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Old Guard Comics Dudes: Stop Hiding Behind Your Cosplay Hate

December 5, 2014

Comics artist Pat Broderick once drew Batman: Year Three, Doom 2099, and Micronauts. He quit drawing those things in the 90’s and left the industry, during a time when many were doing so, because comics suuuuuuuucked to work in due to the industry bottoming out after what is called the ...

Comics, Opinion, Zines

Bruise: Sarah Horrocks at Sacred Prism

December 4, 2014

Sarah Horrocks talks comics with high standards, entry level requirements, and no quarter given. Reviewing her work feels like an exam. I’m raising my hand in McGonagall’s class. Bruise, her 2014 risograph from Sacred Prism, is the first time I’ve read Horrocks’ comic output. ...

Comics, Essays, Opinion

A Positronic Woman’s Plea: Include Trans Women In Fiction

December 1, 2014

Earlier this year, Andrew Wheeler of ComicsAlliance listed resolutions that he wanted the comics industry to achieve. Among these resolutions was trans representation in the Big Two for superheroes. This has not yet come to pass in a prominent way. Al Ewing has Loki freely changing their ...

Opinion

[TW] Belief Is Radical: Believe Shia LaBeouf

November 30, 2014

During an interview with Dazed Digital earlier this week, actor Shia LaBeouf shared the knowledge that he was raped during a performance art project. We believe him. General response to the news was familiar: you don’t need me to tell you how people reacted to a man, a famous man, saying ...

Opinion

The End is not Nigh: Arts and Arts Industries Aren’t Dying

November 27, 2014

Look up. That’s the Orion Nebula, a site of massive star formation. It’s certainly dramatic. Some bright points of light. Huge clouds of dust colliding. Who knows what will come out of it? Well, we do know. Stars are what’s coming, big and small. Imagine that’s an ...

Opinion

Top Ten Tips for Being a Vigilante On a Budget

November 26, 2014

My friends and I got into a discussion on vigilantes this past weekend, or, more specifically, what it would be like to be Batman on a budget. It was fun throwing ridiculous ideas into the air but I started to really think about it. I’ve noticed that the only way you can be a decent and ...

Opinion

741.5: Liberté, Égalité, Brimping

November 25, 2014

After I purchased the first volume of Sex Criminals for my library, it was requested that I prepare a “letter of defense” in the event that it was challenged. Dear Library Patron or Trustee, Hello! I see that you disagree with my choice to purchase Sex Criminals Volume One : One ...

Art & Design, Comics, Opinion, Style & Fashion

Sequential Sartorial: Why Does Fashion Matter In Comics?

November 18, 2014

Costuming is important in art. Clothing is more immediately communicative than body language, and art communicates. For example, Lana Del Rey’s video for her 2012 release “National Anthem.” It’s all Jackie & JFK pastiche. Towards the very end, there’s that last ...

Manga, Opinion

Spoilers: EVERYBODY STAND UP: Naruto Has Left The Building

November 11, 2014

Spoilers Naruto is over. Long live Bolt, son of Naruto. Yup, friends and readers of a certain age: Naruto is finally done. The Masashi Kishimoto manga, Naruto, has concluded, leading straight into a sequel featuring the original characters’ kids. The anime, I don’t know, it’s ...

Opinion

Selling Comics

November 8, 2014

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 ...

Opinion

Old Guard Comics Dudes: Stop Hiding Behind Your Cosplay Hate

Bruise: Sarah Horrocks at Sacred Prism

A Positronic Woman’s Plea: Include Trans Women In Fiction

[TW] Belief Is Radical: Believe Shia LaBeouf

The End is not Nigh: Arts and Arts Industries Aren’t Dying

Top Ten Tips for Being a Vigilante On a Budget

741.5: Liberté, Égalité, Brimping

Sequential Sartorial: Why Does Fashion Matter In Comics?

Spoilers: EVERYBODY STAND UP: Naruto Has Left The Building

Selling Comics

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