While I struggle through The Major’s Body: 2nd Gig (getting it just right is important), let’s take a detour through the valley of the dolls.
Her Name is Modesty … Modesty Blaise
I am a huge fan of Modesty Blaise. The cheap description of the character is “the female James Bond,” but oh, Modesty is so much more than that. She was born in 1963, when writer Peter O’Donnell and illustrator Jim Holdaway brought to British newspaper strip comics—and later novels—her adventures in subterfuge and action and capers that took…
Oh Super: How Many Episodes Of Dragon Ball? Over–
Friends, Shenlong has been summoned. The balls are back together. The monkey is returning. Animated Dragon Ball… is coming back. It’s like the fuckers knew I just finished a run through “the entire series.” Even GT? Yeah. Even GT. People are pretty excited, of course, because this new anime will begin directly following Goku’s final battle…
Turn Those Frowns Upside-Down with the Clown! Joker Leto’s On Point
The Joker has tattoos and no eyebrows and, like, weird teeth, now. Lot of people are all, “no!” Probably plenty of people like it. You know, there are responses across the human spectrum.
Sunday Art Gala: Work, Play, Lift! More Stealth Cosplay
Have you seen Desiree’s stealth cosplay as Anya Corazon, also known as Spider-Girl? There are all sorts of ways to sneak cosplay into our daily lives, and so, taking inspiration from Joie Fatale’s Google+ post, we decided to take to Polyvore to design some of our own!
Drink Your Comics: Convergence!
So everyone is talking about DC’s New 49, I mean…er, Convergence, these past few months as DC attempts to diversify their lines. In celebration of what I am sure is a well-intentioned attempt to stop fridging female characters and glossing over characters who should be canonically bisexual and preventing lesbian characters from marrying their partners,…
Teenage Eternity: Buffy the Vampire Slayer Turns 18
This year, Buffy the Vampire Slayer turns eighteen. It’s finally graduated high school and has set off for UC Sunnydale to ultimately wash out and become a full time supernatural hero. Oh well, Buffy the College Years were never quite as fun as Buffy on the unlimited budget of adolescent emotion and parental distance. (See:…
The MultiWWsity: Definitely Not a Lot of Supermans
The Multiversity. Grant Morrison and his prize dolls hop from one DC universe to another, generating many strange adventures and also comic books. Team WWAC makes such a journey and finds a super-person in every universe. We’re reinventing the wheel, off-brand. You’re safe for now, Morrison.
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow: The Secret Wars Fought During Life As A Woman Werewolf
While I was waiting for confirmation that that’s really armpit hair, for sure, no foolin’, in the image above, I felt a strange chilly excitement around my heart. It was cold like sherbet is cold; probably a feeling similar to Marty’s, as George cuts back in to dance with Lorraine, and the McFly strummin’ hand…
Cinderella! It Can Do Magic, Believe It Or Not: Feminist Fominist Foo! [GIFS]
Disney’s live action reboot of Cinderella is being billed as a feminist retelling of the classic tale, where Ella “isn’t just waiting for her prince” and demands to be accepted on her own terms. However, the movie’s apparent message that soldiering through mistreatment with a stiff upper lip is a kind of ultimate heroism is…
Sunday Sketch Gala Returns: VILE FEMPIGS For One Night Only!!!
Dear friends, You may have seen that earlier this week we received the delightful feedback, No one had has the right to censor any form of art you vile fempigs Which of course delighted several of us! And our Jamie, as she so often does, took the initiative and from this prompt drew up a rather dazzling…
March Roundtable: Kids and Games
Welcome to the next installment of the Game Section’s monthly roundtable! Growing up is weird. Gaming can be strange. The games children play? Often truly bizarre. This month we talked about games we played as children. Apparently we all know our way around a solo board game or two. What did you all play, readers?…
