Sunday, July 31, 2011

Catching Up, Part Four: Kevin Keller, LGBTQ in Comics, The Power Within, & more

Kevin Keller:

Archie Comics’ Kevin Keller is getting his own series … AND MARRIED …

Archie Planning KEVIN KELLER Ongoing for February 2012

Now Archie Comics Brings Us Gay Marriage

Kevin Keller, Archie‘s Gay, DADT Referencing Teen Character to Get His Own Monthly

Archie Comics Sues Its co-CEO for Sexual Harrasment

SDCC ’11 | Archie gives Kevin Keller his own series

SDCC ’11 | Dan Parent on the future of Kevin Keller

Archie Comics’ Gay Character Gets Full Series

Gay ‘Archie Comics’ Character Scores Monthly Spin-off

‘Archie’ Comics Are Officially All In On Gay Rights

Now Archie Comics Brings Us Gay Marriage


LGBTQ in Comics:

Exclusive Preview: Generation Hope #9 Addresses Teenage Gay Suicide

1. I can’t recall but I’m pretty sure that neither Tony nor Steve have ever stated their sexuality.

It saddens me that DC has this policy that doesn’t allow their writers to talk about the sexuality of the former Robins unless they are *straight.*

FUCKING WHOA, HOLD ON A SECOND

I find it weird because I feel like they’re presuming that all of their “straight” characters are a 0 on the Kinsey Scale.

Superman's Ex-Girlfriend Lana Lang Tries to Get Clark Kent Out of the Closet [Comic]

Comics We Love: Howard Cruse's 'Stuck Rubber Baby' in Print Again At Last

What else would I post?

Up, Up and Out of the Closet

Looks like Renee will be in the DCnU; Dan Didio on DC and LGBT characters

So, let me get this straight …

Kick Ass LGBT Women: One Year Later

Marcus Bachmann & My Gay Barbarian Connection

Gay Previews 9/2011

Souls Of Splendor

Three #2

Bludgeon #0

Dan DiDio On Gay Characters in the DCnU: Renee Montoya Possibly Confirmed as The Question?

Jeffrey Catherine Jones film preview to screen at San Diego

Comics A.M. | DC’s gay and lesbian heroes, ‘more brooding’ Superman

Look! It Moves! #105 by Adi Tantimedh: Superheroes ‘R SEXXXXXX (Oh, And Gay!)

A Personal History of a Queer Cartoonist and Self Publisher (i.e. Me)

Prism Comics Announces Queer Press Grant Deadline For 2011

Support “Feast of Fun”, Feast on Northwest Press Books!

Prism Comics' "Gay Agenda" Revealed for Comic-Con 2011

My Friday Comic-Con Report: The Future of LGBT Comics is Good

Let’s Talk About Lesbian Batwoman Some More

5 BOOKS FOR LOUNGE CHAIR READING

Coming out in comics: Poison Ivy

Previews for Gays, July 2011

DC Relaunch: Batman Vs Chip Kidd

HuffPost Features Not One But TWO Articles on LGBT Comics Creators!

'Beefcake Heroes': Joe Phillips Brings Gay Superheroes Out Of The Closet (PHOTOS)

Review: Friend of Dorothy #2


The Power Within:

Preview: The Power Within, A Comic About Gay Teen Bullying

Pro-Gay Comic Taps 'The Power Within' To Combat Bullying

The Power Within


The Pride:

The Pride: queer superheroes

I actually took a look at the previews and… this isn’t something I would support as a queer person.


Wandering Son:

Wandering Son

Manga Review: Wandering Son Reveals Softer Side of Gender-Bending

Catching Up, Part Three: Women & Numbers, Friends of Lulu, Geek Girls, & more

Female readers and comics creators, women and superheroes, statistics/numbers, etc:

DC Comics to female readers: we’re just not that into you

Women and superheroes: We’re just not that into you?

All the Comics in the World: Sexism

Women In Comics Revisited

Committed: Women in Comics

Women in comics: They’re now, they’re wow — get used to it

The World Has Already Changed LinkBlogging: Women, Collectibility, Miniseries, and Gary Groth

Readership Statistics, I: Participant Information

Readership Statistics, II: Perceptions of Gender

Readership Statistics, III: The Role of Content

Readership Statistics IV: The Role of Marketing

Readership Statistics IV: The Role of Marketing

One More Insult

An open letter to DC Comics

There Are Actually LESS Female Characters In The DC Relaunch Than There Are Now

Introducing Ladydrawers

In Comics World, Women Are Invisible - Except When They're Naked

No Great Women Comics Artists?

