June 2011
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Well, that was exciting
After an unforeseen hiatus induced by an OS meltdown, a complete laptop wipe, and a careful restoration of my scans library, I’m back. I had just about everything copied off to external drives, so let this be a lesson for those of you with huge libraries like mine: back up, back up, back up.
Gee, I hope nothing exciting happened in comics-tumblr-land while I was gone …
May 2011
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Farewell, Smallville
Hopping the fence for a moment: I’ll be sad to see Smallville go off-air tonight. It had its low points (I broke up with it somewhat dramatically in season five, only to get lured back in like a sucker by Green Arrow), but the past few seasons have been some of its best, and going out on a high note is no small feat for a show that’s been on for ten seasons.
Smallville even got me...
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If I were casting an all-female Avengers:
dcwomenkickingass was asked, “Based on what you know about Marvel, which Marvel women would you use for a 10 woman Avengers team and why?” Their response is here; when I read it, I immediately started arguing with myself over which characters I would pick, and … well, you know how that goes. Couldn’t resist doing it myself:
for combat ability, investigative skills,...
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I hate to think that I was downplaying the number of women who like superheroes, though I guess I was downplaying the number who like superhero comics. However, I do think—going by the women whose art I love and are growing in popularity and recognition—that female artists are less likely to find their inspiration for their own styles in superhero comics.
And this (by which...
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ladiesmakingcomics:
Is it self-ghettoization for women comics creators to have their own spaces, either in anthologies, panels, or *gasp* blogs? Is there really a sexism problem in comics, actively keeping women creators out? How much of this issue is just the nature of the market?
Saturday at Boston Comic Con, the Female Creators panel wrangled with these questions, but 45 minutes was not...
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April 2011
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