Tuesday, July 31, 2007

July 30th, 2007

Like a virgin.

Gail Simone at the Con

Judd Winick Brings Back An Attempted Rapist As A Hero

Untitled

Am I a Bitter, Bitter Man?

Eek!

Danger is Sexy: O RLY?

Sentry and Mindy in a tr-

I phoned the last one in - SORRY GUYS (have some links?)

Every chance, taken.

User Generated Content and Sexy Christian Archie

Rachel Nabors: 18 Revolutions, Crow Princess, Subculture of One

Girls Blog About Reading Comics (And They're Pissed)

Race, gender, and comic books at the Hackenblog

Because I think this is important to realize

Superheroes need rescuing from sexism

Comics News Post: July 30, 2007

Vacation II: Day 3 – The secrets of dilettantism revealed!

STOP! YER KILLIN ME!

Now, For the HAHA!

MOCK COMICS: "Bratz are the X-Men for Girls"

July 30, 2007: Hollywood eats San Diego

Why yes, it IS "manufactured" rage

Do Women-Safe Books, Movies, shows, and Video Games Even Exist? (Tangential)

Monday, July 30, 2007

July 29th, 2007

See...that doesn't sound good.

(*sigh*) Virgin Comics, Take II.

OK, now THAT made me cry…

Comics: What Women (and Girls) Want

The Real Result of Virtual Rage

Bad Advice from romance comic books - Are You Ready For Marriage?

Kyle Rayner: ADULT!

Grumpy Old Fan Extra: Shazam!

Flash Sightings at Comic-Con

Dear John.

Meet the Brain Janes

New from DC!

Untitled

San Diego Comic Con: Memorable Quotes

Oh Dear God: Minks

Reflections in a Funhouse Mirror - The Joy of Superheroes

How not to sell a perfectly benign movie

Carnival

Sunday, July 29, 2007

July 28, 2007

Friends of Lulu Award Winners

(*sigh*) Virgin Comics

Is that a fannish entry about comics I see?

SDCC '07: DC NATION PANEL

My bad

Too Many Cheap Shots To Count

The Cover Up

SDCC 07: Virgin Jenna Jameson to Diggle Jock in Shadows

You're not so bad, Miss Alba ...

Accelerate one in church seats for advance looks. (8)

GIRL NERD RAGE; Illuminati #4 preview

Supergirl #19 Review (the Greatly Anticipated end of Joe Kelly’s Run)

Way outside my area of expertise, I admit…

yesterday's DC panel

This and that around the con

SDCC 2007: Michael Turner to write, draw Powergirl solo

This person thinks they're clever...

A few more thoughts about the Black Widow

Catwoman - #69 Review

The Lost Marvel Team-Up: Spider-Man and Planned Parenthood!

A Very Special Team-up

Friday, July 27, 2007

7-27

A History of Shojo, Loli, and Harmful Books

Comic Bloc: TMI. No, really.

Finally, They Listened

Fixing Boo Boos (Wonder Woman #11)

Funniest. Comic Company Press Release. Ever!

Girls just wanna have fun

How to Sell me a Comic Book

I am coming to come, too (NSFW)

Jena Jameson at Virgin

Jenna Jameson in bed with Virgin

Jenna Jameson: Porn Star. . . . And Superhero?

Just Past the Horizon: There Should Be Some Worms Left in this Can

Legion, Star-Lord, and All-Star Batman: Special Bonus Review Section--Number Three of Three

Not So Happy Meals

Progress comes with baby steps...

San Diego Comic Con: Memorable Quotes

The Week In Ink: July 25, 2007

This is mostly a rant directed at Jenny hating on Wonder Woman and Lara Croft :P

Weekly Cover Round-up 25 July 2007

Thursday, July 26, 2007

July 25th, 2007

Am I interpreting Gleason's art right?

Beetle Bailey brings out the feminist in me

Lame plot device that manages to piss me off every time...

Episode 1: Nips, Tucks, and An Impossible Stretch (Audio)

Bad advice from comic books: Live a lie, girls! It's better than dying alone!

Power She-Male

Apparently...

Comics = Romance

Batgirl’s Sexy Sexy Fun Time! (Also, Attempted Murder)

Girl Wonder Adds Support to Bra Blitz

On Wonder Woman

New Comics Day

Comics and feminism talk, a few links

He'll have a Happy Meal

Responding to some WFA stuff...

