Posted by Betty on November 7th 2008 · No Comments
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A selection of links for October 10th through November 7th:
- Myriad Issues: Jiro Kuwata! The Secret Author of Bat-Manga in America! - Round up of reaction to Bat-Manga's author credits: "It’s not even clear whether they contacted the Japanese publisher! … I don’t think “hey, check out these craaaazy comics I found on eBay” is a good idea for a book — not when the artist and publisher are still around and accessible. When you think about the care and dignity with which Tomine and D&Q have treated Tatsumi… it’s not a flattering comparison." Via bookslut
- Comic Art Indigène - Via Racialicious, this exhibit is on display in New Mexico until January.
- The Women of Parkour - Link to a NYT video feature. It's far too short, so after you watch it, you can go rent District 13.
- Advanced Style - Their blog says, "Proof from the wizened and silver-haired set that personal style advances with age," but the best part of this chronicle of elder-fashion is its warmth towards its subjects. via BoingBoing
Posted by Betty on October 3rd 2008 · No Comments
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A selection of links for August 28th through October 3rd:
- O. Henry Anthology of comic adaptions - I'm not sure why people find themselves compelled to adapt O. Henry in so many forms. Via Bookslut
- I don't think you're supposed to blog about your secret identity, though. - Via Reappropriate, I learn about the blog for the forthcoming book "SECRET IDENTITIES[, which] uses the conventions of the superhero comic book to expose the real face of the Asian American experience, usually hidden behind the mask of misperception and stereotype."
- Our gendered environment - "Most of the things in our built environment are designed on a male model," says Wendy Davis, director of the WDS, before noting, "There are differences between men and women in terms of ergonomics. Women are generally smaller, they have less reach, they are less strong." But designs that are hostile - or useless - to women still make it through.
- hair hats - All the Japanese I know comes from an ill-starred and brief romance with anime in grade school, but I believe these are an art exhibit, and not a fashion statement, as they appear.
Posted by comicbookgoddess on August 16th 2008 · Comment(1)
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In honor of the return of When Fangirls Attack, I am making a devious post of links that wouldn’t be linked directly, but can inspire posts that will be. So read! Get angry! Blog! Troll!
Comics Waiting Room 3.0 Reviews: COMIC ARTIST’S PHOTO REFERENCE: WOMEN AND GIRLS
Pictures of Real Women to use when drawing? They’re not hyper-thin, but at least the sample pictures are definitely stingy on the plus-side. Of course, so are traditional comic book women. Which is kind of the point…
Rob Zombie’s Werewolf Women Of The S.S. Comic Book Cover!
Umm. I don’t really know what to say about it. But SOMEBODY has to. So, here it is. Go for it.
San Diego Comic-Con 2008 - A woman’s perspective . | CollectionDX
Posted for the novelty value. This is a woman who didn’t seem to have any problems with oversexed idiots at SDCC.
Portrayal of women in comics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This and the link of women comics creators should probably be a perma-link on most of our personal blogs.
The Hackenblog » Middle-aged women in comics shops rock
Just because I hadn’t seen this last year. Yes, they do.
Bored now! See you later!
Posted by Betty on August 11th 2008 · No Comments
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A selection of links for July 27th through August 18th:
Posted by Betty on July 27th 2008 · No Comments
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A selection of links for July 21st through July 27th:
Posted by Betty on July 21st 2008 · No Comments
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A selection of links from the internets.
- Free comics? - Why yes! Although they are in PDF, a file format I regard as ‘like html, except suck.’
- Obligatory penis linking - I know what Freud would say about me, but what would he say about the culture that produced this? I hope the NSFW goes without saying.
- Black Feminist Legacies - A post of Black feminists, most of whom I hear very little about in the mainstream discussions of feminism.
- Women face bias worldwide - The UNHCR says, among other things, that rape within marriage is still legal in 53 countries. Your barf bag is in the seat-pocket in front of you.
Posted by KPhoebe on July 18th 2008 · No Comments
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SAN DIEGO — A $125,000 donation in support of an anti-gay marriage initiative by a San Diego hotelier has drawn the ire of gay and lesbian activists and local labor unions who are now calling for a boycott.
Organizers held a news conference in front of the Manchester Grand Hyatt, near Seaport Village, on Thursday. A coalition of LGBT community leaders and the labor movement spoke out against Doug Manchester, who contributed a donation in support of Proposition 8, which would allow only men and women to marry in the state of California. The group opposes the ballot measure because it threatens the recent state Supreme Court decision that allows marriage between men and women.
Another day, another bigot - but one where comics fans definitely have a chance to make their feelings known. If you’re going to San Diego Comic Con, you may want to consider the homophobia of the Hyatt’s owner and his active opposition to the establishment of legal marriage between same-sex couples* before drinking at the Hyatt (or the Mariott, also owned by Manchester).
Chris Butcher makes his opinion clear.
Tom Spurgeon points out some of the ways people try to justify continued patronage.
And Lisa Jonte asks you to collect receipts from the other bars you patronise.
* I don’t GET these people. “We want to protect marriage: by delegalising a whole bunch of them!”
(Cross-posted to GRC)
Posted by Poison Ivory on June 21st 2008 · Comment(1)
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David Willis of Shortpacked! weighs in on Stephanie Brown’s return. (You may recall his take on her death a year ago.) Well put, Mr. Willis.
Plus, a bonus sketch!
Posted by KPhoebe on June 10th 2008 · No Comments
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A nice overview of Virgin Comics from Current TV, with the interesting tack of examining them as part of India’s burgeoning creative economy.
(Warning: Video)
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