Women In Comics Statistics: DC, June 8, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: Marvel, June 8, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: DC, June 15, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: Marvel, June 15, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: DC, June 22, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: Marvel, June 22, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: DC, June 29, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: Marvel, June 29, 2011

Gendercrunching June 2011 – Dark Horse To The Rescue

Women In Comics Statistics: DC, July 6, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: Marvel, July 6, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: DC, July 13, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: Marvel, July 13, 2011

The Hard Numbers Say There are Less Female Characters in the DCnU As Well

Women and comics - the best of frienemies

Marvel’s September Lady Percentage: 5%

What do you want from women in comics?


Friends of Lulu:

Friends of Lulu Done and Gone

A New Hope For Friends Of Lulu!

What Went Wrong With Friends of Lulu? A Postmortem Interview

How To Be Burned By An Internet "Reporter" -- And The Zooey Deschanel vs. Patt Morrison Case


Geek Girls:

Why Question Geek Girl Cred

Are you questioning Miss USA's geek cred?


Green Lantern movie:

Fans got their first taste of the infamous Dr. Amanda Waller, courtesy of actress Angela Bassett, in Green Lantern (2011)

July Link Love: X-Men First Class, Green Lantern, and Other Tidbits

Fantastic Fangirls Podcast # 4: Green Lantern


Harley Quinn:

Interview With The Gorgeous Harley Quinn

SDCC HARLEYPALOOZA PROTEST - how to be involved even if you’re not going!!!

Harely Quinn DCU redesign

Agent of S.T.Y.L.E.: The High End Fashion of Harley Quinn!

Flashpoint reboot: Ridiculous

The New Harley Quinn Costume... Adapted for a Male Superhero

Catching Up, Part Two: Catwoman, Chester 5000, DC Reboot, & more

Catwoman:

First Glimpse at Catwoman from Batman:Year One short

Catwoman needs plunging cleavage to be sexy? Zip it!

Anne Hathaway WILL wear Catwoman costume in DARK KNIGHT RISES


Chester 5000 XYV:

Chester 5000 XYV

Chester 5000 XYV


DC Reboot/DCnU:

DCnU M.I.A. - Top Heroes MISSING From DC's REVAMP

DC Comics to female readers: we’re just not that into you

The Definition of Insanity: DC To Spend Millions Preaching To The Choir

DC’s New Target Audience Is Younger, Still Male

She Has No Head! – Yet Another Pass At A DC 52…

BUSTED! Fact-checking Ten MYTHS About the DCnU

Saopbox: Women In Comics and DC's Not-So-Diverse Reboot

Open Letter to DC Comics, Part 3: Marketing Fail, Or Why Not Go After Truly New Readers?

[Spoilers] DC’s Surprise Ending To JLA #58 May Explain A Missing Character In The Relaunch

DC-Women-Kicking-Ass Tell DC: Pick Up the Money Sitting on the Table

More thoughts on DC's cunning new marketing strategy

And you thought cosplaying Starfire was hard BEFORE.

DC’s New Target Audience Is Younger, Still Male

Is October Boobtober for DC this year?

Is DC gunning for big sales in October?

DC's September's previews reviewed

JL: The B-List

Potential DCnU full JLA line-up identified

Who is the mystery woman in the potential new DCnU JLA?

Johns confirms the JLA new line-up; Mystery of DCnU female member deepens

Just who is this mysterious new member of Birds of Prey?

Notes from the DC Roadshow: Well, that’s that, isn’t it?

DC Comics to female readers: we’re just not that into you

Don’t catch the girl germs!

There Are Actually LESS Female Characters In The DC Relaunch Than There Are Now

Dan DiDio On Gay Characters in the DCnU: Renee Montoya Possibly Confirmed as The Question?

Quote of the day | Corrina Lawson, on DC Comics and female readers

Posted this on DC's Facebook Page

Quote of the day | Corrina Lawson, on DC Comics and female readers

Justice League tweaks I'd like to see.

Is this the worst costume for Zatanna ever?

I am so glad that Vixen is back JLI.


Devin Grayson:

Devin Grayson

Plastic surgery dystopia novel Uglies becomes a manga, and a movie


Disability in comics:

Talking Comics with Tim | Rus Wooton

uhg


Dwayne McDuffie:

What Comic-Con International Wouldn't Print

The Dwayne McDuffie tribute Comic-Con International wouldn't print

It's just never going to change, is it?

S.D. Comic-Con News: The Dwayne McDuffie Tribute That Wasn’t

CCI apologizes for asking Matt Wayne to change his Dwayne McDuffie tribute

It is 2011, right?


Emily Carroll:

Fun with Storytelling: Emily Carroll

Webcomic alert: Emily Carroll’s The Prince and the Sea”

Emily Carroll!