CBR: Homosexuality in Comics, Part IV

Sometimes it's the small things that matter

An overdose of Supergirl related news

The Ever Responsible Batman

Comics News Post: July 25, 2007

Jenna Jameson at Virgin

Jenna Jameson Does Virgin (Comics)

Oh. My. God.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

July 24, 2007

The Annotated Anita Blake: The First Death #1

And Now For Something Completely Different . . .

Fun with photoshop: Batgirl edition

OMG War declarez upon me LOLWTF

Maybe If You Cried More...

Stupid Publisher Tricks: Non-Representative Offensive Covers

Elektra

Amazons Attack! #4

Organ Grinder

I heart Hailey's Comic

It Rhymes With Lust

WANTED: A Black Actress to Play a Black Character

"That’s not what I’m trying to express here."

Done. In.

A Wonder Woman-less New Frontier?

Hailey’s Comic - Week Eight

The Big Finish

Clubbing

Portrait of Mademoiselle X

Is Marvel SNEAKING us another gay superhero?

Take a Shot!

Upcoming 7/25

Emergency When Fangirls Attack Editorial Indecision Plan B

So Kalinara and I were talking about the latest couple of Gor posts. We were leery of including the first few, because the issue is not about anything in the comics medium, but a set of books put out by a comic book publisher. However, even those posts which spoke primarily about the books touched on the topic of comic books so we included them. Now we've rolled the snowman down the hill so to speak and its picking up bulk and running on a tangent. We reached a stalemate, and couldn't decide between the two of us whether to ride it out, even if it does sidetrack this blog, or drop the topic from our lists unless it specifically touches on comic books.

Kali and I are both fairly decisive people who can normally settle disagreements within a few hours. Granted, there is still the Hal and Kyle thing, but in the 474-post history of this blog matters pertaining to what was on-topic and what was not were very clear to us. This one, however, seems to be special.

So, we're pulling out our Emergency When Fangirls Attack Editorial Indecision Plan B (Plan A -- armwrestling -- was worthless in this matter because we can't do that over the internet), and polling our readers. (You feed and livejournal readers will have to come to the regular blog post to get a shot at the poll.) Do not comment asking us to list our baffling criteria, because you won't get a satisfying answer. Just make your own judgment based on what you've seen in this blog before.



[Edit: Poll erased because we've made our final decision. Thank you everyone who participated.]

And please remember, EWFAEI Plan B is only to be used in the event of an emergency.

Monday, July 23, 2007

Caught up.

Brought To My Attention

Sexist, Degrading Bullshit II: Comic Book Edition

It Really Shouldn't be Necessarry to say this Again...

One person's legitimizing

The Secret Network of Female Fans

A brief history of the Maid of Might

The argument continues...

Comicses

Post about teh_no

Episode 2: Special Double-Sized Issue!!! (Audio)

A belated Doomino Effect for the past two weeks

DC Preview Review October

CHARACTER PROFILE: BLACK CANARY (DINAH LAUREL LANCE)

Amy Reads the Week (of July 20th, 2007)

Bad Batgirl Cover

The horror! The horror!

Could Be

Distressed About Damsels

Episode 26: Women in Comics (Audio)

Superboy, Sick and Wrong

Good-bye Countdown…

Mark Andreyko

Sunday, July 22, 2007

Catching up.

The one where I gush about Darwyn Cooke

Superpowers, Ms Tree and Joker Got Awaaay...

Your friendly neighborhood bigot.

ComicBookResources' "Homosexuality in Comics"

FEMINIST ENGINEERING: BATGIRL Showcase Remix Project

Is This Gratuitous? Battlestar Galactica #10 Raynor Cover

It Seems to Me…

Marvel's October previews reviewed

Changing of the guard...

Judging (DC’s October) Books By Their Covers

Batgirl Remix

Wonder Woman should not be a giantess.

Progress comes with baby steps ...

My First Idol

Untitled

Cover This!

Where Japan draws the line

For serious, DC?

Birds of Prey #108

Black Canary: Real woman

Some thoughts on the Gorean Scandal...

Wolverine Loves Short Women

Well, I didn't say every post would be spot on time.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

7-19

A Fond Farewell to Gail Simone on Birds of Prey

Afraid of Cock III: The Reckoning

Batgirl cover fun, inspired by Chris and Heidi!

Batgirl on Show

Batgirl Showcase: take two

Batgirl: Times Change

Bored, watching animes again

CLAMP and Feminism the Second

DC & Marvel in October

If there’s a fanboy heaven I hope they get there real soon.

It could have been worse...

It's All About the Rape

Justice League America #11

On Venus Girdles

Post-Feminism?

Sandy Flu and I'm Totally Not Going to be Disobedient

Sally Forth Hate Mail

Sexism

Sexy Comics and a bunch of stuff.

