July 1, 2008

Invisible Girls and Phantom Ladies: How far have we come?

Why have there been no great women cartoonists?

get outta my way

WW

Scenes from Wizard World Chicago ‘08: A Strip Club with a Convention Booth

Truth.

More sexification of childhood « Kate Harding’s Shapely Prose

iFanboy takes on Sandman

It’s About The Person: Gender Transgression and Disappointment in American Virgin

Troubled Rant #3: Disempowering Figurations

Unwanted

For Better or For Worse Cop-Out

Why all the Geek Grrling?
The Geek Girl What Rules’ Greatest Hits - #10 Comic Book Obsessions
The Geek Girls What Rules Greatest Hits - #12 Girls and Comics
9 Chickweed Lane, again
Comic Review: Ayre Force

Movies
Your Gaze Hits the Side Of My Face

The sheep, or the wolf

WANTED (2008) James MacAvoy, Angelina Jolie

Wanted

The Incredible Hulk

Hulk Smash

Actually, I Might WATCH "Soldier #3 Who Gets Blown Up Real Good".

6-25-2008

Top Five Four Sunday - Unsung Heroines

(Not So) Hot Tranny Mess: Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy

Geek Girls Rule! #49 - My New Obsession and My Angry Feminist Rant

revisionist superheroics

The Astonishing Elf Girl's Tips for Keeping Your Comic Store Clerk Happy. ~ And Other Long Titles

Manga Links

"Point and laugh" is one reaction. "Jaw-drop" is another.

Witchblade Manga Up for an Award?

Claymore

Josei Manga in the US

Happy Therapy

Walkin’ Butterfly 3

Series Review: ES: Eternal Sabbath, Vols. 1-8

Yozakura Quartet Books 1 and 2

Usotsuki na Gemini, by MIYAWAKI Yukino

Two Flowers for the Dragon, vol. 1

Afterschool Nightmare Vol. #06

Girl Who Runs Through Time 1

Venus in Love #3

Yoshinaga Fumi - Ooku, vol. 01-03 (Chi. trans.)

Since everyone else is on hiatus, I'm also putting myself on semi-hiatus because I'm getting ready for some summer travel next month. I'll probably post if I get some link suggestions though :)

Note to WFA Readers:

Hi everyone,

You may have noticed WFA's superhero coverage sadly petering out as this summer stretches on. This, unfortunately, is due to the fact that real life has bitchslapped Ragnell and me HARD and we're scrambling to catch up.

We can't fool ourselves anymore that the catching up is going to happen any time soon, so much to our regret we have to announce that WFA (at least the superhero coverage part) is on temporary hiatus.

As for the manga coverage, that's up to Anna. :-) If she wants to keep it up or not, we're cool with that either way.

Anyway, if all goes well, we'll see you here again in a few weeks all raring to go!

-Melissa Krause / "Kalinara"

June 16, 2008

My Heavenly Hockey Club Vol. #04

!00% Perfect Girl Manwha -- how low will it go?

Troubled Rant #3: Disempowering Figurations

Surrender to the Pink

Sand Chronicles, Vol. 1 - Manga Review

Nephilim Vol 1 by Anna Hanamaki Manga Review

Suzuka Volume 8

The gender of plot and character

Best Manga to Soothe a Broken Heart (Guys Edition)

Gentlemen’s Alliance Cross Mini Review (manga)

Cute or Creepy?

In the End Vol. #01

Puri x Puri, by KIRITANI Miki

Oyayubihime Infinity 2

Yakuza in Love Vol. #01

Wiscon 32: Shoujo Bodies

Love*Com 5 by Aya Nakahara: A-

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! Hell's Kitchen

Manga review: Hana Yori Dango = Boys Over Flowers, Volumes 15-16

Koi Beta!?, by YUMACHI Shin

Museum of Terror 3: The Long Hair in the Attic

Ouran High School Host Club Review

Selfish Mr. Mermaid 1

Wild Ones Book 3

Triumphant Return?

Thanks everyone for being so patient about our unexpected hiatus and a special thank you to everyone who sent a link in to me, Ragnell or Anna. We're slowly working on catching back up.

