I have been a comic geek since I was thirteen. I have been a brown-skinned girl all my life. Costuming started as fun for me, but has become equal parts mission and frustration. I started cosplaying when I didn’t even know the word “cosplay”. And forget the resources available to cosplayers these days. Back then?…
Storm building: where’s Ororo’s solo book?
My comic addiction started with Classic X-Men, which reprints Uncanny X-Men #93 onward and includes secondary stories that transform the characters from superheroes into actual human beings. Classic X-Men #3 was one of the first issues I read, and it didn’t take long for Storm to become a favourite. If you assume my adoration of…
My Top Ten Feminist Comic Covers of 2013
For the purposes of this article, I’m narrowing down the definition of feminist to include covers which avoid showcasing the breasts and/or butt of any woman portrayed, avoid poses as viewed between the legs or worm’s eye view directly at the crotch, and which also avoid incorporating those elements with minimizing clothing or otherwise oversexualizing…
Top 10: Hair. Ladies. Ladies’ Hair (Marvel)
Soon I will need to trim my hair, and so bouffants are on my mind. I don’t know about you, but eighty-five percent of my hairspiration comes from comics & comics’ surrounding suburbs. Right now I’m rocking a grown-out Major Kusanagi, f’rex. Two (three?) years ago I did the Rogue Fringe thing. Anyway there are a…
Love, Marriage, and its Place in Comics
I love comic books but sometimes the industry makes me want to cry. I’m sure you’ve heard the news but, if not, read it and weep with me (note: J.H. Williams III blogged about it on his site but due to high traffic, the site is down as of this writing). There are a number…
State of Marvel Roundtable–Part One
Marvel romance, mental health, and motherhood. Megan Purdy Bendis is off Avengers! Marvel’s partnering with Disney-owned Hyperion to put out romance novels! Miles Morales is super popular! It’s a (brand new) day! Maybe. With Captain Marvel, Fearless Defenders, the all female X-Men, and the upcoming She-Hulk and Rogue romance novels, Marvel is putting its female…