Flannery O'Connor:

Flannery O’Connor Also Drew Comics. And Yes, We Will Be Able to See Them

Flannery O’Connor: Cartoonist

Catching up, Part One: Akira, Anne Rice, Batgirls, Oracle, & Blue Beetle

Akira:

'AKIRA' Live-Action Film Dead, Chris Weston's Bike Redesign Lost to the Ages

Nevermind, Live-Action 'AKIRA' Movie Still Happening with 'Unknown' Director

Akira movie update

Reports of Akira‘s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

The Live-Action Akira Remake Is Dead. Long Live, Live-Action Akira Remake.

Akira movie updatey


Anne Rice Comics:

Rice's 'Interview with the Vampire' Goes Graphic

Ashley Marie Witter: Bringing Ann Rice’s Vampires to Life


Batgirls & Oracle:

Batgirl Rises

So, Steph…

Cassandra Cain is the Best Comic Character

*sigh*

*sigh* I admit, I have not read the entire "Gail, Jill & Babs" article on Newsarama.

Archive post

She’s a more seasoned and nuanced character because she’s not in a wheelchair?

Batgirl to keep Oracle backstory in DC relaunch

DC’s racefail, featuring Cass Cain

Frank Miller Owns Batman: “thank you. i love you.”

“Spoiler Was Gonna Die” – Inside The DC Writer Meeting That Killed Stephanie Brown

Give Batgirl The Chair by Eric Glover

Some Math on Barbara Gordon as Batgirl

Batgirl Can Walk Again; What's The Big Deal?

Batgirl and the Big, Gay Wheelchair

Dan Didio says Stephanie Brown is in the DCnU

Dan Didio says Stephanie Brown is in the DCnU

A Paralysis of Ethics: Batgirl and Disability Invisibility

That cover to Batgirl #2 - is Barbara Gordon being “deaged”?

Characters who don’t have disabilities are more seasoned and nuanced! You heard it here first!

DC writer talks about killing Stephanie Brown in War Games: “it was really seedy”

TV Guide first look at Lee’s Babs/Batgirl: “she’s in full health”

Didio and Lee on the DCnU: “Barbara Gordon was always going to be the strongest Batgirl”

Facebook page highlights strength of Barbara Gordon as Oracle

More DCnU news from the DC Road show; updates on Batgirl (s)!

Retailer FAQ reveals transition of Barbara Gordon to Batgirl

Quick, someone give me $10,000; Original TV Batgirl costume up for auction

Batgirl Year One: new interview with Beatty and Dixon

Dear DC Comics,

This post is called “Nev has quit DC and has anime and manga instead and is a happier person”

Things We Saw Today: A New Shot of Batgirl

Quote of the day | DC on Barbara Gordon, Batgirl and continuity

Batgirl: Silent Running


Would you accept this Oracle substitute?


Batgirl #23 Play-by-Play

also as predicted my LCS guy gave me Red Robin and I was too shy to say no

I’m not opposed to her losing a fight- if someone outthinks her, has superpowers, augmentation whatever a multitude of options

Yeah Dylan did not always do a fabulous job writing Cass (and Babs) but he DID do some really good issues

I love Barbara Gordon as Batgirl.

My name is Eric Glover, and I believe that Barbara’s not broken because you already fixed her.


Blue Beetle:

Bedard: DCnU BLUE BEETLE, 'Spider-Man Meets Green Lantern'

Damn you DC! Bedard’s Blue Beetle sounds terrific

Best DCnU Interview To-Date: Tony Bedard on Blue Beetle

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Monday June 13th to Friday June 17th

Barbara Gordon/Batgirls:

reading the Batgirl letters page makes me sad

Batgirl to walk again thanks to DC Comics revamp

I automatically think you’re an asshole if…

This is Barbara Gordon

The Batgirl Issue

Comic Rack – Batgirl #22


DC Re-boot/Non-boot/Nu-boots/whatever you wanna call it

Gail Simone And B Clay Moore: The Gender Politics Of The DC Relaunch

Well, Now We Know Why It’s Not To Be Called A Reboot…

I walked into my local comic shop today and was bombarded with all sorts of offensive comments (comments that I found offensive, they were very sexist and ableist) today about the DC reboot by a notorious staff member there.

How about this: Steve Rude posted on his Facebook page that he wants to come back to doing regular comic book work.

What do DCnU’s MIA Heroes Think of Being Missing?

48 Hours To Reimagine The DCU (Unless You Knew Bob Harras Back When)?

The new DCU

DC relaunch update!

DC clarifies that DCnU history contains DCU history

DC Editors on the Relaunch: Cost, Female Costumes, and What's Still in Continuity [Interview]

Progress?

And now, a lesson in avoiding the question.

5 Female Characters Who Should Have Headlined Books In The DC Relaunch OR No Lois Lane Book? Seriously?

Couldn't Help Myself- I Peeked

Power Girl’s Status in the new DCU

New DC Universe Scoreboard, Part II: Rounding out the 52 titles

Agent of S.T.Y.L.E.: The Fashion of the DCnU! Part 2

I Have Had Enough DC

Superheroism


Father's Day:

Q&A #114: Who is your favorite father in comics?

