As General Zod gets dangerously close to murdering a family of four, the thought that kept running through my head was, “Superman, just snap his neck!” And then he did.
News & Things: X-Fashionistas
Welcome back to another installment of News & Things! Read of the Week Geek Pinata interviews popular “X-Fashion” artist Kevin Wada about his work and inspiration:
Call for essays: Race, gender, and comics
Next month Women Write About Comics will be talking a lot about intersections of race and gender in comics. We’re looking for some great guest essays to round out our coverage. We’re specifically interested in: Creator profiles. Critical essays (ex. black masculinity and heroism, the “dragon ladies” of comics, whiteness and geek feminism). Personal essays…
Avril Lavigne fights a lobster, mourns tie-wearing dog (mumble mumble, lesbian content)
In her new song Rock N Roll Avril Lavigne revisits Sk8er Boi by way of Def Leopard and Joan Jett, and it’s… a pretty limp track, to be honest. It’s a pre-fab hit in waiting, with too-pat girl power exultations, and it’s going to curl up in darkest region of your brain for a month…
Review: The Wolverine, The Softer Side of Awesome
I’m going to say it. The Wolverine was my favorite X-men movie thus far (sorry, X-men First Class). Those who enjoyed the campy, super-power driven earlier movies might be disappointed though. The movie took its time, and took itself very seriously. That’s probably best for a movie that features atomic bombs and suicide.
News & Things: This Is How You Lose Your Marbles
Hello and welcome to a new installment of News & Things! Have you read Saga #13 yet? You should totally read Saga #13. But after you read our News & Things. Because we’re awesome.
Top 10: Comic Book Movies
Claire’s Top Ten live-action comic adaptation films! Personal thoughts Not objective. “Comic book” movies are superhumanly sustaining their moment in the sun, with plenty more to come. But as previously discussed, comics have been adapted for the silver screen since 1898! I haven’t watched anywhere near most of them, but I’ve seen plenty, and here’s.. my…
Boston Comic Con 2013
It was a beautiful day in Boston, Ma. as thousands lined up bright and early to attend Boston Comic Con at the Seaport World Trade Center on Saturday, August 3, 2013. After being postponed by the Boston Marathon bombing in April, the show went on with gusto at the new location. It had been previously…
Mark Millar and the inadvisable comparison
To follow up on my previous post regarding Mark Millar’s recently publicised thoughts on rape as plot device–
News & Things: “KANEDAAA!”
Welecome back to News & Things! Today we have a lot of manga, anime, and animanga news to share. For some reason.
I Was A Teenage Douchebag
I worked in a record store for awhile, until I got fired for being a dick. “Being a dick” wasn’t on my termination papers. The official reason was maybe as ridiculous, though. Officially, I didn’t fit in. In fact, I didn’t fit in so hard, that my presence could no longer be borne. Goodbye Megan,…
Storify: “Comics follow society. They don’t lead society, they reflect it.”
Reporters Alyssa Rosenberg and Linda Holmes were at the Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday, when some depressing things were said during the panel for Superheroes: The Never-Ending Battle. They documented the bizarre experience on Twitter. Rosenberg later wrote a fantastic report on the panel for ThinkProgress.