June 2011
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DC's Mad Hatter tea party →
From my recent blog post on the on-going reaction to DC’s reboot this autumn:
It’s quite hilarious really. DC says its reboot is about getting new readers for a shrinking market, and all it does is chase after the mythical boy reader that it’s been courting to years, which research has shown is increasingly disenchanted by what DC is offering.
This is the kind of uninspired strategy...
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WatchThis TED Talk called Reinventing Feminism is by Courtney Martin, feminist, journalist, activist and editor at Feministing.com.
It’s a fine overview of feminism in the 21st century and why women should continue to agitate for change despite the times when the issues seem overwhelming.
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What the thunder said
An excerpt from T.S. Eliot’s The Waste Land:
In this decayed hole among the mountains In the faint moonlight, the grass is singing Over the tumbled graves, about the chapel There is the empty chapel, only the wind’s home It has no windows, and the door swings Dry bones can harm no one Only a cock stood on the rooftree Co co rico co co rico In a flash of lightning. Then a damp...
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2% is not equality →
Here’s a snippet from my blog post looking at the number of women creators on the forthcoming DC relaunch:
What’s shocking is the lack of women creators on the titles. Bleeding Cool has done the gendercrunching on the numbers. There are 160 credited creators on the 52 titles, of which 157 are male and 3 are female.
The three is actually two. Gail Simone is the writer on two projects...
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“Forge whatever change is needed on the smithy of your soul…”
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Wizor gives Shade the Changing Man advice on their home planet of Meta.
Written by Peter Milligan. Art by Chris Bachalo and Mark Pennington.
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megan rosalarian gedris: Dressed to Kill: Mister... →
rosalarian:
Continuing my cross-dressing sexualized superheroes series by request, I attempt to dispel the idea than pants = not sexualized. This is Marvel’s new Miss America, and I’ve talked about her design before. I’m both disappointed and thrilled with how Mister America turned out. On the one…
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Róisín Dubh reviewed on FPI →
Review of Róisín Dubh issue 1 at the Forbidden Planet International blog. Thanks to James Bacon for his kind words about the comic book.
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getting used to the place
I’ve been a blogger since 2000, and at this point I’ve used everything from Blogger, Livejournal, Wordpress (both .com and .org) and some more obscure varieties (Bblog, anyone?).
I notice in comic book circles tumblr is the preferred choice, and I can see its charm. It’s certainly useful for following tumblr blogs.
I’ll be using this strictly for my interest in comic...
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“YOU!
I have extreme plans for your HEAD.”
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Oubliette going up against her dad in issue 6 of Marvel Boy. Written by Grant Morrison.
Indie Spotlight: Róisín Dubh #1 →
Emmet O’Cuana at Tastes Like Comics posted the first review of Róisín Dubh, issue 1. Thanks Emmet!
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Róisín Dubh, Demons, and Bicycles: an interview... →
The second part of an interview with me on UK feminist web site Bad Reputation about the comic book series I’m writing Róisín Dubh.
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Róisín Dubh, Demons, and Bicycles: an interview... →
The first part of an interview with me on UK Feminist web site Bad Reputation about the comic book series I’m writing Róisín Dubh.