She's Every Woman, But Damnit, She's Not Every Person

*Sigh*

Tamora Pierce Vs. Gor

The Most Amazing Women in Manga

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

More backlog

Poor, poor Kyle - hold on a minute...

Comic Book Resources article - Homosexuality in comics, Part I

Use your new powers for good, Supergirl. FOR GOOD!

Supergirl Reinvented

I go hunting for witches...Heads are going to roll...

Speaking of tasteless...

Everything new is old again

More on manga’s girl appeal

Rose. Seek therapy, *please*.

Citizen Steel and Power Girl - Cosmetic Dehancement

Banging my head against the wall: Marvel October Solicitations Edition

1940s Marvel Super Heroines

And now, a moment of silence.

NO! Anything but THAT!

We don't need more Eclipso

You’re kidding, right?

Is the Problem Logic, or Reading Comprehension?

I'm not bothered by the Lois spoilers at all. (Tangential)

Irony, thy name is DC Comics

While We Were Out...

This Is Getting Silly, DC.

Weekend Backlog

The Week In Ink: July 11, 2007

Oh No! I'm A Statistical Anomaly!

Okay, let's clear up a popular misconception.

A stolen review

Thou sallow picture of my poisoned love/ My studies ornament, thou shell of Death.

Not Just a Cigar

Comics News Post: July 11, 2007

Covering their assets?

Afraid of Cock III: The Reckoning

Poor Marvel. Poor, poor Marvel.

Untitled

[Review] Soon I Will Be Invincible

The prophet feels ashamed.

Spoilers: Nova #4 - Annihilation:Conquest

Really Quick -- Why I love Amanda Waller

Regarding the appropriately titled Action Comics

Rogue and the Need to Fix

My, What a Lovely Straw Man

Munson's Milestone Mondays

Oh, No. Women Aren't Sexualized in Comics at ALL

But you're not having enough fun!

DC's October Solicits

You know...

Ripped From The Solicits…

"Men are Objectified, too"

Sunday, July 15, 2007

7-14

A Cold, Cruel Stabbing of Someone's Passionate Heartfelt Bloggery

Alexandra Dewitt meet Tasha Yar

Comic Book Urban Legends Revealed #111

[comics] where have you gone, Mary Marvel?

Harrassment in an Elevator

I Don't Usually Do This...

ISO: Vixen and Onyx scans

June comics, part 2

Mmmm....old wounds

Review: Empowered, Vol. 1

RPG, Fanfic, Shoujo, Gender, oh my

Supergirl-to-Be

This Week in Comics

Top Ten Skimpiest Superheroine Costumes

(Untitled)

(Untitled)

Friday, July 13, 2007

7-13

A Throughly Modern Digital Woman

Alé Garza's Wonder Family

comics and feminism: two case studies

Confessions of a Comic Book Guy--Are You as Smart as a Seven Year Old?

Crotchgate Re-Opened

Diversity in Creation

Dorian Vs. The End of Civilization in Review

Girl Wonder Unveils Its Latest Blog

hey check out this anthology im in!

Hot Pants: Queen & Country

Is This Gratuitous? Consumed #1 Cover

Jealousy Strikes Hard! Exclusive Ross book in San Diego

Meet Kara Zor-El

On A Steel Rod

Painted With A Bitter Brush - PoC SF Carnival #1

seinen manga, blah blah blah

Spider-Man recast

Supergirl on Smallville is...

The June '07 Comics [Spoilers]

The New Supergirl

This Week's Haul, Long Live Sean McKeever

What Feminism Means to Me

Tuesday, July 10, 2007

July 10th, 2007

Point/Counterpoint in the Blogosphere…

Strange Marvel Customs & Ms Marvel

Stop, Look, and Listen

Wonder Woman 10, Characterization 0 (or “What the Hell Is Still Wrong with Wonder Woman?)

Student Operated Press talks about DC's women, but is far from accurate

Is This Gratuitous? Dust #1 Variant Cover

Dorian Vs. The End of Civilization in Review

An Observation About Comic Book Masculinity

So Eden is on the verge. Watch me try to care...

Wondering About Wonder Woman...

Since people have actually asked on this one...

Amazons Don't Attack!

Is it cold in here, or is Ms. Marvel just happy to see you?

Amy Reads the Week (of July 6th, 2007)

VOODOO - ZEALOT: SKIN TRADE Image Comics, 1995

But what about the fictional ladies?

I Know What Boys Like (Naruto) (Girls like it also)

Boys Beaten By Crowbars

Wonder Woman, as she should never appear.

