Megan Purdy Late news roundup is late. I’m compensating with a double dose of geek goodness. Well, at least I think so. Awesome Kickstarter of the Week! Memory, by Jeremy Baum: An anthology of (weird and/or interesting) comics based on the theme of human memory and featuring the work of over 40 independent artists from…
News & Things: (not) the science of Jane Austen
Awesome Kickstarter(s) of the Week! So this week I have two awesome Kickstarters to share with you. Go Get A Roomie bills itself as a comic about love, girls and beer. The art is adorable. GGaR was a webcomic first, and now they’re putting out hardcopies. At this point the project is fully funded, but…
News & Things: The science of Batman
Megan Purdy Awesome Kickstarter Indiegogo of the Week! The Batman Chronicles is an original, live action, web series, produced by fans, not DC Comics. A young Batman battles the Red Hood Gang and meets his forever lover nemesis. You’ve got 27 days left to contribute, if the trailer and pitch tickle your fancy. Cool Thing…
News & Things
Megan Purdy Awesome Kickstarter of the Week Earthward, by Bryan Q. Miller. Earthward is “an all-ages graphic novel that celebrates adventure, exploration and family — in space, no less (Robot 6).” Sounds good to me. It launches this Friday. News Marvel’s teaser revealed to be relaunched X-Men title with female cast, Jill Pantozzi (Mary-Sue): So…
Interview with Jeremy Whitley of Princeless
When I initially describe Jeremy Whitley’s Princeless (Action Lab Comics) to people, I explain it as if we got to continue seeing the adventures of Princess Elizabeth from Robert Munsch’s The Paper Bag Princess. That story, published in 1980, was quite a feminist gold standard for the time: the young princess rescues her prince, and…
News & Things
Megan Purdy For those who celebrated holidays, I hope it was lovely and cookie-filled. For those who didn’t, I hope your break was lovely and cookie filled. I’ve got lots of links for you today, but first off, did you hear that… A graphic work has been named as the winner of the biography section…
News & Things
Megan Purdy Welcome to WWAC’s inaugural linkspam. Once a week, we’ll be rounding up a handful of cool and/or interesting conversations and projects for you to check out. There are ten days left in this kickass graphic journalism Kickstarter on Human Trafficking in Nepal, by Dan Archer. Link, donate, mark your calendar. The Mary-Sue has…
Tony Harris vs. Cosplayers, and the Fake Problem of the Fake Geek Girl
Women? On my internet? Tony Harris is worried about con- hot women demanding his attention at conventions. Games with female protagonists receive half the marketing budget of games with male protagonists. So it goes. Another day, another round of defensive flailing from geek men, bravely standing at the gates of geek culture. But guys, the…
Master Post: Summer Movie Mini Carnival
We hosted a mini carnival on this summer’s embarrassment of geek movie riches. Claire and Jess gave us their take on the Summer of Geek, and we organized a roundtable investigation into the State of Geek Cinema, with Claire, Maddy (3 Chicks) and Skalja (Fuck Yeah Spider-Wife). Summer of Geek Movies, by Claire Napier. A…
Summer Movie Roundtable
Superheroes, Secret Agents and the Summer of the Geek at the Movies This was supposed to be the summer of the comic book blockbuster, and certainly Avengers, Dark Knight Rises and Amazing Spider-Man performed as expected. But those were just the tentpole flicks. I put together a list of geek-relevant films that came out this…
Interview with Jo Bevan of Bring Back Bunty
Before women write about comics, girls read them Nostalgia, motherhood, and the quality of children’s sequential entertainment Claire Napier This interviewee may need a longer introduction than most simply based on geography. British children’s comics aren’t going to mean much to a lot of you – despite how many members of whichever wave of British…
Summer Movie Wrap Up
Round Five: Summer Movie Wrap Up September 15-16 #wwacomics on Twitter and Tumblr Participating for the first time? Check out our FAQ.