Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on August-21-2008
In this episode, we talk about all the goodies we’re going to have at our Dragon*Con table, from Girl-Wonder.org t-shirts for sale (front and back) to Nena Di, writer/artist of the webcomic Heard, and Andrea Bell of Girl-Wonder.org’s Mistress doing sketches, shaking hands, and selling some of their own work, and a few panels we’ll be covering, including the “Guys and Dolls. Well, Okay, It’s Really Only About Dolls…” panel. Also, be sure to check out the Open Source Women Back Each Other Up Project.
 Dragon*Con Preview Episode [20:07m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
So, what is your most memorable “jump the shark” moment in a comic?
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on August-12-2008
In this episode Kate and Kim interview Valerie D’Orazio, Friends of Lulu president and blogger at Occasional Superheroine, Cheryl Lynn Eaton, president of the Ormes Society and blogger at Digital Femme, costumers from Skin Tight USA, Phil Hotsenpiller of Armageddon Now, Tyler Chin-Tanner of Adrenaline, and Thom Zahler of Love and Capes.
Due to a technical glitch, both copies of the original episode we recorded in mid-July were unusable. We were unable to find the time to re-record the show, so it is presented without commentary.
NYCC: The Interviews, Part 2 [18:45m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Thoughts?
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on August-6-2008
In this episode Kate interviews J. Camper, Abby Denson, the creators of Action Philosophers, Alisha Harris, Christine Norrie, Leigh Dragoon, Lucy Knisley, Marguerite Dabaie, Molly Crabapple, C. Spike Trotman, and Tara McPherson live at MoCCA. Due to the number of interviews and a lack of time, they have been compiled without host commentary.
MoCCA: The Interviews [24:44m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Share your thoughts on the forum!
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on June-18-2008
In this episode we discus interviews from NYCC with Colleen Doran, Mark Sable, Josh Dysart, Jim Butcher, and several different costumers, cross-dressing in superhero costuming, how female costumers are treated at conventions, and why we like or dislike Kingdom Come. Our stupid question is a classic: Who would win, Batman or Superman? Due to the number of interviews, we have no fourth heroine.
NYCC: The Interviews, Part 1 [55:21m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
So, who would win?
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on April-6-2008
In this episode we discuss Pride High, creating an indie and LGBT focused-comic, and dealing with death in comics, especially death of minorities. The second half focuses on musicians in comics and bad music comics, inspired by the then-new release of Britney Spears’ latest video, Break the Ice. Comics discussed are Princess Ai, John Constantine in Marquee Moon, the Kid ‘N Play comic, the Avril Lavigne manga Make 5 Wishes, the Backstreet Project, the upcoming Fall Out Boy comic,Weird Al’s “Close but No Cigar” video, and the brief Marvel Music imprint. We close by answering a stupid question from past guest Kadorienne: “Sort the superheroes into the Hogwarts Houses or, to make it shorter, name the ones that aren’t Gryffindor.”
This episode’s guest is Tommy Roddy, writer of the indie comic Pride High.
Let us know what house you would sort your favorite comic character into.
Episode 8: Out and About at Pride High [47:57m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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This rant wasn’t exactly planned, but after having my eyes opened to the unacceptable lack of vegetables in comics, I’ve taken a minute to highlight some of the few vegpositive heroes available to vegetable-lovers.
If you’d like to support vegetable representation directly, copies of The SNAK Posse are available on Amazon.com.
Special Episode: An Issue of Underrepresentation [2:27m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on February-3-2008
In this episode we discuss webcomics, webcomic demographics, webcomics we like, and answer two stupid questions: “How can The Thing have sex safely? Does he ejaculate?” and “What’s your favorite sound effect?” See Wally Wood’s comic here. This month’s guest is Kel McDonald, writer and artist of Sorcery 101. Unfortunately, due to a technical mishap a large section of our discussion with Kel was lost to the ether of the internet. I’ve attempted to reconstruct as much as I can.
Kel’s recommendations: Bayou, Dark Horse Presents, Dice Box, Family Man, GunnerKrigg Court, Kukuburi, Nobody Scores
Hannah’s recommendations: I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space, The Tower, The Non-Adventures of Wonderella (which I forgot to mention during the show, but is a witty, topical, and hysterical parody on superhero comics)
Kate’s recommendations: Sugarshock, Penny Arcade
Kim’s recommendations: General Protection Fault, PvP, Planet Karen
Episode 7: 101 on Sorcery 101: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Let us know your thoughts on the Thing’s sex life or vote for your favorite sound effect!
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on December-23-2007
In this episode we discuss crossovers, guest star syndrome, the stupidity of Gene Simmons, representation of religion in comics books, our favorite holiday specials (link to scans from the Warrior Christmas Special [NOTE: None of those on this podcast endorse the language used in this article; this is unfortunately the only source of scans currently available. Trigger warning for those sensitive to suggestions of rape.]) and answer CEOIII’s stupid question: “In a bar (not Warriors) are the following: Lobo, Wolverine, Guy Gardner.