Five kick ass dads of DC women who kick ass

Five DC dads who need to get their ass kicked

standing in the ruins of another black man’s life

*raises eyebrow* If one is going to ignore Beechen’s run, then David Cain isn’t really as bad as all those other fathers.

This line of arguing makes me pretty uncomfortable to be honest.


Green Lanterns:

In Whitest Day, In Blackest Night: Race and the Green Lantern Movie

Shayera: incapable of making any decisions in relationships for herself

OH SHIT IT’S A HAL JORDAN RANT

oh god hal fans shut the fuck up

OP/ED - Green Lantern: The Truth About Black and Green

Green Lantern clips with Amanda Waller and Carol Ferris

The Underboobage is back!

Green Lantern fan comic sends Jordan and Stewart on patrol

Wait

'Green Lantern' Reopens Debate Over Racism in Science Fiction

'Green Lantern' is opening. Does it appeal only to white American males?


JLI Mystery Character:

JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL #1 Cover Pulls Disappearing Act

Where’s the new chick in DCnU JLI?

The Case of the Mysterious Disappearing Superheroine


Kevin Keller:

Welcome Back, Kevin!

Kevin Keller #1

Archie Tries to Avoid Gay Stereotypes in KEVIN KELLER Series

Kevin’s World

KEVIN KELLER OR VERONICA?

Review: Keven Keller Issue #1


Ladydrawers:

It’s Even Worse in the Comics Industry

Ladydrawers Launches, Confuses

Mystery postcards highlighting comics gender issues hit mailboxes — SOLVED


LGBTQ in Comics:

Young Romance's "That Strange Girl" - An LGBT Romance Comic Book Story - Or Is It?

Dynamite Damsels

Gay Previews – 8/2011

Akadot advertises too-hot-for-Kindle bundle


Not Strictly Comics:

Community’s Dan Harmon Talks About Women in the Writers’ Room

8 Real Women Who Deserve Their Own Action Movies

BioWare Pledges to Totally Acknowledge Female Shepard in Mass Effect Marketing This Time

E3 2011 Booth Babe Babes Bonanza!

Quote of the day #2 | “We have to stop thinking of it as a quota thing and think of it as a common-sense thing”

A Brief List and Analysis of White Savior Films

Submitted by Anonymous

Glee Had No Official Writing Staff, Now Has One With Women On It


Race, Ethnicity, & PoC in Comics:

Joan’s Kinda Racist.

New DC Universe Scoreboard, Part II: Rounding out the 52 titles

Race + Comics: Are DC’s POC Titles Already In Danger?

On Circumcision, Politics, and Rhetoric

Holy Burkas, Batman!

The Comics Connection III: The Green Lama (and I don’t mean Milarepa)


Scott Adams:

Shorter Scott Adams: Men are naturally rapists, cheaters and dick-pic-texters (and maybe Scott Adams likes pegging?)

Parting Shot: Scott Adams Calls Rape a 'Natural Male Instinct' (Like Tweeting Dong Shots)

Scott Adams surprisingly revealed as a female supremacist


Static Shock:

Ouch. Deep Breath. Expected Disappointment

Static Shock Special (June 2011)


Supergirl:

LMC Tells You What To Buy #1

Dear DC Comics, please do this book

The Many, Many Supergirl Costume Redesigns of Cory Walker

Interview With Jake Black

Supergirl #1 Solicitation

Kelly Sue DeConnick Interview

Review: Supergirl #65

Review: Supergirl #65

Supergirl #65


Supermarriage:

Dan DiDio signals the end of the Clark Kent/Lois Lane marriage

Didio implies the Supermarriage may be over

Ah Dan Didio. You have earned our love.

The end of the Clark Kent/Lois Lane marriage

DC Comics May Split Up Superman and Lois Lane

So what’s up with that super break-up?

Superman and Lois Lane to Break Up in the DC Relaunch?

Dan DiDio: Superman’s Marriage Is ‘Being Reexamined’

But… I Like Married Superman

Thursday Night Thinking #187

Only one more day for the marriage of Clark and Lois?


Women & Gender in Comics:

Power Girl’s Sexuality:

3 Chicks Review Comics – Episode 019

Jesus Christ I am so God damn sick of seeing so many people complaining about ‘skanky’ super hero outfits.

The Women Men Won't See

The greatest comic ever on sexism

Morning Glories #10

The Many Adventures of Miranda Mercury

In Which Colleen Coover Wins The Comics Internet

The goal of Market Monday is to show everyone all books coming out this week with female talent involved.

