I like hand lettering a lot. There’s a certain character that linear insufficiency, messiness, brings to a work.
Trading Outpost: I Wanna List You A Merry Christmas
Hey, y’all, it’s the last Trading Post of the year with us, your last The Trades of the year. We’re exactly the same great The Trades podcast hosts as the rest of the year, Aaron LaRoche and your faithful correspondent in this space, FST.
Merry Scary Christmas: Masculinity In Jack Frost (and Jack Frost)
Trigger Warning: Please note that this article discusses a rape that occurs within one of the films.
Handling Hate and Bigotry the Hufflepuff Way
Over the past couple of weeks since the U.S. election, I’ve been seeing some people urging unity with those who have supported a certain political candidate. As a Hufflepuff it might seem hypocritical of me to say that we should ignore those people and to fight this change of power. It is not. The Hufflepuff…
Thursday Book Beat: South Asian KidLit, Handmaiden’s Tale Adaptation and Pantsuit Nation Book Controversy
Hi book lovers! The countdown to the holidays is here! I’ve finally lifted my head from my textbooks, finished my exams and am now working as much as I can to pay for all the gifts I’m buying (because Christmas is a capitalist holiday in the Western world). I’m headed up to my godmother’s cottage…
Interview: Sequentials, a New “Comics” Journal
As part of Comics Academe, one of the things I want to do is to promote what’s happening in academia and comics studies–especially when what’s happening is something that is innovative, or challenges what academic “scholarship” can be. When I first heard about Sequentials, a new comics “journal” being put out by the incredible English…
Merry Scary Christmas: Gremlins Just Gets Me
I have never liked Christmas. I’m a child of divorce. Any fall or winter holidays in my childhood consisted of being passed back and forth because of custody agreements, regardless of what I, the child in question, actually wanted. Christmas especially was a nightmare of being shunted between three sets of grandparents and two parents,…
DIY Geeky Gifts: Sparkly Hair Fascinators
Looking to add a little sparkle to your holiday gift giving? Then these fun hair fascinators are for you. I originally delved into the world of hair fascinators as a fun way to be found across the convention floor. You can make them low-key for every day wear or, like me, as something fancy for…
What a Webcomic! Digital Recommendations
Welcome to What a Webcomic, a series by the enigmatic Sergio Alexis, where they cover the best webcomics they read since…the last time they did one of these. Hold onto your butts, because these comics are queer, they are female lead, and they are wonderful! For now I will not be repeating entries from my…
Join Us For a Star Wars Christmas Eve
Rogue One, Shmogue One. We all know that there’s only one Star Wars story that matters at Christmas time, even though George Lucas would like us all to forget. No George. No. We will #NeverForget the Star Wars Holiday Special. Better yet, we will gather together to livetweet it at @womenoncomics! “This holiday is yours, but…
Get Your Game on Wednesday: Girls Make Games but Nobody Gets Full-Time Employment
Welcome to Wednesday, gaming warriors. It’s officially the holiday season, and that means we’re either swimming in new titles to play or anxiously awaiting the moment when we get to open the title we know we’re getting, but have to wait for. If you’ve been staring idly at your wrapped presents and missed this week’s…
Merry Scary Christmas: The White Heteronormative Horror of Hallmark Christmas Movies
Within the grand history of storytelling there are many terrifying alternate universes. The Skynet apocalypse of the Terminator franchise, the X-Men’s Sentinel-laden “Days of Future Past” reality, the devolved, ultra capitalism of The Running Man and the brainwashed secret civilization of They Live. But perhaps none are as harrowing and vacuous as the one created…