In the past month or so, I saw a young Thor get drunk and Jon Stewart kick a man in the nuts. Wait, this is going somewhere, I promise.
Transformers 101 with Professor Rachel Stevens
So! You’ve heard that the IDW Transformers comics are fantastic and want to get into them, but aren’t sure how. This particular universe has been around for nearly ten years, and there’s a lot of possible entry points. I’d be glad to elucidate and pleased if you’d give them a shot. I promise that they’re…
Batgirl, The Killing Joke and Criticism
People much smarter than I have explained again and again why The Killing Joke‘s treatment of Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl is terrible. Sue from DC Women Kicking Ass has written a great piece about it. It’s a story that has nothing to do with her as an active character. She’s used as a tool to hurt the men in…
The Bloodied Vagina: Why the Batgirl Variant Cover is No Joke
Content Warning: Rape, Sexual Violence, discussion of the meat of bodies.
The Apocalypse, Unfinished: Seraphim 266613336 Wings
Suppose the end of humanity approaches in a manner different than that depicted in the Book of Revelation, the Poetic Edda, the Vedic Scriptures, or any other written account of the end of days. The apocalypse is a time of transformation, after all. (You thought it was just about death and destruction? Think again!) What…
The DC Daily Planet: Costume Reboots
Happy Friday, crusaders! Spring is almost upon me here in New England. Rumor has it we may in fact see the sun sometime before June, but I’m not holding my breath. Costume re-designs are all over the place these days: Batgirl and Spider-Woman have all new looks, and Starfire’s getting a brand-new and awesome look…
Wonder Woman’s New Outfit: Crotch Flap and Confusion
Wonder Woman has a new outfit! A full coverage outfit! We ought to be happy about this, right? Getting her out of panties and into something more demure is what we want, right? Well… actually…
Review: Ody-C #3: Odyssia vs. the Cyclops
Ody-C #3 Matt Fraction (W), Christian Ward (A) Image Comics February 25, 2015
Drink Your Comics: Star Wars Style
In case you live under a rock, Marvel’s Princess Leia comic debuted this month. Now it might not come as a shock to you, but we here at Women Write About Comics are pretty into Star Wars. Our own Annie Bulloch has already reviewed Star Wars #1 and Darth Vadar #1 and is currently working on…
Review: Lady Killer Takes 1950s Nostalgia to Task in Issue #3
Lady Killer #3 Joelle Jones & Jamie S. Rich (W), Joelle Jones (A), Laura Allred (C) Dark Horse March 4, 2015 Lady Killer continues with a look into how our lovely assassin balances the demands of her domestic life with her highly secretive work. It’s a delightful exaggeration of an ongoing sexist issue in a setting frequently…
Image Comics: Diversifying Content With Familiar Faces
When we talk about comics today, readers still cannot help but think of the superhero genre. Comics? Yep. Batman just popped into your head. Or maybe it was Spidey. This isn’t a failed Rorschach test or a definitive indication of taste, it’s the same impetus behind people asking for a Kleenex when they really want…
Review: Rat Queens #9
Rat Queens #9: The Far Reaching Tentacles of N’Rygoth – Part 4 Kurtis J. Wiebe (W), Stjepan Sejic (A), Jenny Frison (C) Image Comics March 4, 2015