News Anitta Sarkeesian received the Ambassador Award at the Game Developer’s Conference. You can find pictures of the standing ovation she received all over Twitter. Ex-Twilighter Cam Gigandet Stars In a New Comedy About … Penises In Bad Johnson, Gigandet’s character gets tired of his womanizing ways, and rather than make a positive change on his own, wishes that…
Bombshells? Or Duds?
Dear DC Comics, The other day you announced a series of variant “Bombshell” covers for a host of your more popular super books. The aesthetic for the covers harkens back to a 1940’s pinup style and are designed by Ant Lucia. I am, frankly, the prime market for these covers. I love the look and…
Comics and Games Club Diary
When I’m not reading or writing about comics, I work at a junior school in England as a teaching assistant. Several weeks ago, I started a Comics and Games Creation Club to give students a school-sanctioned chance to explore their geeky interests. As you can imagine, having a lot of nerdy kids in one place…
Review: Young Romance 2: The Early Simon & Kirby Romance Comics
The tall, chiseled man takes his love into his arms: “Toni—I love you so much! Do you think you can marry a bum who’s gone straight?” The woman—red-lipped, her jet black hair cascading over her shoulders, swoons, “Of course I’ll marry you—you sweet wonderful palooka!” This is the world of Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s…
News & Things: Movies, Movies, Movies
News Marvel Reveals Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch Concept Art The Marvel Studios: Building a Universe tv special revealed concept art from upcoming films, including art that may reveal what Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch look like in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Fittingly, it looks like Scarlet Witch’s favorite movie is The Craft. Sofia Coppola to Direct…
Interview with John Layman of Chew
One of the perks of going as press to London Super Comic Con is having the opportunity to interview John Layman, who is a guest and panel host at LSCC this year. Although Layman has written for DC and Marvel Comics and served as an editor at Wildstorm, he is probably best known for authoring…
Catwoman: The Loss of a Lady
Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman adorned my high school locker, but it wasn’t until recently that I’ve made any real attempt to get to know this character. I’ve always liked Selina Kyle, but I didn’t know why, beyond having an affinity for feline-esque, rule-defying women. Yet she sits among my trifecta of female anti-heroes, alongside Aeon Flux and…
News & Things: Terry Crews as Luke Cage?
News Kevin Feige talks female-led movies again, still doesn’t announce one will come out Marvel Studio Present Kevin Feige is asked AGAIN about when we’re going to see a female-led movie, and he hems and haws about it. Black Widow being in movies named after lead guys is totally like her having her own movie,…
What’s Hot? March 2014
We talk about comics–seriously, a lot–but sometimes we like to branch out and act keen about all SORTS of diverse pastimes. What are we up to? Catie Illustration by Eric Nyquist I just finished reading Jeff VanderMeer’s new book Annihilation. It’s an awesomely eerie book about a group of scientists being sent to a mysterious…
Review–Superman: Lois Lane One Shot
Superman: Lois Lane Marguerite Bennet Emanuela Lupachina, Megan Ketrick, Ig Guara, Diogenes Neves The first thing I noticed about this one shot was the majority female storytelling team. The second thing I noticed was the shining filament of connectivity with previous versions of Lois Lane. Even though this is The New 52! (complete with exclamation…
News & Things: Heroes and Villains
News Jaime Hewlett creates new artwork for British Library exhibit Comics Unmasked, an exhibit opening in May at the British Library, will showcase how British creators are pushing stereotypes through mainstream and underground comics.
Kickstarter of the Week: forgive me, it’s a Patreon
Paul Duffield’s work–with Warren Ellis writing and Kate Brown colouring–on Freakangels won him not one, but two Eagle awards. Freakangels is available in collected editions, released by legitimate publishers, but it is and was available page by page online, for free. That’s becoming a more common practice for creator-owned projects, and it’s the same model…
