How perfectly serendipitous. I recently interviewed the amazing Jacque Nodell, a romance comic historian, about her site Sequential Crush and her research in romance comics. When I asked her if she thought there was a current romance genre in comics, she said while there are comics with “romantic elements and romantic fare from overseas, such…
Secondhand Memories and Cell Phone Novels: An Interview with Takatsu
Technological advances, the invention of the internet, and the so-called “Digital Revolution” have undoubtedly impacted our daily lives. The ways in which we communicate with one another have drastically changed since my birth in the 1980s. The internet has especially helped to bring about the global “democratization of knowledge” and information, which has lead to…
Rat Queens Wins GLAAD Media Award
The GLAAD Media Awards, granted by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives. Each year, they honor excellence in print and digital media, television, movies and comic books. This…
A Shiny New Cinderella
Cinderella Director: Kenneth Branagh Writer: Chris Weitz (screenplay) Stars: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden Release Date: March 13, 2015 Long before it hit theatres, Disney’s live action Cinderella came under fire. There was some focus on Lily James’ waistline in her princess dress. There were concerns about the damsel in distress that goes against the…
Game Review: Social Justice Warriors
Social Justice Warriors Nonadecimal Creative February 27, 2015 PC/Steam
Mighty Marvel Monday
As a personal goal, I try to keep the tone of Mighty Marvel Monday in keeping with what I feel the tone of Marvel is itself–self-aware, slightly irreverent, but above all, fun. This week has not been fun for Marvel, nor has it been fun for supporters of Marvel, and I would not want to…
Comics On Your Digital Bookshelf: Scribd is Not the App it Could Be
I originally signed up for Scribd last summer. I knew a couple people who used it already for its unlimited ebooks, as well as a similar service, Oyster. I initially went with Scribd, though, because in addition to unlimited ebooks it offered audiobooks too. I love audiobooks but I do not love the price of…
#7DaysFurious: A Fast and Furious Twitter Movie Marathon
Furious 7 debuts on April 3rd. SO SOON, my goodness. In honour of this momentous occasion, please join me, from March 28 to April 2nd, for a nightly Fast and Furious livetweet and feelsfest. I’ll be tweeting out from @womenoncomics using the hashtag #7daysfurious. You will be tweeting back, possibly crying, definitely clapping, enjoying car…
Legenderry: Red Sonja #2 or What Happens When You Give Red Sonja a Rocket Launcher
Legenderry: Red Sonja #2 Marc Andreyko (w) Aneke (a) Sergio Fernandez Davila (c) Dynamite March 18, 2015
Con Diaries: London Super Comic Con
My first impression of my second year at London Super Comic Con was that the programming seemed, for a lack of a better word, very dudely. A lot of time was given to Avatar Press and Max Brooks, and not much time to more obviously inclusive publishers or creators. Even the brief moderated portion of…
Heritage, Inheritance, and Gaze: Jupiter Ascending Reviewed
Jupiter Ascending Directed by The Wachowskis Starring Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Sean Bean, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth Screenplay by The Wachowskis PG-13/M, 127 Minutes 2015
Sunday Sketch Gala Returns: VILE FEMPIGS For One Night Only!!!
Dear friends, You may have seen that earlier this week we received the delightful feedback, No one had has the right to censor any form of art you vile fempigs Which of course delighted several of us! And our Jamie, as she so often does, took the initiative and from this prompt drew up a rather dazzling…