A Century of Women Cartoonists (Johanna Draper Carlson)

Boom-Chicka-Bow-Bow (Dorian Wright)

Comics Backlog #1: Batman and Manhunter (Amy Reads)

Comics Reviews 6/11/08 (Mildren Milton)

Friday Night Fights: Girl Power! (Bitterandrew)

It's Official (Biff Boulder)

John Seavey’s Storytelling Engines: Batgirl (Brian Cronin)

Mockingbird (Brainfreeze)

Quickfix: The Society vs The League of Titans (Mike Haselhoff)

Reviews and an apology. Also, I am famous (Nevermore999)

Rogue #1-4 (G Kendall)

Sinfest: The Great Abortion Debate

Spider-Skrull...or not. (Rich)

Spiders, Bendis and Skrulls, oh my... (Rich)

Superheroes Who Can't Get Laid (Valerie D'Orazio)

T'Challa & Ororo vs The Sexist Racists (David Brothers)

The Feeling that Remains (Bitterandrew)

The Great Women Cartoonists and the Great Women Superheroes (Johanna Draper Carlson)

The Tenuous Position of Children in Comics (V5_vendetta)

Three's A Charm (Scipio)

Torchbearers: Destiny Ajaye (Cheryl Lynn)

Waking the Feminist Inside the Fangirl (Cindy Cooper)

When Ignoring It Didn't Make it Go Away (Tucker Stone)

Women and the Comics (Johanna Draper Carlson)

"You cannot overcome my laser-proof breasts!" (Mike Sterling)

June 4, 2008

*Tail of the Moon Book 11 — Recommended

Review: Pick of the Litter Volume 1

Manga review: Hana Yori Dango, Volumes 13-14

Manga Reviews

Moon Child 10

Manga Review: Yozakura Quartet, Vols. 1-2

Kitchen Princess Book 5

Nephilim Book 1

Series Review: IWGP, Vols. 1-4

The Gorgeous Life of Strawberry-Chan

Museum of Terror 2: Tomie 2

Higuri, You: Cantarella 10

Review: Kieli, vol. 1

Skip Beat! 11 by Yoshiki Nakamura: A-

Manga review: Basara, Volumes 1-10; Part II

Tokyopop Manga Pilots

Justice is Still Important

Tune in Tokyo... Pop

MAKE COMICS: "A Ridiculous Stir"

Non-Manga Links

Gender and Reading Habits Part One: Let's Hear it for the Boys

To Better Know A Hero: Wonder Woman

Miscarriage in Fiction

The Devolution of Feminism in Comic Book Fandom: Kohlberg and Stunted Moral Development

The Robin/Spoiler Special was the shiz

A Century of Women Cartoonists

Women and the Comics

May 29, 2008

Cy-Believers Vol. #01

Manga review: Hana Yori Dango, Volumes 11-12

Oricon Poll: Which Manga is the role model for Love?

Gacha Gacha: The Next Revolution Volume 6

My Heavenly Hockey Club Volume 1

Aoi Shiro Manga, Volume 1

Manga Review: Orfina, Vol. 1

Hajime no Ippo vols 1-83 - Thoughts & Impressions

Manga review: Sugar Sugar Rune, Volumes 4-7

Manga Sutra - Futari H Book 2

Chronicle of a Hiatus Foretold

Girls Saurus Vol 1-9 - Thoughts & Impressions

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! Haripota Hogwarts Cram School

Pretty Face

Manga Review: Cy-Belivers, Vol. 1

Fushigi Yugi Genbu Kaiden Vol 1 by Yuu Watase Manga Review

More backlog

Vixenification Right On Damn Schedule

Pretty, Fizzy Paradise: A couple of cover reactions.

Oh, Christ, NOT AGAIN. Look who's been Vixenified this time

(Now, what's all this crazy talk about "Whitewashing"?

Redwashing?

The Not-So-Funnies: Using Niqab in Comics to Otherize Iranian Women

Witchblade Adaptation Gets a Sexy Teaser Poster

Teaser poster, um, revealed for Witchblade

Witchblade plus a Wolverine-esque tangent

That Witchblade poster...

