Whew, what a week! What a month, really. Or couple of months. This week’s post is going to be a series of short newsbits while I play catch-up from two operations, the death of a good friend, three family visits, and the convention season; and get ready to go to a friend’s wedding across the [...]
Way back in the day, Jack Kirby and Stan Lee stumbled on a simple and essential truth: Giant monsters are freakin’ awesome. This is also the central premise of Chris Wisinia’s Doris Danger, a tribute to Kirby and Lee’s old monster comics. Two parts homage to one part affectionate satire, Doris Danger is nostalgia at [...]
This week, I answer your questions! Because I know stuff! Some, anyway… Linkara asks: What do you feel Dark Horse’s primary market is? I.E. Marvel and DC are primarily superhero stories, Image is a mixture of superheroes plus various other genres usually related to scifi or crime. One of my favorite things about Dark Horse [...]
What a month. I missed SDCC ’cause I came down with appendicitis and spent most of the weekend in the hospital. Three sets of parents visited. Three of my best friends from college moved to the area. One of my best friends from elementary school died of an overdose. I went blackberry picking. The point [...]
Oh, my! I am awash with blushy pride, for the fine folk of The Hathor Legacy have awarded Inside Out a Thinking Blogger Award! The deal with Thinking Blogger Awards is as follows: 1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think, 2. Link [...]
I’m writing this on a bed in room 819 of the Madison Concourse Hotel. Next to me, Robyn Fleming is updating The Hathor Legacy. On the other bed, Karen Healey and Elizabeth McDonald are skimming the Girl-Wonder forum. At the desk in the corner, Andrea Rubenstein is working on the next issue of Cerise. We’re [...]
This is the fifth installment of a series about sexual assault and comics. You can find the previous posts here: Introduction Rape in the Gutters Writing Sexual Violence, Part 1 Writing Sexual Violence, Part 2 The Widowmaker In case you haven’t noticed, this column is late. I’ve been thinking about rape, reading about rape, writing [...]