Another Monday, another edition of Mighty Marvel Monday! All (some) of the Marvel-related news (links) from the last week (or so) fit to print (post electronically). Today’s theme: Marvel and Women. As is typical of Marvel, this week Marvel took a giant step forward, and another giant step backwards. Let’s go with the good news…
I’m Not Charlie, and Neither are You. So Who ARE You? Where’s Your Stand?
Using cartooning to provoke and punish people makes cartooning an instrument of cruelty. It’s easy to say that nothing can devalue or tarnish a form of art or a medium, but it’s harder to sit down your human emotions and sense of connection and tell it that a scene isn’t souring and widely dangerous. Headlines…
Gods Among Us: The Wicked and the Divine is Being Adapted for Television
Back in February, Matt Fraction (Sex Criminals, ODY-C) and Kelly Sue DeConnick (Pretty Deadly, Bitch Planet) announced that their production company, Milkfed Criminal Masterminds, had signed a two year deal with Universal TV to adapt some of their favourite comic books for the small screen. Sex Criminals, Fraction’s Eisner Award- and Harvey Award-winning comic, which…
Review: Lady Killer #5
Lady Killer #5 Joelle Jones & Jamie S. Rich (writers), Joelle Jones (artist), Laura Allred (colors), Crank! (letters) Dark Horse May 13, 2015 (This review contains spoilers.)
Lumberjanes Big Screen Adaptation in the Works
The success of the Lumberjanes is going strong. Following hot on the heels of their Eisner nominations for Best New Series and Best Publication for Teens, comes word that 20th Century Fox has found someone to write a live-action movie adaption. According to the folks at The Wrap, Will Widger has been tasked with adapting…
The End of The Nib…or is it?
The Nib, which has garnered a reputation as one of the best sites for comics, is no more. Sort of. The past few days have been filled with despair and mourning, and speculation about its future. Yesterday, The Beat published an article that neatly presented what we knew and when we knew it, as well as…
More Princeless Power with Raven: The Pirate Princess
Proving you don’t always need a prince to save the princess, the acclaimed Princeless series spins off a new tale. Action Lab Entertainment has teamed up with Princeless creator Jeremy Whitley for a new spin off series debuting this July, Princeless: Raven, the Pirate Princess. The series follows Raven Xingtao, a princess who appears to be…
The DC Daily Planet: I’m More of a Left-Twix Girl
Happy Friday, crusaders! I just handed in a letter of resignation for my day job, and I’m feeling pretty good about it. Next step: to rule the night in cape and cowl as a feared but also beloved vigilante. #LivingTheDream In the meantime, let’s check in with DC: You probably noticed some…oddities with the layouts…
Soon You Too Can Live Your Spider-Gwen Dreams!
Spider-Gwen fans have even more to celebrate other than great sales because Spider-Gwen is getting a clothing line! Welovefine, a clothing and accessories retailer, specializes in geek and fandom clothing. Spider-Gwen will be joining other Welovefine clothing lines featuring such badass female comic characters as Black Widow, Captain Marvel, and the Lumberjanes. The Spider-Gwen collection features a zip-up hoodie,…
Wayward’s Rori Lane: An Introduction to Liminality
Liminality: a concept elaborated on by Victor Turner to represent the state of being betwixt and between, especially social or physical states; for example, not a child but not yet considered an adult. Wayward is a comic via Image, set in modern Japan and intended for older readers, that explores the danger of the supernatural…
Relive, Rewrite, Restore: Yukarism Volume 1
Yukarism, Vol. 1 Chika Shiomi Viz Media 2014 It’s hard to pin Yukarism down, even after a few rereads. Chika Shiomi throws several tropes together—history, reincarnation, romance, time-travel—and while the result is entertaining at first, the story quickly loses its ability to intrigue the reader. Main character Yukari Kobayakawa’s literary talent is evident at 17 years…
LEAVE DAZZLER ALONE! A Closer Look at the Early Years of Marvel Comics’ Most “Infamous” Superheroine
Before writing this article, I decided to conduct an experiment. I plugged the words “Dazzler” and “worst superheroes” into Google. The search gave me about seven articles from publishers ranging from Cracked.com and Buzzfeed to The Guardian that took Alison Blaire to task for her converting-sound-into-light powers, her already-dated-when-it-was-made disco-inspired outfit or her overall superheroism….
