.
Awesome Comics Awards Day Two
Three more categories for you to consider today: Awesome Feminist, Awesome Ally, and Awesome Hashtag/Conversation. Don’t forget yesterday’s polls: vote for your favourite ongoing print comic, penciller, and colourist here.
Review: The Time of the Doctor
After a rocky series 6 and 7, Doctor Who’s triumphant 50th anniversary special seemed to presage a return to the heights of Steven Moffat’s first year as showrunner. In retrospect, perhaps there was no way for him to live up to those renewed expectations