"You cannot overcome my laser-proof breasts!"

Final Defecations On Countdown Vier

Conversations With Young People

Rogue’s Review #2: Catwoman

Monday Morning Meditation...

Open Letter To Valerie D'Orazio

Torchbearers: Jasmine Callihan

Morrison, what the hell?!

Chronicle of a Hiatus Foretold

Plot Devices that Need to Go Away #2

It’s Never Too Late!

More Gender Politics

Misogynist puppeteering

Making It Hot: OK in my book

Shake Girl - an online graphic novel

I bought comics. I went splutterwhat???

Yeah, What The Hell ARE You Wearing, Raven?

Marvel Loves Sexually Controversial Images

Why I Despise Greg Land's Artwork Reason 139

What’s wrong with bein’ sexy? the frank and open edition

Gasping neck wounds and protruding tails: scrambled sexuality and dermatological disorder in Charles Burns’ Black Hole

Is This Gratuitous: ECCC 2008 Exclusive Edition

A Question Not Of Prudery, But Taste

Soft-Core Titans Action

Fast Thoughts - The Week of 05/14/08 & 5/21/08

Shake Girl

Random Thoughts On A Comic-Loving Librarian's School Visit Or Why Jenny Doesn't Read Comics.

Val Reviews American Dream & DC Special: Raven

On Appreciation…A Musing

Devon Vs. Checkmate #26 And The Bear Wins And Other Stories - Updated

Saw the Robin scans, just like everybody.

Trolls being trolled

Shocking Update!

Still catching up, so don't mind accidental relinks.  Pile's huge.  Sorry 'bout the little rant last post.

Thanks to Notintheface for providing some links. --R.

May Backlog

It is sunny and warm and I am at work; one of these three things is just not right!

Dave Sim lives up to his reputation, again.

Should Newsarama Apologize Over Jihad Remark?

We don’t do news, but…

My Take On The Issues Within And About The Iron Man Movie

On A Certain Blogger

Late Edition

Rucka says Batwoman comic is a go

From zombies to boarding school

(No title)

Shake Girl

Rogue’s Review #1: Harley Quinn

Iron Man

Can Wizard Magazine BE anymore sexist?

The Fifth Color - Old Dogs and New Tricks

Miss Masque

james_nicoll: One benefit of FBoFW

Most Excellent Super What?

mildredmilton: Comics Oscars!

AAARGHH

Why It Still Matters

Variations on a Theme

Bring on the men

Men of the DCU Contest - All Entries

Let Her Wear Pants

Torchbearers: Amanda Shane

A feminist geek's letter to Toyfare Magazine

Secret Wars on Infinite Earths: The Comic Book Fight Club

The Boys hate The Girls (NSFW)

Antici——————pation.

Open Books Features Nancy Goldstein

Writing For Rookies Podcast Features Cheryl Lynn Eaton

Robin #174

Robin 174

Not quite done

Devil's Panties - Monday, May 19, 2008
Devil's Panties - Tuesday, May 20, 2008

On WFA itself:
Not on Strike!: Rally the Troops!

McBangle's Angle: Sigh.

Written World: Quick Note

That's some of the backlog.  I've had a shitty week and I'm not telling any of you about it, and if you ask for an explanation or quibble over the links posted here I'll probably snap and metaphorically bite your head off (which is all I can do until they perfect the technology to actually bite someone's head off over the internet).  And I really don't give a fuck this time if there are repeats or out of date news or unclearness on how it applies or not naming the authors so that you can tell who the trolls are today so don't bother complaining.  Most of these are quality links.  Enjoy them and leave me alone.

Also, don't comment with your sympathy or appreciation because I don't want to hear that either. If you really want to be nice, send me links I missed so I don't have to sift through the ungodly folders of unread blogposts I have sitting on my accursed computer. Damn the internet and my parents for bequeathing me the personality flaws that led to this sorry social position. Happy fucking Memorial Day.  --R.

