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Lois blog carnival approaching!
The Lois carnival is fast approaching. Have you started your post?
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News & Things: Books, comic books, and fake books.
Megan Purdy I don’t have a Kickstarter pick for you guys this week. But what I do have is this nifty link. Brandon Graham and Emily Carroll did a Betty and Veronica comics jam. Whaaaaa. I’ve loved B&V since I was old enough to sneak a Double Digest into the shopping cart, and I ...
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Call for submissions: The history of Lois Lane
Looking for a few good guest posts. As part of 75 Years of Lois Lane (Lois 75, for convenience), we’re putting together a series of posts on the history of Lois Lane, but there’s so much history that we can’t cover it all! We’re calling out to all you Lois experts, to ...
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Blog Carnival: 75 Years of Lois Lane
Celebrating 75 Years of Lois Lane (in May) Action Comics #1 was released in June of 1938. It featured the debut of not only Clark Kent and Superman, but plucky, independent reporter Lois Lane. Love interest, competitor, sometime thorn in Clark’s side, and full time journalistic superhero, ...
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News & Things: Clever title need not apply
Megan Purdy I’m not sure how to do a news update this week–the gutting of LucasArts and the passing of Roger Ebert (two thumbs down, cancer) obviously overshadow everything else. Instead I’ll just share an Indiegogo campaign, and a few choice reads I’ve collected over ...
What is geek culture?
What we talk about when we talk about fake fangirls. Back in the day–the non-branded, power-to-the-people, halcyon days of geek culture–being a fan was being a geek, was being an outcast, was being a fan. Or so I’m told. Everyone who could be said to be participating in geek ...
Our first podcast! Our SECOND interview with Hannah Chapman of Comic Book Slumber Party
Here at Women Write About Comics we’re unfailingly organised – mostly. Each moving through local comic connections Megan B and Claire both arranged interviews with Comic Book Slumber Party’s Hannah Chapman… and didn’t realise there was crossover until each were complete! Luckily ...
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News & Things
Megan Purdy Guys, just a reminder that the Gender Through Comics MOOC starts next week. Liz and I will be taking the course, and from time to time, I’ll be chatting about it here. I’d love it if you would join me in these discussions. Course materials are available on Comixology ...
Marvel Roundtable–part two
Mary Jane, Miles, and the diversity dance in comics. Megan Purdy In part one of WWAC’s Marvel Roundtable, I talked to Skalja of @#$% Yeah, Spider-Wife!, Corrina Lawson of Geek Mom, RonchRonchRonch, and webcomic creator Indigo, about romance, mental health, and motherhood. In part two, we ...
Interview with Hannah Chapman of Comic Book Slumber Party
Organize: Making space for women in comics. Megan Byrd Two weeks ago in a modestly sized pub in Bath, UK, an intimate gathering of comic book creators and fans came together for the inaugural Comic Book Slumber Party. The one day event, organized by Hannah Chapman, included all of the trappings ...
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