The Punisher walks in, goes to the bar, starts pounding them back. (Say the aforementioned trio are at a table.)
After 30 minutes, they start looking at each other. Not saying anything, just some very dirty looks.
10 minutes after the looks start, the Wrecking Crew walks it.
The question: At what point do you call the cops? When the first 3 walk in, when Pun walks in, when the looks start, when the Crew walks in, or do you just check your insurance, then set up a video camera and hope for the best?”
This episode’s guest is Lisa Fortuner, also known as Ragnell of the Written World, Blog@Newsarama, and When Fangirls Attack!
Let us know how much you would charge pay-per-view!
Episode 6: Tis the Season: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on September-30-2007
In this episode we interview Elizabeth McDonald (Betty on the Girl-Wonder forums) on the beginning of G-W.org, their philosophy, and the future of the organization/site, including the upcoming Art Et Cetera Auction. Images and prices of all the cool stuff Kate and Hannah bought from Dragon*Con can be found here.
Donate to or tell us what you think about our ninja monkey minion fund.
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on September-20-2007
Men in dresses, bad morals, and Wonder Woman: Androgynous?
In this episode, we discuss interviews with Ted Naifeh, Brian Pulido, Bill Holbrook, Cully Hamner, John “The Gneech” Robey, Stehpanie Gladden, Adam Hughes, Arthur Suydam, Michael Avon Oeming, Peter David, and Kittyhawk recorded live at D*Con.
Look forward to our regular episode with guest Betty of Girl-Wonder.org later this month!
Questions, comments, know of a butch female we missed? Let us know!
Interviews from Dragon*Con: Attack of the Whale She-Rambos [38:03m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on August-21-2007
We interview Carly (Obsessive0514 at the Girl-Wonder forums) about her experience at the DC Nation panel, discuss new developments on the state of Steph, Countdown Arena, the new Johnny DC lineup, Supergirl, answer the newest Stupid Question, and recommend our Favorite Books of the Month.
Discuss this podcast here.
Episode 2: A Question of Possibility [27:34m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on July-12-2007
Topics of the day for Episode 1 include the Citizen Steel Neutering and our first Stupid Question of the Day: Plastic Man versus Deadpool. See an up-close Citizen Steel crotch comparison.
There are some audio kinks to this episode, due to sound file issues. However, this shouldn’t be a problem with following episodes as I get more used to the finer details and keep better backups. Kimberly had to perform a last-minute save with the second half of the podcast, which I’m very grateful to her for.
If you feel the sound level is too quiet or loud, please leave a comment to let me know.
Episode 1: Nips, Tucks, and An Impossible Stretch [11:10m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Give us your thoughts, or pick between Plastic Man and Deadpool!
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Filed Under ( episodes) by Hannah Dame on June-17-2007
It can be assumed most people have read one of those media navel-gazing articles in traditional news media on the “new media:” blogs and podcasts. They can be dismissive or supportive, treat the topic as serious or frivolous.
But one distinction I feel they often forget is how blogs and podcasts represent different sections of the new media spectrum.
A blog is, by and large, one person. Each post is a person’s expression and opinion, their filtered perspective on a topic. A blog can be interesting or boring based on the writer’s talent with the written word. Spoken eloquence is immaterial.
A podcast takes multiple people. It takes topics and expresses them with sound. There are laughs, sighs, the changing pitch of the human voice. Where humor has to be translated through text, one can hear everything in a podcast. Confusion of tone is eliminated by the reality of audio. Podcasts take the written expression of opinion and make it tangible.
A podcast is not a blog.
And Four Color Heroines will not be a blog. It will not be like reading Karen, Rachel, or Stephen. There will be several people, each with their own viewpoint and experiences. It will be a combination of specialties. It’s going to be interesting, hopefully funny, definitely enlightening, and maybe a bit rough in the beginning.
But most importantly, it will be different.
But that doesn’t mean that the quality you’ve come to expect from a Girl-Wonder hosted blog won’t be a part of Four Color Heroines.
One of my biggest commitments is to quality interviews that treat topics with the seriousness they may (or may not) deserve. Interviews on Four Color Heroines will not solely be individualized public relations trips to advertise a creator’s next project. Nor will they be fifteen minutes of four people agreeing on a topic. Interviewees will be challenged without being attacked, and given a chance to respond to criticisms they might face. Possibly sensitive topics will not be steered away from.
It’s going to be journalism. The real kind.
So, if you’re interested in these things, feel you’ve got the commitment, put in an application. Try out audio for a change. You may find you like it.
For the Episode 0 of Four Color Heroines, I’ve got a little rant I put together concerning Joe Quesada: Still an Idiot in Public, Only This Time He’s Dismissing Female Fans To Their Faces. The Ian Churcill art that sparks my ire can be found here.
Episode 0: Think of the Weasels [3:35m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download
Find yourself a weasel lover? Share with others the virtues keeping of small mammals safe here.
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