So first thing’s first– Happy Birthday to my baby sister Tori and her boyfriend Matt, who are turning 33 and 25 respectively, because it’s my column and I’ll shoutout if I want to. Now on to the Marvel news, prefaced with this disclaimer: There were amazing Marvel-icious things happening at Emerald City Comic Con this…
Rat Queens Wins GLAAD Media Award
The GLAAD Media Awards, granted by the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, recognize and honor media for their fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and the issues that affect their lives. Each year, they honor excellence in print and digital media, television, movies and comic books. This…
Mighty Marvel Monday
As a personal goal, I try to keep the tone of Mighty Marvel Monday in keeping with what I feel the tone of Marvel is itself–self-aware, slightly irreverent, but above all, fun. This week has not been fun for Marvel, nor has it been fun for supporters of Marvel, and I would not want to…
The Spider-Gwen Playlist You’ve Always Wanted
We finally got our Spider-Gwen series and the first issue was fantastic! While reading it, I couldn’t help but get a vibe that could only be explained as a rock and hip hop fusion. Urban angst with an arrogant bass. Of course, I decided to make you all the essential Spider-Gwen playlist for your reading enjoyment. You’re…
“No One Is Only One Thing”: She-Hulk Navigates Identities, Frustration, and Resilience in Newest Reboot
She-Hulk 1-12 Charles Soule (W), Javier Pulido (A), Ronald Wemberly (A) Kevin Wada (C) Marvel Comics 2014-2015 Guest writer Nyala Ali shares her thoughts on the latest reboot of the Jade Giantess, She-Hulk!
Where Do We Stand? Women in February’s Comics and Graphic Novel Sales
Spring is on its way and my comics reading list is somewhat under control. I’m happy to report that February has some improvements for representation of women. I have been watching and waiting for a month when neither Marvel nor DC had the number 1 spot on the single issues list. This month, IDW pushes…
Mighty Marvel Monday!
It’s been a quiet week at Marvel. You know it’s quiet when a top story is the fact that there will be no smoking in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Okay, then. Actual News! I know we’re all exhausted about this Secret Wars thing, but it’s bring us not one but two all new female led…
Drink Your Comics: Star Wars Style
In case you live under a rock, Marvel’s Princess Leia comic debuted this month. Now it might not come as a shock to you, but we here at Women Write About Comics are pretty into Star Wars. Our own Annie Bulloch has already reviewed Star Wars #1 and Darth Vadar #1 and is currently working on…
Crushing on Romance Comics: An Interview with Historian Jacque Nodell
A few months ago, I stumbled across a lovely little gem at my local used bookstore, a collection of Marvel romance comics. Being a comic geek and recovering academic, this obviously began a spiral of research into romance comics. Along the way, I stumbled across Jacque Nodell’s blog Sequential Crush. Jacque is a romance comic historian,…
Mighty Marvel Monday!
Welcome back to another Mighty Marvel Monday! This week finds joy in all things MCU. I probably don’t have to tell you, but just in case–the third Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer, that dropped on March 4th. No spoilers, but I’m happy to finally see some of the actual premise, and more characters. This was…
Eat All the Corn Dogs: Spider-Gwen #1
Spider-Gwen #1 Jason Latour (W), Robbi Rodriguez (A), Rico Renz (C) Marvel Comics Originally, Spider-Gwen was only supposed to have two issues as part of the special “Spider-Verse” event. But from the moment her costume was revealed she had a following and what was only supposed to be two issues became a new female-led ongoing…
Mighty Marvel Monday: All About the Ladies
I have learned that the best part about writing Mighty Marvel Mondays is that I get to pick what to write about. And even though Marvel released the official Age of Ultron poster this past week, and released Faith No More’s Superhero on their website yesterday– I’m all about the women this week. Agent Carter…