5-24

A feminist geek's letter to toyfare (Yvette)

A visual poll for the readers: the feminine body and popular culture (kali921)

Comics are for Everybody! (Tiina)

Confidentially...! (SallyP)

Cyberbullying and Online Comics (Choice Words)

Feminism and Superheroines (Pop Feminist

Furious Fights with Feminazis, A Rant (Geministar01)

Geek Girl to the rescue (Daniel A. Kusner)

Goodbye Cruel - Nah, Just Taking a Break (Avalon's Willow)

Iron Man: Retro, Sexist, or Retro-Sexist? (AJF)

Jackpot of the Week (Rich)

LSH 41 .... Spoilers (Legion World Forum)

Marvel Team-Up #8: Marvel's Feminism in the Early 1970s (Darwin3313)

mewmewmewmewmewmewmewmewmewmewmewmew *runs around in circles* XDDDDDDD YAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Ami Angelwings)

Mother of All Rants (Valerie D'Orazio)

New Comics 5/14/08 (Tom Bondurant)

Oh for Pity's Sake (SallyP)

Reviews: comic-esque (RivkaT)

Reviews: The everything was great this week except for Gotham Underground edition! (nevermore999)

SBBT Stop: David J. Schwartz (G. Bond)

Shake Girl (Jess McCabe)

Spoiler of the Week (Rich)

Teh drama, pt 2 (Nevermore999)

The Boys hate The Girls (Mr. Coleman)

The Princess and the Pilot (Bradygirl_12)

Triple Treat (Marionette)

Women in Comics Roundtable (Johanna Draper Carlson)

May 22, 2008

The Best of Yaoi And Yuri

Love Luck, by ASAHINA Yuuya

Love Fighter, by FUJISAWA Shizuki

Reviews: comic-esque

Dorothea Vol 1 by Cuvie Manga Review

Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE 17 by CLAMP: A-

Princes, Princesses, and Revolution: Gender Roles in Revolutionary Girl Utena

Travel the World: Manga Shakespeare

Aria Book 1 — Recommended

Aria Book 2 — Recommended

Fujoshi Rumi, Vol. 1 & 2

Metro Survive Vol. #01

Muhyo & Roji’s Bureau of Supernatural Investigation Volume 1

Honey and Clover Book 2

Kamikaze Kaito Jeanne

Cipher Vol. #04

Manga Before Flowers - A Boy’s Education

Two Flowers for the Dragon Vol 1 by Nari Kusakawa Manga Review

Via Mangablog:

Manga Monday: The Moon and the Sandals

Yuri Manga: Aoi Hana, Volume 3

A PROMISE OF ROMANCE (ADVANCE REVIEW)

Ultimate Venus Volume 1

May 19, 2008

Zettai Kareshi/ Absolute Boyfriend (Live/Manga)

Luv Luv

Color of Rage, Vol. 1

After School Nightmare Vol 7 by Setona Mizushiro Manga Review

Star Project Chiro Vol. #01

Love Control Vol. #01

Dororo 1

Junk: Record of the Last Hero, Vols. 1-2

Strangers in Paradise: That “Girl” Book

Manga Review: Voiceful

Kiss All the Boys Vol 1 by Shiuko Kano Manga Review

Feminists in Manga

Hell Girl Book 2

Run, Run, Run, Run, Runaways!

Amethyst Princess of Gemworld!

Changing the Female Face of Comics

Manga and hard topics Part 2 (I suppose)

REVIEWS for May 17

May 14, 2008

Kieli Vol. #01

ES ~Eternal Sabbath~ Vol. #06

Manga Mania: Muslim Manga's Reach

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! Wild Wild West

Rose Hip Zero 1-5 - Thoughts & Impressions

Review: Toto!, vol. 1

Minekura Kazuya - Wild Adapter, vol. 05 (Eng. trans.)

