A short post- Sunday, May 31

Get us out from under, Wonder Woman…

The Lasso of Truth

Make a liar tell the truuuuth…

Wonder Woman for president

Megan Fox: ‘Wonder Woman is a lame superhero’

Megan Fox is NOT Wonder Woman

What’s your scene, baby, we just gotta know! BATGIRL!

Interview about various post BotC comics, including Batgirl

Is she a chick from outer space…or is she real, with her tender warm embrace? BATGIRL!

Trying to sort out my thoughts on Batgirl

Battle for the Cowl: Batgirl

Women of the Bat

Misc.

*bangs head against wall*

Comic books…

Pioneering comics, disturbing gender attitudes

Marvel Comics isn’t adult only now, is it?

NSFW

The Tarot Experience- Live!

Friday, May 29th

Models and Divas

Marvel’s new female centered comics

Tim Gun makes Models Inc Work

Fighting Crime AND Fat


You’re a Wonder, Wonder Woman...

Wonder Woman: Bondage and Female Empowerment

The Many Faces of Barbara Minerva Part 6 (vs Catwoman)

Megan Fox Disses Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman #32- Review

Trade Talks: Wonder Woman: The Circle

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #9


That’s really super, Supergirl.

Micheal Turner’s Costume Designs

“Supergirl. Duh.”


Manga

Gluey Tart: The Dawn of Love

Misc.

The Big Feminist BUT

The Color of Earth

Dwayne McDuffie fired from the JLA

#521, In Which a Heroine Scowls a Lot

Cherchez Les Violent Femmes

Your proof that is gets worse

Women in Comics

Drawing the Bat: JH Williams talks Batwoman

And now for something comic-ly different


Racism

Extra special daily post

Also Tuesday, May 26th

Review: Supergirl #41

April Sales Review

My beef with the Oracle mini

Feminist reading of Spiderman fairy tales

My joy surrounding this week’s haul!

A quick comics post

Sweating the Small stuff

Wonder Woman: Bondage and Polygamy

Comic Book Review: Uncanny X-men #510

Manga

Object of desire

Other issues (Race issues, Sexual orientation, ableism ect)

Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology

I would make a terrible Superhero girlfriend

Gay comics

Northstar: The Only Gay Superhero? WTF?

Tuesday May 26th

Sana Takeda should not by working on superhero comics

Beyond Mary Jane: Fashion Models in Marvel Comics

Request: Nightwing #93-#94

Romantic Proposal for Mobile Women in China

Of Course You Can Have Batgirl…

Marvel Divas #2 Cover Released…To Bad It’s Too Late.

Not trying to be a jerk or beat a dead horse or anything, but...

Geek Chic | (Super) Models Meet Comics

Amruta Patil talks about her art and one Karismatic Graphic Novel

Secret Six poll

Join the Empire!

A quick comics post

Reader Retention Program Fail

Life Sucks: A Dissenting Opinion

Alan Moore’s misogynistic legacy

Fun Home

Review of Fun Home

DAR: A Super Girly Top Secret Comic Diary

Fangirls: Fact or Fiction?


Manga:

Gluey Tart: Otomen


Also of interest:

Working in Harmony

The Last Airbender film pics released

Dark Reign: The Hood #1 - now with 75% more racism!

Three Lessons from the Handley Case

Comics in Full Color: a look at racial diversity in superhero comics

May 23 – Manga Edition

13th Boy 1

Venus Capriccio

Manga Friday: The Travails of Schoolgirls

Manga Review: Nephilim vol. 1

Kurohime, Vol. 10 – Manga Review

Review: Otomen, Vols. 1-2

Akuma de Koibito, by SHIRAISHI Yuki

Danielle Leigh’s Reading Diary — The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya vol 1-3

In Defense of the Shojo Heroine

The Sexy Debate

Japanator After Dark: ‘My First S&M Guide’ is deceptively cute when talking about bondage

Viz Cancels “Shojo Beat” Manga Teen Mag


Handley Case:

IA man pleads guilty to having obscene drawings

Jailed for Manga Possession

Handley case reactions and analysis

Why is the Government on Your Manga Shelf??

