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Carol Appreciation: Captain Marvel roundtable

July 25, 2012

This is the fifth (and final) post in our series of Carol Appreciation posts. Also check out Megan Byrd’s review of Captain Marvel #1, Valtyr’s ode to Ultimate Carol, Garrideb’s look at Carol and female friendship, and Damalur’s Love Letter to Carol. So I was chatting about the debut ...

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Carol Appreciation: A Love Letter

July 23, 2012

This is the fourth in our series of Carol Appreciation posts. Also check out Megan Byrd’s review of Captain Marvel #1, Valtyr’s ode to Ultimate Carol, and Garrideb’s look at Carol and female friendship. When I walked into my comics shop on Wednesday, the owner–goes by the name of ...

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Carol Appreciation: Ultimate Carol Danvers

July 20, 2012

A guest post by Valtyr “I will arrest you, no matter how many times you outrank me.” In honour of Kelly Sue DeConnick’s new Captain Marvel, which Megan Byrd reviewed for us on Wednesday, I decided to dedicate the weekend to Carol Appreciation. This is the first in a series of ...

Comics, Reviews

Review: Captain Marvel #1

July 18, 2012

Captain Marvel #1 Writer: Kelly Sue DeConnick Artist: Dexter Soy Marvel Comics A debut issue is a challenging beast in comics; this is doubly so for a book that is re-introducing an established character to old and new fans alike. It is a delicate balance between showing what we know to be true ...

Comics, Interviews

New Readers and Representation: Interview with Saranga of New Readers… Start Here!

July 2, 2012

LGBTQ representation, reaching new readers, and the greatness of Supergirl(s). I met Saranga during one of those awkwardly sprawling Twitter conversations that inevitably gift you with new people to follow and be followed by. Then I found out she ran a site dedicated to helping people new to ...

Comics, Interviews, Manga

Make Mine Manga: Interview with Melinda Beasi

June 29, 2012

Melinda Beasi talks girls comics, blogging, and international manga fandom. Melinda Beasi is founding editor of Manga Bookshelf, a manga review site home to a wealth of reviewers with their own tastes and subjects… including our own founding editor here at WWAC. Since interviewing your ...

Comics, Interviews

The Revolution Will Not Be Digital (Only): Interview with Corrina Lawson of GeekMom

June 25, 2012

Lois Lane, women in comics, and the business of bringing the industry into the digital age. Corrina Lawson is a journalist-turned-blogger who’s written extensively about comics and the comics industry. She’s a contributor to GeekDad and Sequential Tart, and a senior editor of ...

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Part of the Problem

March 9, 2012

I remember being about 10, and playing the X-Men arcade game that was basically a ripoff of Street Fighter, only you could be Dazzler instead of Cammy. Over my shoulder, I heard a kid behind me say, “A GIRL?” Back then, it didn’t bother me. I wore it with a badge of pride. Yes, I am a girl who ...

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Master Post: Women In Refrigerators 13 Years Later

January 30, 2012

In 1999 Gail Simone asked the comics industry and fandom a question: why does this keep happening? Why do so many female characters keep turning up dead? Why are they so often tortured and raped? That was the start of Women In Refrigerators. Today WiR is a widely recognized trope in comics ...

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Women In Refrigerators (2)

January 25, 2012

We’ve got some great posts by smart ladies for you today… and some thoughts on WiR from guy (yes, we promised we’d link to your contributions too, guys). First off, certainshadesoflight reflects on the difficulty of just responding to the issue:

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Carol Appreciation: Captain Marvel roundtable

Carol Appreciation: A Love Letter

Carol Appreciation: Ultimate Carol Danvers

Review: Captain Marvel #1

New Readers and Representation: Interview with Saranga of New Readers… Start Here!

Make Mine Manga: Interview with Melinda Beasi

The Revolution Will Not Be Digital (Only): Interview with Corrina Lawson of GeekMom

Part of the Problem

Master Post: Women In Refrigerators 13 Years Later

Women In Refrigerators (2)

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