I Was Raised By Wolves

Men Have Written a LOT of Stupid Romance Comics

Sunday, July 08, 2007

Playing Catchup Again

Celebrate Independence Day with POWER's Independent Book List

Because I can't draw ....

The Spectacular Comic Shop Girl #3 -or- "Can I speak to somone who's not a girl" Part 2

[links] things you should read

Recent Comics I Have Read

P.O.W.E.R. focuses on women, minorities in industry

Untitled

Mother Jones on feminist comics commentators!

The Week In Ink: July 5, 2007 (Jonah Hex review)

Black women's hair and comics

Weekly Haul: June 27th

Fight the P.O.W.E.R.

Difficult Questions

Looking To The Stars - 07/09/07

Comic Book Guys Can Be Teh Sexy

There's a discussion of Storm...

Kalinara's "All Women Are Me"

Rise of the Silver Surfer - Not so Fantastic

Recent Reading

Wonder Woman: Comics for Morons

Amazons assassinated

Look Ma! A Positive Post About Comics!

"All Women Are Me"

Fangirl Fridays

Wonder Woman Wednesdays: A Complete History of the Amazon Peoples

Wait!

Steve Trevor is an Idiot: Final and Conclusive Evidence.

Friday, July 06, 2007

7-6-07

"...a better fate than wisdom"

Adult Male-Targeted Manga Doesn't Sell?

Animanga Feminist Meta, Installment #1--Bleach

Aw, Man

Cartoons

Fighting for the poor oppressed male fandom!

Geek Critique

It's Not Just the Moustache

Joe Quesada Never Met a Bondage He Didn't Like

Men In Tights

Never-Hads and Should-Haves

Oh Good Grief

Out of Order

Paradise lost?

Superman for the Ladies

Thank you, Judd Winick

This Week's Web Comic: Smile

Well, to be fair, he was pretty whiny in Ion too.

Wednesday, July 04, 2007

7-4-07

Accentuate the Positive

All Women are Me, Damnit

Amazons Adrift

Chris vs. Previews: July 2007, Round One

Comic Cover Controversy: A Teacher's Perspective

Countdown Teaser II (Tangential)

Desensitised

Fandom, Privilege and Neutrality

Hmmm.

Jul. 3rd, 2007

Legacy Heroes

Looking To The Stars - 07/02/07

Meridian: a girl-centered comic I’d never heard of

Poor, poor Kyle - hold on a minute...

Radar Love

"Stupid fucking white man"

The Worst Spider-Marriage in Comics

What It Is To Be A Woman

Worlds are colliding...

--

In This Issue: BEER

-Power Girl's Boobs - De-powered? 03:45
-Fantastic Failure - Sue Storm - 30:00
-Marvel Mary Jane Cover Wank - And why it's important - 42:20

Monday, July 02, 2007

July 2, 2007

For Midnighter, it’s been a bumpy road

The Midnighter Is Too Sexy For Mark Engblom

Female Fans Take Revenge

Just one thing.

Storm Brewing

Is This Gratuitous?: The Ride: Die Valkyrie #2 Hamner Cover

A post of anger

I'm spending waay too much money on comics...

JLA 10 (2007) or, The Shame of Buying Comics, and In Completely Unrelated News, An Internet Troll Gets His Comeuppance

THIS IS NOT A WEAVE.

The Crazy Canary Cake Conundrum!

P.O.W.E.R. of Independence - Action Plan

The P.O.W.E.R. of Positivity

Hellcat: now that's character development!

We Kara lot for Supergirl

Not what I expected but logical

The most backward logic I have ever seen.

I'M NOT UNDERAGE, I'M JUST DRAWN THAT WAY

Heinz's Dilemma

Sheena: Queen of the Jungle #1

Must Be the Unstable Molecules

Review: The P.L.A.I.N. Janes

Well, this is depressing

Sunday, July 01, 2007

6-30

3 Improvements I'd Like To See In Comics

Comics You Should Read: Jaka's Story

Countdown #44

Custom MJ With Spidey-Panties

Empowered

(Expletive Deleted)

Fantastic Four #547

Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

Girls Will Be Boys... or They'll Work on the Shinkansen!

Have Dinner With Joss Whedon, Help a Good Cause

"Kashimashi Girl Meets Girl" Vol. 1: A Comics Review!

My Boy! My Boy!

Please have more of my useless opinions

Q&A: Comics have lost ground to cartoon films

Women Take Over DC Comics

Wow, Fantastic Transformers

Yes, it's all for the best!