Handley, Comics, and Obscenity

Thursday May 21st

Miscellany:

Life Sucks and so does this book :(

Papercutz to Publish Disney Fairies Graphic Novels

Marvel Divas:

Looks like Marvel learned their lesson...

The Joe Quesada/Marvel Divas Scandal Made Simple

Green Arrow/Black Canary:

It's like a scab I can't stop picking

I Need Your Help... To Fix Green Arrow/Black Canary

Wonder Woman:

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #8

Bound to Blog: Bonus Marston Crankery

THIS Wonder Woman is NOT a Feminist Hero

Shojo-Beat:

Shojo Beat Ending

Business Briefs: SHOJO BEAT ending?

SHOJO BEAT cancellation CONFIRMED

Eulogy for Shojo Beat

The Implications of Shojo Beat’s Demise

Bad Surprise: Shojo Beat Shutting Down

R.I.P. Shojo Beat

Viz Confirms Shojo Beat Manga Magazine's End in June (Updated)

SHOJO BEAT cancellation reax

Tuesday May 19th

Marvel Divas:

Marvel shows Firestar design for Marvel Divas

Cynical Six

it's not our fault we're sexist when your tits are lookin' us right in the eye!

I don’t know. I don’t know.

Miscellany:

Sexy is good, right? Sexy sells, right?

Equal Opportunity Objectification

That silver lining.

Harley Quinn & Humor?

Trinity: The Black Reality.

Crap-tastic Covers from Upcoming Comics

Why Is Marvel Running an Ad for Princesses?

“Other than the fact that it’s been canceled like twelve times, everything else is wonderful!”

Nicola Scott appreciation post

Gail Simone Hearts Diana Sue

'Sexy’ is Performance Art

Great Moments in Black History #10: Knowledge of Self

15 Comic Book Babes Who Could Kick Your Ass

Birds of Prey 120-127 (2008-09)

Suprisingly, Power Girl is Cool. In Other News, Marvel Divas is Still Lame

Reason why women go see ‘X-men origins: Wolverine’

Vaguely misogynist Sunday

Hey Hollywood How About Some Women after Summer?

Models, Inc. #1

Comic Books Contribute to Naval Academy Recruiting Campaign


Manga:

Gluey Tart: Restart

Shojo Beat: Again with the raping?


Also possibly of interest:

Arabs on Comic books- Haunted Tank

The Negative Zone: The Problem With Fancy-Pants Reprints

Friday, May 15th

Supergirl

Jamal Igle Costume Redesign

Review: Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures of the 8th grade #6

Happy Mother’s Day!!!

Word Balloon: Sterling Gates & Jamal Igle on Supergirl

BUT


Marvel Divas/ "Comic book sexism is Pink's fault, you Stupid Girl!"

Firestar concept art for Marvel Divas

Joe Quesada says: Ladies, give me your money and shut up

Joe, Joe, Joe, f*ckin’ Joe.

Wise Feminism

Way to blame the readers Joe, how noble of you.

Today’s trio of links!



Power Girl

Best Shots Extra: Power Girl #1

Power Girl #1

Maid of Might: Power Girl #1 (2009) Review


X-men Secret Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine’s Secret Origins: Really a chick flick?

Thoughts on Wolverine: Origins and other things

X men Origins: Wolverine

Dar Kush X Men Origins Wolverine



Misc.

Comic Book Cheesecake: When Does Sexy get Sexist?

Gettin’ back on track with the comics

"Chloe You Ignorant Slut" or "Smallville Fan Meltdown"

Kickbutt women of the comics: Kit Colby, Girl Sheriff of Moon Bow

Are we so desensitized?