The Desert Peach by Donna Barr

Marvel Girls go 80s retro

Interview: Jackie Lewis

Interview: Svetlana Chmakova and Dennis Lo

Review: Ivy

Anita Fite (Empress)

Janet van Dyne (Wasp)

DC teams up with Subway for JLA comic

Dear DC Comics, please do this book

Review: Life with Mr. Dangerous

Amy Mebberson's Mad Muppet Skills Conquer Any Commission [Art]

Forbidden Love: I Read a Teen-Age Romance

Women In Comics Statistics: DC, May 25, 2011

Women In Comics Statistics: Marvel, May 25, 2011

Gendercrunching – May 2011

The happiest LADY cartoonists of all time?

Beasts of Burden in development

Forget the movie — Dorkin & Thompson working on new Beasts of Burden comics

From Batwoman to Blondie: J.H. Williams III

The Josei Alphabet: T

Julia Wertz revisits her childhood home

Why Aren't There More Women In Comics?

While we're discussing the problem with women in comics...

Survey on women and comics

Special Series-The Palette of Twelve Secret Colors by Nari Kusakawa

Venus Envy by Erin Lindsey

ProFile Friday

Mini Documentary: WOMEN in COMICS

Women In Comics Revisited


Wonder Woman:

Flashpoint: Wonder Woman And The Furies #1

Wonder Woman, Architecture and Mortality


X-Men: First Class:

The Best and Worst of 'X-Men: First Class' -- Moral Complexity and Depressing Racial Politics

Here’s your daily dose of passive-aggressive fancomics!

I don’t really care about being unfair to this guy’s character.

Monday, June 13, 2011

Wednesday, June 9th-Sunday, June 12th

Anime

Submitted by Anonymous

So, a serious question

Prolific Anime Voice Actress Tomoko Kawakami Dies

Barbara Gordon and Batgirl Reboot Centered Posts

Gail, Jill and Babs: A Conversation about BATGIRL & ORACLE

She’s been removed from the action and danger for a long time.

Steph, though, is a perfect example of why I hope people give Barbara a chance.


Just So We’re Clear On The Whole “People Will Get Over It” Thing

I don’t think she was ever presented, or consistently presented, as a female Robin, for instance.


Okay okay edited and shortened letter


I wish I didn’t feel so betrayed by Gail

They don’t have titles though.


Yeah it’s mostly just my rage goggles


Sigh. I’ve got the DCU blues.


Batgirl Walks! Thoughts on the DCnU’s Barbara Gordon…

My letter to DC.


Just got done reading Gail Simone’s interview on Batgirl


Let's just get the Oracle/Batgirl thing out of the way

Ask Chris #60: Batgirl Walks Again?

More Oracle-related ranting from Idgie.

Look! It’s the REAL Batgirl!


why do you hate so much on barbara gordon being batgirl?

Linkspam!


Oracle 1989-2011

Phil Noto says good bye to Oracle

A beautful piece by Phil Noto who shares his thoughts on Oracle:

on the boot

That’s sort of a tone argument.


On The DC Flashpoint/Batgirl Reboot

To whom it may concern at DC Comics,

In Defence of Oracle

Blue Beetle Reboot Centered Posts

EXCLUSIVE: Bedard & Guara Launch "Blue Beetle"

Blue Beetle #1


DC IS Doing a Blue Beetle Comic!

Catwoman Reboot Centered Posts

Judd Winick on Catwoman: Sexy! Violent! Sexy! Really Sexy! Did I say Sexy?

Catwoman: The Hyper-Sexualization of a Sexual Woman

General Reboot Diversity Centered Posts

DC relaunch: the good, the bad and the ugly

Back to the future.

Things many fans did ask for from DC:

Well, that was frustrating to tally up. I’m going to go be grouchy now.

And with the final four reporting in, lets post that last tally…

A letter to Diane Nelson


So How Diverse is DC's new line?

img: Pie chart, showing the number of men and women writing/drawing for DC post-reboot

img: Another pie chart.

Just a few rough random graphs on the male/female ratio in The Full 52.

Yes, Apollo and Midnighter are still gay men.


So, imagine the season premiere of Fringe rolls around,


As the most high profile female superheroine what are your hopes for Wonder Woman in this new DCU.

Birds of Prey #13 or, How DC is convincing me to stop buying their monthly books

Dearth of Female Creators in the DCnU: I feel a little better

Reboot Wishlist: 9 Comics We Want To See From the New DC

More from the LA Times

Minor & Personal Musings On Change

Killing Hawkwoman

I'm back!

Grumpy Old Fan | Blowed up real good

Thoughts on September's DC solicits

DC eliminated our favourite characters for these guys?

Your Morning DC Comics News: Blue Beetle, Harley Quinn, Apollo and Midnighter

Big Changes. Right.

I had a thought.

Only you can stop Donna Troy.

