The interwebs have been all a-flutter of late with the news that Disney is buying Marvel Entertainment. Everyone’s got their panties (and the tights beneath) bunched up with worry, wondering if Spidey’s gonna sprout mouse ears or Wolverine will still be allowed to say “Fuck” in MAX titles. *Yawn* Actually, I wasn’t going to write [...]
The following is an excerpt of Wizard Fan Awards categories and contestants, cut and pasted for your edutainment: 21) FAVORITE HERO: Batman (DC) (Details) Spider-Man (Marvel) (Details) Captain America (Marvel) (Details) Superman (DC) (Details) Hellboy (Dark Horse) (Details) 22) FAVORITE VILLAIN: Skrull Queen/Spider-Woman (Secret Invasion) (Details) Dr. Hurt (Batman) (Details) The Joker (Joker) (Details) Brainiac [...]
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Happy National Coming Out Day! Thank you SO much to everyone who offered stories–your bravery, diversity, talent, humor, and love makes me proud all over again to be part of the queer comics community. Thanks also to the folks at Prism Comics, who posted my call for stories on their front page, and who work [...]
More questions from you! Answered by me! Benel R. Germosen asks:Best fight sequence ever rendered in comics…ever? Nextwave: Agents of H.A.T.E. All of it. hippokrene asks: What was the first comic you fell in love with? According to my parents, I used to make them sit and explain Kliban cartoons to me when I was [...]
“You can take the girl out of academia, but you can’t take the academia out of the girl.” -Kate Corrigan, B.P.R.D. One of my worse-kept dirty secrets is that I do academic research for fun. My friends and colleagues give me a fair amount of shit for this, and I cheerfully counter with the above. [...]
Ladies, Gentlemen, and Persons Who Identify as Neither of the Preceding or Reject Binary Gender Designations Altogether, Happy New Year! This is the time traditionally set for making resolutions for improving one’s behavior, and since mine has (of course) been exemplary (aside from that split infinitive two words back), I’ve decided to suggest resolutions that [...]