The 21st century has provided writers, artists, and other creators with a multitude of platforms for sharing their work. Unfortunately, the systems that have made it easier for creators to share their work also make it easier for other people to abuse it. While copyright infringement is not always a case of outright plagiarism, it is important to be…
Movies That Shaped Me: Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure Directed by Tim Burton Written by Phil Hartman, Paul Reubens, and Michael Varhol Produced by Richard Gilbert Abramson, William E. McEuen, and Robert Shapiro Starring Paul Reubens, Elizabeth Daily, and Mark Holton 1985 If I really wanted to impress you, I’d tell you that I can quote every single line from Pee-Wee’s…
Twiny Jam: Make a Game in 300 Words
This March, legendary interactive fiction and game creator Porpentine hosted a game jam challenging new and experienced authors to create a Twine story in 300 words or fewer. Twine is a game-authoring platform that helps creators make games without having to learn (too much) code. While it’s mostly used for deceptively simple text-based games, the…
Get Your Game On Wednesday
I can’t believe it’s Wednesday already. This week is flying by. Our weekly round up has too sexy men in video games, a free iOS game, Five Nights at Freddy’s news and more!
Fail Better: On Being Happily Divorced
The first thought I had when my husband of eight months informed me that he had just suddenly stopped loving me and was no longer happy with me and wanted a divorce was “I have to refund all those people who bought us gifts for our wedding.” This seemed a logical thought to me. We…
She’s on the Case: Lois Lane in “A Real Work of Art”
Lois Lane: A Real Work of Art Gwenda Bond Switch Press March 4 2015 This May, Switch Press will be publishing Fallout by Gwenda Bond, a young adult novel about a teenaged Lois Lane. This is exciting for a number of reasons, starting with the format itself.
Review: Nemo: River of Ghosts
Nemo: River of Ghosts Alan Moore (W), Kevin O’Neill (A) Knockabout Comics & Top Shelf Comics March 25, 2015 Content Warning: Discussion of rape Janni Dakkar, the infamous “Pirate Jenny” and daughter of Captain Nemo, cut off the head of the long-lived sorceress Ayesha in Berlin decades ago. Yet sightings of the fearsome, goddess-like figure…
Writer Mikki Kendall Talks Dynamite’s Swords of Sorrow
Mikki Kendall is a writer and feminist activist. Her writing can be found on Hood Feminism, XO Jane, Salon, and the Guardian. In 2014 she created the hashtags #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen and #FastTailedGirls. A life long SFF fan, in 2015 she makes her debut as a comics writer, contributing to Storm of Sorrows for Dynamite. We caught…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Hockey Masks = Automatically Terrifying
Two really lovely interviews this week! First up is Lucy Knisley talking about her new work Displacement which is a travelogue about taking her two elderly grandparents on an old people cruise to the Caribbean. In particular, she writes about her relationship with her grandmother, who has memory impairment and doesn’t always recognize Knisley. As someone whose…
Dogears: An American Wife in Black
American Wife Curtis Sittenfeld Random House September 2, 2008 American Wife began as a 2004 non-fiction article in Salon where writer Curtis Sittenfeld, a self-identified “staunch liberal,” confessed her love for first lady Laura Bush. This fascination eventually evolved into American Wife, Sittenfeld’s third novel. American Wife follows the life of Alice Lindgren, a bookish…
Seeking: Copyeditor
Women do write about comics, guys. Seriously, a lot. Our beat is comics, creators, and geek culture from a feminist perspective. We are committed to intersectionality and internationality (our diverse staff hails from Canada, the UK, Switzerland, Brazil, and the United States). And while we’re an unabashedly feminist, unapologetically ladies-first operation, we have a healthy…
Where I Began: Kids’ Comics That Left Impressions
B & V & Lex Makes Three I read my first comic book when I was six or seven years old. It was a Betty & Veronica Double Digest, and I first noticed it sitting on a newsstand at the grocery store. I asked my Grandma if I could read it, thinking she would say…