Women In Comics: DC Relaunch

Where are all the female creators, DC?

Half the time activists seem to be whiny assholes who never give credit to anyone

Harley Quinn Redesign/Reboot Centered Posts

Warning STRONG drink required

Simply put, what helped me cement my affection for all things geeky was the fact that Harley Quinn

megan rosalarian gedris: thoughts on the new harley design

Suicide Squad #1


Supergirl Reboot Centered Posts

New Costume? (Edited x 2)

Michael Green And Mike Johnson To Write Supergirl

Brand New Look for Supergirl


LGBT

Grin and Bear It


Tomorrow: Archie Comics Creator Comes To Main Street Comics

"Fighting Dopes"


Manga

Review: A Bride’s Story Vol 1 by Kaoru Mori

New Readers Start Here

Northlanders: Sven the Returned

Characters of Colour in superhero Comics - the women (part two)

Not strictly Comics

does anyone else find the “idiot nerd girl” meme really gross and sexist

Rape and Red Robin (trigger warning)

Red Robin #24

Really, the only thing I have to say about this besides it better not happen

The Possible Rape of Timothy Jackson Drake-Wayne

Re: Red Robin

FUCK YOU DC! FUCK YOU DC AND YOUR SEXISM!


Can I just say how i’m a little bit

You want to fight, DC?


Look

OH MY GOD!!!

About Red Robin #24


Women and Gender

Know Your DCU: Talia al Ghul


Women In Comics Statistics: Marvel, May 18, 2011

Batgirl’s Last Dance: The Brave and the Bold #33


Hi, can I talk about this girl for a moment?


Women In Comics Statistics: DC, May 18, 2011

Womanthology has a publisher!!!


This is from Batgirl: Secret Files & Origins

A Month of Comic Book Sites – Supergirl Comic Box Commentary

Freeway


Maya Lopez (Echo/Ronin)

ProFile Friday: Madeleine Joan Blaustein

Review: Dark Swan: Storm Born Vol 2 by Richelle Mead and Grant Alter

Review: Kelly Sue DeConnick's Sif #1

Static Makes The Cut


Black Batman Part Of DC's Relaunch

Not to be an apologist for Jeph, but I was actually born in Northampton MA,

RavenHammer Comics and The Harlem Shadow


Wait, correction to my complaint w/r/t X-Men.

Why there were no black people in the future...according to DC

x-men first class

You Left Out the Part About ...

Lies my teacher told me


Genocide and bubblegum – X-Men: First Class review

So saw X men First Class


WOW THAT IS EXTREMELY HETEROSEXUAL

While I agree that movie did a pretty crap job with Darwin

Cause you have a valid argument that I agree with about how the movie treats and portrays certain characters

Well then.

Is 'X-Men: First Class' the Love Story of Professor X and Magneto?

Table For Two: Arturo and Andrea catch up on X-Men: First Class


Quote of the day #2 | ‘The quintessential mutants of America were black’

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS, race and gender


X-Men: First Class Screenwriter Confirms LGBT Subtext as Totally Intentional


Thursday, June 09, 2011

Sunday June 4th to Wednesday June 9th

Barbara Gordon:

Oracle Fans Unite Online to Create Art and Activism

Art Reflecting Art

A look at the previous attempts to return Barbara Gordon as Batgirl

G'bye Oracle. G'bye Grown Up Mature Amazing Barbara Gordon

About the new Batgirl book: A Scan From Batman: The Return

Response comics/fanart and legality scans

man going through the blogs for WFA

Women Wednesday: Barbara Gordon Returns As Batgirl

Wheelchairs and icons


DC Reboot:

DC Announces even more titles including a Dark Justice League (Hey is that Zatanna?)

DCNü Scorecard 3: The Women

DC Reboot Betting Pool #2 - Ladies' Edition

Exclusive: DC Focuses on Diversity in Batman Titles

I realize that, I’m just in a grouchy mood about this whole “diversity” shit that DC is trying to pull without actually really making things diverse.

Emma speculates on the post-Flashpoint DCU, puts her fist through a wall.

Considering My Pull List

It’s not the pants

A Salute to the new Catwoman!

DC D-Day Plus 7: What we know (and don’t) about the DC relaunch right now

Race + Comics: A Racialicious Scorecard for the ‘New’ DC Universe

Whither Lois?

DC Relaunch Titles I’m Looking Forward To (And Why I Don’t Care for the Others)

DC’s Social Media MVP? Gail Simone

Streamlined DCU “Every one of the former Robins to have a real showcase book!”