Panel Discussion of Three Selves: A Review of the latest LoEG book

Mark Waid's Wonder Woman

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #7

2 weeks worth of comics

Oracle: The Cure #3

Phantom Lady knew some DUMB Men

Tales From the Old Scout

Tuesday May 12th

Compare and Contrast

Two “Girl” Comics and a Buffy: My Lady-est Week Ever

Frank Miller's best Bat/Cat: All-Star Batman and Robin

“It shines through your beautiful skin”

The All-Time Top 10 List of Best — and Worst — Mothers in Comics

The Sue That Dare Not Speak Its Name

Gluey Tart: Mary Sues

Adding Incompetence to Insult

Violent Women of the Golden Age

Wordless image from the DCU blog

Hivevaginaphobia

Marvel Mystery Monday: Leopard Girl, does whatever a leopard can

I'm not sure how this is meant to sit with me


MARVEL (DIVAS)

Stock Tip: Marvel - Oh the Cognitive Dissonance

Marvel Editor-in-Chief: We’re sexist because I listen to Pink

Concept art (and a possible story clue?) from Marvel Divas


POWER GIRL

Nobody Cares About Your Breasts

Power Girl Comfort Food

The Virgin Read: You Need More Janet Jackson In Your Life, Power Girl

Facebook pulls ad featuring Power Girl for being being too offensive


WOLVERINE:

X-Men Origins: Wolverine — Same Old Story

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is sexist?

Thursday May 7th

Feminist Manga Creator Murasaki Yamada Passes Away



The boob window/why Ms. Marvel?

Dead Girlfriends

Why is Huntress back in her Jim Lee outfit?

Taking cues from mainstream comics

Off LJ - Marvel Divas

Marvel Boss: We're Not Sexist, Just Loud

Doesn't fit.

Women: (Comics) Conned

Is 'Wolverine' the most homoerotic superhero movie ever?

Space Girls

Bound to Blog: Wonder Woman #6 (with Mary Sue tie-in)

Mary Stu and Marty Sue

Friends of Kate Spencer?

REVIEW: Supergirl: Cosmic Adventures of the Eighth Grade #6

Sam Kieth's "Inner Bimbo"

Trinity: The Black Fantasy.

Thoughts on BoP, and Oracle: Internet Superhero

Tuesday May 5th - Safari Compatible Edition!

NOTE: You may recall that users of the Safari web browser were having difficulty viewing this blog. Happily, the latest version of Safari appears to have fixed the problem (thus saving me from fiddling with Blogger coding! Huzzah!).


"I'm a woman and I'm not offended at all..."

Joe Quesada sounds off on ASM #600 on MyCup O’Joe!

DC reveals Georges Jeanty’s Manhunter

Caves and Clocktowers

Looking Back with the Birds: A Birds of Prey Retrospective

Joe Quesada sounds off on ASM #600 on MyCup O’Joe!

“Going Two Ways Without Skytel Pagers”

You’ve Got to be Carefully Taught

In defense of Guillem March

At This Point, Bitter Is A Specialty Flavour

Sexist Female Killer

Snapper Sue

Senior Moment : an Interview with Ariel Schrag

Catwoman's Origin: Also Multiple Choice (but some choices are better than others)

Who’s behind the mask this time?

Supergirls just fly

The Big Feminist BUT

defining mary

The Origin of Ada Lovelace

Female Batman Villains: Any non-redeemable ones?

X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Wolverine’s secret origins: really a chick flick?

Comic books provide incentive for reading

The 9 Least Necessary Female Versions of Male Superheroes (and Villains)

Pioneering comics, disturbing gender attitudes in Chazen's 'Underground Classics'

Monday, May 4 - Manga Edition

Orange Planet Book 1 and Male Harem Manga

COMICS REVIEW / Facing zombies takes guts, even in cheesecake manga

Straight from the heart

Review: Princess Resurrection 1 & 2 by Yasunori Mitsunaga

Review: Reading Club (Vol 1)

Jack Frost, Volume 1

Honey and Clover 6

Off*Beat, Volumes 1 & 2

Venus Capriccio Volume 1 (Mai Nishikata)

A.I. Revolution 2 by Yuu Asami: B+

Manga Monday: Hot Gimmick

High School Debut (manga, vol. 3) by Kazune Kawahara

Dorothea Vol 01 – Thoughts & Impressions

Genju No Seiza Vol 1

Danielle Leigh’s Ready Dairy – Orange Planet Vol 1

The Color of Earth (First Second)

Fire Investigator Nanase Vol 1 by Hashimoto & Ichikawa Manga Review

 

Misc

Never mind Coraline, give me a proper Cartoon Heroine