If you are financially and physically capable of going to the movies and have chosen not to see Mad Max: Fury Road, I can imagine some legitimate reasons. I know that the excessive violence and subplot of sexual slavery promised in the trailer has left some concerned that the content could be triggering – and…
WWAC Crafters: Happy Felt: Making Needle Felted Penguins with Crafty Creatives
This week, we are celebrating geeky crafting at WWAC with WWAC Crafters. Like our WWAC Warriors, our crafters proudly wave their geek flag. We’ve got oil painting, jewelry making, and our favorite indie crafters coming your way.
Editing: What Even IS That? Two Editors Discuss The Matter
EDITING. What kind of crap is that?? Some bossy grifter trying to change your words, take your voice, and redirect your thoughts? NO THANK YOU! Actually … no. That’s not so much the way of things. Editing is fun: the opportunity to support a creative writer in their production of their very best work. One…
Review: Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood
Swords of Sorrow: Vampirella & Jennifer Blood #1 Nancy Collins (scripter), Dave Acosta (penciller) Valentina Pinto (colorist) Erica Schultz (letterer) Cover by Billy Tan Dynamite May 20, 2015
Her Universe Fashions at Torrid: Too Little Too Late
It’s been nearly a month since Her Universe released their Avengers line at Hot Topic, and though a few styles went as high as XXL, Hot Topic uses what’s known as Junior sizing, counting on its demographic to be teenagers and young adults, so fully adult bodies (much less plus-sized bodies) often have difficulty finding…
McCall’s and Simplicity to Offer Cosplay Patterns
For those new to cosplay and costuming, the challenge of sewing an outfit can seem daunting. Help is on the way as two of the biggest pattern makers make a splash in the cosplay market. Of the two companies, McCall’s appears to be making the biggest investment with the April launch of a special mini-site…
Literal Dehumanization: Erasure of the Black Face in Hollywood
Erasing the faces of black people, with a handful of notable exceptions, has been the way Hollywood works for years. If they weren’t villains or criminals, buffoons or drug addicts, Hollywood found other ways to bring black people onto the silver screen only to get them off again as quickly as possible. The term “dead…
Stan Lee’s Graphic Memoir Gets October 6th Release Date
Stan Lee’s graphic memoir, Amazing, Fantastic, Incredible: A Marvelous Memoir, which will be published by Simon & Schuster, has just been given a U.S. release date of October 6th. Lee, who will turn 93 this December, released the following statement in conjunction with the release date: “As Marvel just celebrated its seventy-fifth anniversary, I thought…
The DC Daily Planet: A DC for Everyone (Except Rihanna)
Happy Friday, crusaders! Did you miss me last week? There, there, I’m back now. Save those tears, because you’ll need them when you watch this video: Remember Batkid (aka mild-mannered Miles Scott), the five-year-old boy who fought leukemia and crime to save San Francisco Gotham City from evil? Of course you do. We all do, because…
Fail Better: How Nerd Insecurity Becomes Abuse
You know what they say: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And because of this, I date a lot of nerds of a particular kind. Guess what, nice guys? I have shyly fostered crushes on a ton of you. And you know what I’ve found after a 15-year career as a champion…
Control Your Gun In Comics: Don’t Put the Muzzle There!
If you’d like a frank discussion over gun legislation, Second Amendment rights, or violence in comic books, this is not the article for you. There is a place for each of these, but what I’d like to bring to the table is a discussion about the respect given to the representation of firearms in comic books….
Soulmates, Sholay and Stereotypes: How Kamran Steals Our Girl in Ms. Marvel #13-15 (SPOILERS)
WARNING: This article contains BIG FAT SPOILERS for events occurring in Issues #13-15 of Ms. Marvel. As Ms. Marvel editor Sana Amanat notes in the “Holla at Kamala” section of issue #13, the arrival of Kamran, Kamala’s love interest in the 3-part story arc Crushed, is “a big deal.” Kamran’s appearance in Ms. Marvel signifies that…