Static #1 for September

FlashPoint: An Exercise in Idiotic Decision Making


"Foreskin Man" Comic:

Writer of Blatantly Anti-Semitic Comic Book Denies Blatant Anti-Semitism

Anti-Defamation League calls Foreskin Man comic ‘deeply offensive’

ADL Says 'Foreskin Man' Comic Is Anti-Semitic

The Ugly Side of Indie Comics


LGBTQ in Comics:

In Archie’s first gay character, a focus on Army life

Hot Read: Rainy Day Recess: The Complete Steven’s Comics by David Kelly

Previews for Gays, June 2011

With eighteen contributors whose storytelling is as unique as their artistic style, Gay Genius is not just a much-needed volume celebrating the work of queer artists, but it’s a must-have for contemporary comics lovers as well.

Exclusive! First Look at Archie Comics' "Kevin Keller" Issue #1


Miscellaneous:

Milestone Comics Didn’t Fail, Comics Failed Milestone

Super-Strippers In Their Panties versus Moon-Knight, The Mentally Disordered Superhero


Not Strictly Comics:

Geek Girl Con: or why I wished closer to Seattle

Commission a Sketch to Help Pay Legal Fees of Girl Who Refused to Cheer Her Attacker

Community Forced to “Quota Hire” Now Happily Maintains An Gender Equal Writing Staff

New Round of Gaming Statistics: Gaming Audience Getting Older, Slightly More Female

Sucker Punch - A Movie About Comics

Racism, anti-semitism, fascism, and The Smurfs


Race, Ethnicity, & PoC in Comics:

Milestone Comics Didn’t Fail, Comics Failed Milestone

Black Superheroes On The Web

Race in the Comics Classroom

Comics have always ignored minorities

If FYDG had not pointed out that there was a “nod to [Dick’s] roots

Black Panther Is The Most Dangerous Man Alive

whiteness and superheroes

The Shadow of Racism in the Comic Book World


Supergirl:

Brian Wood Not Writing Supergirl After All?

Rumor about the new Supergirl writers

Michael Green And Mike Johnson To Write Supergirl


Women & Gender in Comics:

Sneak Preview of New CLAMP Manga Gate 7 Released

I already did several posts on this, but addressing the Black Lady Kiss even further

I just wanted to say, it pisses me off that DC is moving one step forward but then two steps backwards.

Ed and I Discuss Bride’s Story on Manga Out Loud

I Recommend: Oh My Goddess

Review: Library Wars: Love & War Vol 4 by Yumi & Arikawa

Moondragon

Review: Astronaut Academy: Zero Gravity

You should be reading Heroes for Hire.

Q&A #113: Who is your favorite detective or cop in comics?

Getcher Hot Links

Damn: Green Lantern Edition

DC breaks the silence on Post-Flashpoint Gotham.

Start (and Finish) Reading Now | Bobwhite

A Conversation with Marjorie M. Liu

Tora Olafsdotter (Ice)

Artist Jillian Tamaki has posted her illos from a book called Irish Myths and Legends: Folio Society

Dressed to Kill: Mister America

The Josei Alphabet: S

Marriage According to the Romance Comics of 1950

Review: Witch

Interview with Dan Abnett

'The Rack' Offers Sensitivity Training for Bad Comics Retailers [Webcomic]

She Has No Head! – Again, She Has No Head…

Links: Bride Wars


Wonder Woman:

Wonder Woman #611

Brian Azzarello And Cliff Chiang On New Wonder Woman #1!!!

Wonder Woman On The Front Page Of CNN.com

Wonder Woman in Playboy Mexico (NSFW)

Random Awesome: Cliff Chiang’s punk rock Wonder Woman


X-Men First Class:

X-Women: First Class?

X-Men: First Class

G3 Review: X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class - When "What If?" Fails to Impress

Open Thread: X-Men: First Class

X-Men: First Class

PSA: X-Men Is Still Our Story. DEAL!!!!!!

Some Concerns About X-Men: First Class

X-Men First Class: “Blue is beautiful.”

X-Men: First Class Grades on a Curve

Wednesday, June 08, 2011

Barbara Gordon Reboot Focused Megapost

Barbara Gordon Batgirl Reboot Focused Megapost

With the rumors coming out of this DCU reboot, I knew I was going to start seeing images like this.

Notes On disability and visibility …

This isn't Thrilling


Since I started dating a paralyzed guy

Breaking (yet unsurprising) News:


Which characters (and fans) will be most affected by the DC relaunch

Just a few words tonight

I sent DC a letter, because I am really pissed off about this.


OP/ED: ORACLE Is Stronger Than BATGIRL Will Ever Be


Batgirl Triumphant: The Price of Restoring DC Comics' Disabled Heroine

[image: Cassandra Cain as Batgirl, Stephanie Brown as Robin]

I can't think of a single good thing about this.

If you ask me, Ostrander and Yale unfridged Barbara


Intersectionality, how does it work?


DC Confirms Barbara Gordon Returning As Batgirl


Batgirl, Oracle and Change in Comic Books

DC Screws With Readers’ Heads With New Batgirl #1

DC and Batgirl Walk To The Bank?


