The Comics Journal published “Letter to a Young Cartoonist“. James Sturm, co-founder of the Center for Cartoon Studies, published this comic at Medium’s The Nib. The conversation got going in earnest: blah blah blah comics money audience… authenticity? Spike Trotman’s thoughts on twitter (excerpts below) and Brandon Graham’s redraw of Sturm’s strip are some notable current-pro responses. The…
Top Five Alternative Superman Stories We Wished Existed
Superman is a character who seems to solve most of his problems with logic through an easy going grin and/or punching nouns. What happens when we dedicate standalone stories to issues people deal with on a regular basis? More importantly, what happens when someone like Superman has to deal with these issues? Stuff happens. Lots…
M|O|O|N Knight: Electronic Sounds To Commit Hyperviolence To
The relaunch of Moon Knight by Warren Ellis, Declan Shalvey, and Jordie Bellaire has been critically acclaimed for good reason. Getting rid of the inaccurately portrayed mental illness Marc Spector had been shackled with, and shedding his supporting cast in favor of different characters and drone equipment, has worked out in Moon Knight’s favor. The…
#WWACTV Presents Diversity and Whitewashing on Television: Whitewashing 101 (1)
This is a four part series looking at the representation of race on television both in terms of how far we’ve come and what we have yet to accomplish. What Is Whitewashing and Why Should We Care? Whitewashing is what we call it when characters who are originally non-white (people of colour) are recast or rebooted as white….
Concrete Park and Art: Puryear Purloins Painters’ Perfections
It was the cover that caught me. Concrete Park: You Send Me Tony Puryear and Erika Alexander Dark Horse Comics October 1st, 2014 Talking to Bleeding Cool about his “artist’s journey,” Tony Puryear, illustrator and co-writer of Concrete Park, said: I majored in art at Brown [University], loving Gauguin but doing very indulgent, Morris Louis-inspired color field paintings….
I’m Loving: Harlequin Manga Adaptation Previews
I’m loving — I mean I am LOVING — the existence of Harlequin Josei manga. Good grief! I’m loving it with all the passion and fire of a green-eyed shipping magnate! I’m trembling with anger like a handsome golden-eyed playboy at the thought of his brother’s beautiful ex-wife with a common teacher and at the thought of…
More than Meets the Ear- A Soundtrack for IDW’s Transformers
Hello there, ladies, gents, and non-binary folk. My name is Rachel Stevens, and you may have read some of my previous work analyzing the heck out of the IDW Transformers books. This is the start of something new and different, something less formal and academic. As much as I love comic books, I love other…
Women, Words, Werewolves, and a Life in Three Parts: A Joint Review of Age of the Wolf
Age of the Wolf Alec Worley and Jon Davis-Hunt Lettering by Simon Bowland Rebellion Originally for 2000 AD Two WWAC writers discuss a book that promised a new take on the werewolf mythos. Desiree Age of the Wolf is a story about a young woman named Rowan forced into a prophecy that requires her to…
Short & Sweet: Halloween Candy! Five Creator-Owned Feminist Horror Comics
iZombie Chris Roberson and Mark Allred Vertigo Even though it’s got a zombie leading lady and lots of brain eating, iZombie doesn’t really feel like a typical horror comic. It’s less gruesome darkness and more spooky fun, sort of like a comic version of the Monster Mash. The story is all about Gwen, a dead…
VIDEO GAMES VS COMICS: The New York Times Plays Dice With Fate (gifs)
If [GamerGate] continues, the medium I love could go backward into its roots as a pastime for children. Instead of being a mainstream form of entertainment, it could end up being something like comic books, a medium that has never outgrown its reputation for power fantasies and is only very occasionally marked by transcendent work (“Maus,”…
Scariest Movie of My Life: Uzumaki
I love me some horror movies. At parties or family gatherings, start talking to me about the latest rom-com and you will see my eyes glaze over. But mention the latest slasher flick, and I will immediately jump to attention. I will also be the first to admit that I don’t have the highest standards…
Felicia Day is Disappointed In You, #GamerGate, And You Proved Her Right
Last night, Felicia Day — creator of The Guild and all around awesome person — posted a gentle I’m Not Mad, I’m Just Disappointed to members of #GamerGate. Her post is thoughtful, sympathetic, and focused not on the hideous bile spewing from every orifice of the #GamerGate monster, but on the disappointment she felt in herself…