7SEEDS 1 (Japanese) by Yumi Tamura: B+

7SEEDS 2 (Japanese) by Yumi Tamura: A-

Enchanter Vols 1-7 - Thoughts & Impressions

Nosatsu Junkie Vol 5 by Ryoko Fukuyama Manga Review

Third, The Vol. #01

Nephilim Vol. #01

Review: Emma, vols. 4-7

On the Shojo Beat: Fairy Cube, Haruka, and ION

A Foreign Love Affair by Ayano Yamane

Via MangaBlog:

Manga review: Suppli = Sapuri, Volume 2

FOXY LADY VOL.1 (ADVANCE REVIEW)

Yuri Manga: Gunjou, Chapters 3 and 6

Spy Goddess: The Chase for the Chalice

Skip-Beat! v1-6

Kieli Volume 1

May 12th, 2008

Miscellaneous
Not Quite Sure How To Take This: House Of Mystery #1 (Toriach)

Variations on a Theme (Melissa Krause)

Characters I Love: Big Barda! (Joel Bryan)

red pleather, blue armor (Holly)

You can’t have it all, girls (Comics Curmudgeon)

My issues with manga. (part I) (Adalisa)

Adventures of Comic Book Girl - Teh drama, pt 2. (Nevermore999)

All the GIRL things (Redlib)

Power Girl Fan Art (sfa_webcomic) (NSFW)

Enter "the Woman Who Knows" ... and several who don't. (Mad Thinker Scott)

The Empowering Secret (Anon, A Mouse)

And now for something awesome. (Ragnell)

Women, Movies, and Iron Man
Where Are The Superheroine Movies? (Van Jensen)

Quote, Unquote (Tim O'Shea)

Frank Miller Loves Tough Girls (Elisabeth Rappe)

INTERVIEW: The Supergirlfriends of Batman, Hulk & Iron Man (Jim Littler)

Iron Brew (Tymbus)

I am Irooon Maaaan... (Tiredfairy)

Iron Man review (Mela)

Does whatever an iron can? (Trixie Firecracker)

innerbrat: Iron Man rocks, and if you disagree, you're wrong. (Innerbrat)

Everyblonde (Marionette)

Friday Links - But First, A Call For Guest Reviewers (Skye)

Iron Man: The Summer of Men (some spoilers) (WOC PhD)

Iron Man, Firefly and different layers of feminist analysis of pop culture (Jess McCabe)

And once again, Iron Man is an asshole (Fox in the Stars)

I Saw Iron Man! (Lisa Kansas)

The Continuing Saga of Brett (An earlier disagreement that this particular blogger had with activist readers is mingling with some of his off-topic posts in the comments, turning most of them into on-topic posts.  Not sure how long this will last. --R)
You must pity him! For we were all SO MEAN! (LurkerWithout)

Supply and Demand Trumps Liberation and Enlightenment (Brett)

Your Grandpa's Captain America (Covers) (Brett)

Open Source Self Ownership Project (Brett)

What? No seriously, what? (LurkerWithout)

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May 11, 2008

I Shall Never Return Vol 2 by Kazuna Uchida Manga Review

Ambivalent about Alive

Manga Review: The Record of a Fallen Vampire, Vol. 1

Boys Over Flowers 8 by Yoko Kamio: B
Boys Over Flowers 7 by Yoko Kamio: A

Manga Moms

Crimson Hero Vol 5 by Mitsuba Takanashi Manga Review

Devil's Bride, vol. 1

Say Please Vol. #01

School Rumble Vol. #05

Hellgate London Manga Review

On the gendering of Giant Robots

Seduce Me After the Show Vol. #01

Gun Blaze West Mini Review (manga)

Mizushiro Setona - After School Nightmare, vol. 07 (Eng. trans.)

NANA Vol 10 by Ai Yazawa Manga Review

ES ~Eternal Sabbath~ Vol. #05

5-10

A Little Something for the Ladies: Sexism in the Seventies (Hookersden)

Fa-Fa-Fa-Fa-Fashion (The Fortress Keeper)

Fangirl Fridays: You've Come A Long Way, Baby?

