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Draw the Line Offers Inspiration with Broad Strokes

January 19, 2018

Draw the Line Various creators, Myfanwy Tristram (editor) 2017 Draw the Line is an anthology webcomic, in which “over 100 comic(s) artists present positive political actions anyone can take.” It recently won the Broken Frontier Award for best Web Comic in 2017, and it does indeed offer a wide ...

Essays

The Perfect Squirrel Girl Shirt And Other Stories

December 21, 2017

It’s gift-guide season, and all through the house, we’ve got presents wrapping while we scream “what else??” The listicles listing the things we could buy make us ponder and wonder and start to ask why— Is it worth it to buy things all branded and fine? Are Pop Vinyls ...

Art & Design, Comics, Essays, Indie & Small Press

Colour in Thi Bui’s “The Best We Could Do”

September 29, 2017

The endpapers of Thi Buy’s The Best We Could Do are coloured in a wash of a sky blue hue, and depict a beach scene: shells of several sizes are scattered about, along with a pair of sandals. The effect of the opening endpapers, to which the reader turns from the cover image of a cable-stayed ...

Pubwatch, Uncategorized

Rosie’s Dynamite Roundup: September 2017

August 28, 2017

Hello again, comic book adventurers. It’s me Rosie, back once more with your regular Dynamite comics roundup. We here at Women Write About Comics are dedicated to unpacking the complex parts of the industry and unwrapping the underwhelming gift that is comics so we can all enjoy/despair ...

Comics, Essays

Nicole Georges’ “Calling Dr. Laura,” Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home,” Graphic Memoir, and Something Strange About Time

August 11, 2017

Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic (published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007) and Nicole Georges’ Calling Dr. Laura: A Graphic Memoir (published by Houghton Mifflin Company, 2013) share some important similarities: they’re both graphic memoir texts that feature family dramas, and ...

Comics, Pubwatch

Rosie’s Dynamite Round Up: August 2017

August 4, 2017

Well hello, comic book fans, it’s Rosie here to collect up all the most important and up-to-date Dynamite Entertainment comics news. We here at Women Write About Comics are dedicated to unpacking the complex parts of the industry and unwrapping the underwhelming gift that is comics so ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

“Real” Wonder Women? The United Nations, Feminism, and the Media

April 12, 2017

The rift between commercialism and feminism emerged in the debate over the appointment of Wonder Woman as Honorary Ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls. Last October, the UN announced that Wonder Woman would become the organization’s Honorary Ambassador for the empowerment of women ...

Reviews

Saying Their Names: A Review of THE HATE U GIVE

March 1, 2017

The Hate U Give Angie Thomas Belzer + Bray February 28, 2017 Long ago, in the days when we bought CDs, we also bragged about who got whose new CD and learned the words to all the songs. We used liner notes to help us understand the lyrics the first time and then learn them the next few times. ...

Comics, Opinion

Chalice Can’t Contain Our Hope: How Alters’ Marketing Alienates

January 25, 2017

Being trans can be lonely, it can be scary, it can be sad. It can be so many things at once, especially in these dark times. For so long we’ve wanted to see trans heroes. People who defy their assigned gender and still manage to fight the big fights. Alters, a book published by an exciting, ...

Uncategorized

Fullness of Humanity: Native Americans in Youth Literature

November 22, 2016

November is Native American Heritage Month in the U.S. I am a youth services librarian in an area that is predominately Native American. I began in this position six months ago, and since then, I have had to take a hard look at the representation of Native Americans in children’s books and media.

Intersections

Draw the Line Offers Inspiration with Broad Strokes

The Perfect Squirrel Girl Shirt And Other Stories

Colour in Thi Bui’s “The Best We Could Do”

Rosie’s Dynamite Roundup: September 2017

Nicole Georges’ “Calling Dr. Laura,” Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home,” Graphic Memoir, and Something Strange About Time

Rosie’s Dynamite Round Up: August 2017

“Real” Wonder Women? The United Nations, Feminism, and the Media

Saying Their Names: A Review of THE HATE U GIVE

Chalice Can’t Contain Our Hope: How Alters’ Marketing Alienates

Fullness of Humanity: Native Americans in Youth Literature

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