I thought this week would be mostly Image Expo news, but the July media blitz is already in full swing. Let’s dive in quick, ’cause this girl has got to get up at 4 a.m. tomorrow!
Books That Shaped Me: A Wrinkle in Time
Funny thing, it was the Babysitters Club that got me reading A Wrinkle in Time. I was a voracious reader, and when my mom bought a milk crate full of old Babysitters Club books for me at a garage sale, I dove right in. One of the Babysitter Club books featured Claudia Kishi picking out…
TRUTH: Red, White & Black – The Story of the First Captain America
Truth: Red, White & Black #1-7 Robert Morales (writer), Kyle Baker (penciller, inker, colorist), Wes Abbott (letters), and Axel Alonso and John Miesegaes (editors) Marvel Comics (January to June 2003) When asked to add their thoughts to our roundtable on the “American Dream” and comics that reflect what it ought to be, Catie Coleman and Jess Pryde both turned…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Put David Tennant in ALL the Comic Adaptations
David Tennant Added to Chew Animated Series Adaptation With David Tennant joining the already-announced Felicia Day and Steven Yeun (a.k.a. Glenn from The Walking Dead) the adaptation of John Layman and Rob Guillory’s Chew is rapidly reaching ultimate nerd fantasy casting. Tennant will be lending his voice to Mason Savoy, partner to protagonist Tony Chu as government agents solving food-related crimes….
Incredible Indie Tuesday: I Want Kate Beaton-Illustrated History Textbooks
Because the universe is a beautiful place, Kate Beaton is putting out TWO books this year and she just did an interview about Step Aside, Pops, the second collection of her web comic out in September. So much discussion of feminism and the incredible Ida B. Wells in this interview! There’s no firm date on its…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Fantagraphics Announces Hip-Hop Family Tree Monthly Series
More comic adaptations are coming! There may one day be an Incredible Indie Tuesday column that doesn’t feature news of some comic or another getting adapted to another medium, but it clearly ain’t this week. Check out WWAC’s thoughts on the upcoming The Wicked and the Divine tv adaptation and the recent announcement that Lumberjanes may be brought to the big…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Tintin Never Gets Motion Sickness Now Proven By SCIENCE
Physicians Publish Paper on Tintin, Because Apparently This Is Science? In an actual medical study, a group of physicians have produced their paper chronicling the intrepid Belgian adventuring boy’s various injuries and ailments 1930 – 1974, which included oodles of concussions and the occasional chloroform poisoning. I THINK the purpose of this study was to…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Indie Movie News
Charlize Theron Cast as Super Spy Lead in The Coldest City Adaptation Fresh off her performance as a kickass warrior in Mad Max: Fury Road, Charlize Theron will be taking on the spy genre as an operative going into 1989 Berlin in an adaptation of The Coldest City by Antony Johnston and Sam Hart. The graphic novel, published in…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Thank God the Jem Movie Kept the Keytar
New Pictures from the Jem and the Holograms Movie! (There is totally a Jem comic now which means I can put it in this news recap.) Hmmmmm, I don’t know, guys, I look at these photos and all I can say is that everyone’s hair needs 1000% more volume. A Jem movie needs BIG HAIR, people! Get those flat tresses…
Incredible Indie Tuesday: Comic News to Sooth Your Geek Ennui Away
Are you as EXHAUSTED by geek culture as I am today? Avengers! Star Wars! Free Comics! Suicide Squad pictures! Joss Whedon! And, best of all, fighting about everything! Sigh. This nerd renaissance is exciting and all, but I think we all need the movie PR machines to take a few days off. Let’s talk about indie…
Holy Neon Pits, Batgirl! WWAC Talks Body Hair
Last month, Claire Napier discussed the taboo topic of … female body hair! Lately, some ladies are doing such scandalous things as growing out their armpit hair and even dying it bright colors. This month, we are all jumping in on the body hair discussion in the vein of our On Make-up and Femininity: WWAC Talks…
Disabled Protagonists + Apocalypse = New Anthology I Never Realized I Needed
Just when I thought I was done with apocalyptic/dystopic fiction I found Defying Doomsday: a crowd-funded anthology featuring disabled characters of all stripes, coping with the end of the world. The project, which ends on May 1st and is still $1600 away from its goal, looks full of exactly the kind of stories the genre needs…