A lot of the nerd identity is wrapped up in consumerism; maybe you’ve been there, but have you got the t-shirt? Did you make a Portal birthday cake? Do you wash with TARDIS soap? And I get it, of course – souvenirs are nice and they make you feel good. When you’ve had a swell time…
Top 10: Comic Book Movies
Claire’s Top Ten live-action comic adaptation films! Personal thoughts Not objective. “Comic book” movies are superhumanly sustaining their moment in the sun, with plenty more to come. But as previously discussed, comics have been adapted for the silver screen since 1898! I haven’t watched anywhere near most of them, but I’ve seen plenty, and here’s.. my…
Mark Millar and the inadvisable comparison
To follow up on my previous post regarding Mark Millar’s recently publicised thoughts on rape as plot device–
Today in rape culture
To Abraham Riesman on the New Republic, Mark Millar:
WWACRadio podcast: ballet comics
A Women Write About Comics Radio interview with Neill Cameron and Kate Brown on their 2012 kids’ ballet comic collaboration – and ballet as a narrative tool.
(late) Summer Reading
Summer reading lists usually come out in late spring, early summer. Just as you’re starting to dream of a cold drink on a hot afternoon (or consuming your body weight in liquid, while being submerged in liquid, as one does). This ain’t no ordinary summer reading list though, it’s specifically, a late summer reading list,…
WWACRadio podcast: London’s Cartoon Museum, and how to break into fandom
Claire takes her sister – not a comics fan – to the Cartoon Museum, London, for Ralph Steadman, British comics history & an interview on what comics fandom looks like from the edge of the outside.
Our first podcast! Our SECOND interview with Hannah Chapman of Comic Book Slumber Party
Here at Women Write About Comics we’re unfailingly organised – mostly. Each moving through local comic connections Megan B and Claire both arranged interviews with Comic Book Slumber Party’s Hannah Chapman… and didn’t realise there was crossover until each were complete! Luckily we’re a gestalt of one thousand varied interests, and both interviews took different…
Interview with Hannah Chapman of Comic Book Slumber Party
Organize: Making space for women in comics. Megan Byrd Two weeks ago in a modestly sized pub in Bath, UK, an intimate gathering of comic book creators and fans came together for the inaugural Comic Book Slumber Party. The one day event, organized by Hannah Chapman, included all of the trappings of a much larger…
Interview with Philippa Rice
Mixed media comics, cuteness, and cartoons: Claire talks to Philippa Rice about her webcomics My Cardboard Life and Soppy, and the process of self-publishing. Claire Napier Philippa Rice is a mixed media cartoonist and animator. Her webcomic My Cardboard Life can be found at MyCardboardLife.com or on Tumblr, where you’ve also probably seen her comic-turned-book…
Summer Movie Roundtable
Superheroes, Secret Agents and the Summer of the Geek at the Movies This was supposed to be the summer of the comic book blockbuster, and certainly Avengers, Dark Knight Rises and Amazing Spider-Man performed as expected. But those were just the tentpole flicks. I put together a list of geek-relevant films that came out this…
Interview with Jo Bevan of Bring Back Bunty
Before women write about comics, girls read them Nostalgia, motherhood, and the quality of children’s sequential entertainment Claire Napier This interviewee may need a longer introduction than most simply based on geography. British children’s comics aren’t going to mean much to a lot of you – despite how many members of whichever wave of British…