Heterosexual Awareness! Cable #3 Review (Novaya Havoc)

Hero(in)es and Villain(esse)s (Robyn Fleming)

Panelology: Bad Girls (Brandon)

Suprise Goodness! (Anastasia Mitrevski)

THE Drama on Comic Bloc (nevermore999)

The (Final) Dave Sim Gambit (Jared Lucas Nathanson)

The Objectification of Women in Graphic Novels (Broken Mystic)

Thursday Morning Hangover: Comic Book Reviews for May 7, 2008 (Jakob)

Visual Communication Final (Maria Urbina)

Waiting to Say I Told You So: Cowards Write Open Letters (Brett)
Blogdrama (Ragnell)

Why Iron Man and I had to break up (Sigaliris)

May 9th, 2008

Nah kid.

Allow Me to Clarify in Pictures

Are you fond of toffee?

I will set motherfuckers on fire.

Equal opportunity

The 4 Even Creepier Comic Book Characters of All Time

This is the Funvee

Terry Dodson's Women of the DC Universe BATWOMAN Bust

Okay, I Take Back Everything I Said About Michael Turner's Covers

Another comic on "nice guys."

Beg To Differ: Sometimes It Is Just That Simple

Jennifer de Guzman: Winner of the Women of Distinction Award, 2007

Advance Review: Water Baby

She's got the Power!

"Parker! Get out there and get me photographs of stick-skinny models in goofy superhero costumes! And Spider-Man!"

Second verse, same as the first

WTF, Comics?

Ah, racism…

First DCU Men Contest Entry Received

Two More DCU Men Contest Entries

Buffy Spoilers
Letter to Joss

May. 7th, 2008

Dear Joss, please stop.

May. 8th, 2008

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May 8, 2008

Tail of the Moon Volume 5 - 10 - Thoughts & Impressions

I Hate You More Than Anyone Vol 4 by Banri Hidaka Manga Review

White Night Melody, vol. 1

Interview with Yuri Translator Anastasia Moreno

Yoshinaga Fumi - Flower of Life, vol. 01-03 (Eng. trans.)

Love*Com Vol 6 by Aya Nakahara Manga Review

The Legend of Chun Hyang

Review: Genju no Seiza Volume 4

All Nippon Air Line Vol. #01 Paradise at 30,000 Feet

Wild Ones Volume 2

Real Love

May 7th , 2008

Walk The Line

Oh, Teen Titans. You continue to make me sad

Dave Sim requires oath of belief in his non-misogyny for correspondence

Dave Sim is a tracer– a review of glamourpuss #1

The Fox is not Jolie

High School Debut: In which I get some macho back

May 26, 2007

Lying In The Gutters - 5-5-2008

Let's Celebrate Halloween Five And A Half Months Early!

CROTCH SHOT

From The Guys Who Brought You Heroes For Hentai: Those Silly Girls Reading Semen Into Everything.

Hoo boy.

Reason #357 why I am so done with the comics industry

The un-compromising standards of journalism we've come to expect from Newsarama

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May 5th, 2008

Jungle Action

Comic Books: Modern American Mythology

Fangirl Fridays for May 2, 2008

Iron Man: Pepper Potts

Free Comic Book Day 2008 Guide & Thoughts

Righteous Beatdowns R Us

American Dream—A Fresh Female Face To ‘Old School’ (Marvel) Comics

of course you're not a geek; you're a girl!

Review: 'Sex and Sensibility' edited by Liza Donelly

Apparent Marvel/DC Olympics Misunderstanding

Friends of Lulu on Comixology!

Wanted Poster

Man in the iron mask…

AAARGH.

400

Apparent Marvel/DC Olympics Misunderstanding

That's not right.

Super Hero Olympics And Remember Your Croce

Mr. Anonymous Strikes Again

Was This Really Neccesary: Green Lantern 30 And Racial Slurs/Teen Titans 58 And Near Rape In A Bathroom

DC hearing my prayers?!

Come Summer, Is There a Woman in the Multiplex?

As usual.

The Hollywood Summer Blockbuster: No Woman's Land?

Yallah, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

Of Jihads & Stupid Jokes


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Dave Sim, The Debate Continues

This amuses the hell out of me.

Just a thought. . .

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Losing it…

"Are You Now Or Have You Ever Been A Misogynist?"

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