Babs has been Oracle for longer than I’ve been ALIVE.


Dear comics-related Internet

As someone with a degenerative spinal condition

I’d like to add that Oracle was just as important to people who have disabled loved ones

Oh my god. This is the most horrific, ableist, awful, exclusionary, bigoted thing (trigger warning)

So if Barbara is getting her legs back


So what are you looking for post-Flashpoint?


Also, you know, Babs is a woman

I asked for a comission of Cass and Steph as Batman and Robin btw

ugggghTHIS

For the record, Cass is my Batgirl

img: Barbara Gordon as Oracle, from an early Birds of Prey issue.


My video of the History of the Batgirls set to Ani Difranco’s “All of This.”

They decided not to even TRY to top Grant Morrison here.

Disappointment


Yeah, what right do I have to be critical of a major company that sells out disabled characters to make more money


Wow. Definitely done with DC

It just keeps getting worse and worse

Oracle vs Batgirl

More reactions to spoilers!

Barbara Gordon Reverted to Batgirl: Where Do We Go From Here?

My Barbara Gordon Rant

DC Announces the Future of a Slew of Female Characters, Confirms Barbara Gordon as Batgirl

DCU where are you? (Or Dee thinks things about the relaunch)

DC breaks the silence on Post-Flashpoint Gotham.

So someone was saying that you can’t be a hero if you can’t throw kicks and punches

About the new Batgirl book: A Scan From Batman: The Return


Why rebooting Batgirl is a terrible idea

or all of those people who scoff about those of us who are freaking out about the reboot, saying that we’re hypocrites who can’t stand change

“Now, when citizens of that city look up, they are going to see BATGIRL.”

So, I am leaving DC officially

I just wanted to say, it pisses me off that DC is moving one step forward but then two steps backwards.


I applaud your decision

Oracle Writing Campaign: Images


Oracle Draw-A-Thon

Join the Oracle Draw-a-thon!

New Tumblr celebrates Oracle

NewsArama promo!

About This Project

Saturday, June 04, 2011

Thursday June 2nd & Friday June 3rd

DC Reboot:

Four new Green Lantern Titles Announced by DC

The rest of solicits for #1s in September

Wallace and Robinson on Mr. Terrific

Jurgens and Lopresti on JLI

Azzarello & Chiang on Wonder Woman

The new Justice League - Who makes up the rest of the 14?

Supergirl Costume Changes?

Why I Am Cautiously Optimistic About Azzarello On Wonder Woman

Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang on Wonder Woman #1

Reblogged: Wonder Woman’s New Author

Reboot Madness! Everything Must Change!

Brian Azzarello And Cliff Chiang On New Wonder Woman #1!!!

Emma speculates on the post-Flashpoint DCU, puts her fist through a wall.


Disability in Comics:

With the rumors coming out of this DCU reboot, I knew I was going to start seeing images like this.


Kate Beaton:

Parting Shot: Kate Beaton's Brown Recluse Spider-Man

Kate Beaton has released the cover for her new book

Kate Beaton’s Spider-Man (and every other superhero she’s drawn)

The biggest news of the week: HARK! A VAGRANT cover

Brown Recluse Spider-Man


LGBTQ in Comics:

A Perspective on the Homoerotic Interpretation of Comic Book Characters

Villains Do It Better

Comics A.M. | Archie addresses gays in military; NYT explains Crisis

Archie Comics To Tackle Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Head On

Cannon & Saber: Gay supervillains in love! Part I


Not Strictly Comics:

Shia LaBeouf: Megan Fox Is A “Spice Girl” Feminist

Nine Reasons Women Don’t Edit Wikipedia (in their own words)


Race, Ethnicity, & PoC in Comics:

Black Superheroes Get Their Own Series In DC Relaunch

Overthinking Things 6/2/2011

Poignant Panels: J. Jonah Jameson


Women & Gender in Comics:

Congratulations to First Female Comickers Recognized by NCS

Introducing Friday Femmes

Women in Comics: Women in Trousers

Lulu Moppet (Little Lulu)

Phyla-Vell

“Being Alone Is a Nice Thing for Me”: A Leslie Stein Interview

ProFile Friday: Alison Bechdel

I like the idea of pants.

Back Issue Box: Superman Family #205

The Josei Alphabet: R

LADYDRAWERS: an update


Wonder Woman:

well, i can’t speak for everyone

Variety: "Wonder Woman Pilot Deserves a Second Look"

Everything You Need To Know About The Failed Wonder Woman TV Pilot

Wonder Woman on Batman Brave and the Bold!!

Cliff Chiang’s Punk Rocker Wonder Woman

A quote that changed my understanding of Wonder Woman

How I would reboot Wonder Woman