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 [...]
I’m writing this post to announce my resignation from the board of Girl-Wonder.org, and to reassure my readers (That’s you! All six of you!) that said resignation does not signify drama, angst, or imminent meltdowns and is, in fact, a Very Good Thing for all parties concerned. This isn’t a break-up–I am still snuggly with [...]
Jon of Comics Ought to Be Fun posts about harassment at cons: Hello, everyone. John here. I “help” Bully out with his blog, but there’s some things can’t be said in the voice of a little stuffed bull. A couple weeks ago at San Diego Comic-Con incidents of sexual harassment were confided to me and [...]
Dear Asshole, This is not an apology. I’m not sorry for yelling at you or swearing at you or for threatening to call security if you didn’t fuck off. In fact, I think you should feel damn lucky that you didn’t get a boot to your squishy sensitive bits, because I would have been damn [...]
If you’re just jumping in now, I’ve decided to cede the responsibility of coming up with column ideas to you. For the next few weeks, I’ll be answering the questions you ask
“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. [...]
This is the second post in a series looking at the cultural and personal significance of Wonder Woman as a character and a symbol. Today, it just so happens that this Wonder Woman series is intersecting with Blog for Choice day. Make of that what you will. I have never watched Lynda Carter on TV. [...]
I’m baaaaaack! I’d like to be able to say that I’m back and rarin’ to go, but honestly, I’m still pretty run down. It’s been a hell of a month. Months. Year. And what I’d like to do more than anything else is call in to work and curl up under a big, fluffy blanket [...]
Inside Out is going on vacation to give me some time to recharge, wrap up the Art Et Cetera Auction, and work on a couple other projects. The column will resume–on its new biweekly schedule–in mid-November. Seeya then!