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September 18, 2007

Art Auction Preview: Nobody Does It Like Dean

Filed under: art auction,Girl-Wonder — Tags: , — Rachel Edidin @ 4:57 am

If you’ve been around Girl-Wonder for long–or if you have any truck with the online community of comics artists–then you’re probably familiar with Dean Trippe. In addition to starting the now-famous Batgirl and Supergirl redesign memes (and, most recently, the Stephanie Brown redesign meme!), Dean is a founding member of Project Rooftop, draws and writes the awesome webcomic Butterfly, and makes some of the best superhero–especially female superhero–art you’ll see. This original drawing, one of Dean’s contributions to his Stephanie Brown / Robin redesign meme, is no exception:

The starting bid for this item will be U.S. $35. BID HERE!

You’ll be able to bid on this and other items in the Girl-Wonder Art Et Cetera Auction, from October 7-14, 2007!

September 16, 2007

Pride High in Braille

Filed under: Comics — Tags: — Caribou23 @ 10:34 am

I like being the bearer of good news.
And so, I bring this bit of good news to your attention:

Pride High has attracted blind and visually impaired fans with the positive portrayal of a super-powered member of their community. Suravi, whose name means “sun” in Sanskrit, is a radiant solar blaster with the most powerful attack of her 5-kid squad. Many of her fans have had to rely on commentary from sighted friends to keep with her story. Not anymore! The Braille version of Pride High #1 was recently released! The comic was adapted into short story format by Pride High fan John D. Taylor and transcribed by the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. The Braille adaptation for Issue 2 is currently in production.

The actual embossed Braille cover is protected by the original issue’s cover art on flat paper:

September 13, 2007

Art Auction Preview: Dragon’s treasure trove

Filed under: art auction — Rachel Edidin @ 8:10 pm

The hosts of Four-Color Heroines made a trip to Dragon Con, and while they were there, they picked up some awesome swag for the auction:

Signed Terry Moore Wonder Woman miniposter:
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The starting bid for this item will be U.S. $8. BID HERE!

Original Polly (of Polly and the Pirates) signed sketch by Ted Naifeh:
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The starting bid for this item will be U.S. $12. BID HERE!

The Mice Templar #1, signed by Michael Avon Oeming.
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The starting bid for this item will be U.S. $4. BID HERE!

Kevin & Kell miniposter, signed by Bill Hollbrook
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The starting bid for this item will be U.S. $5. BID HERE!

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #1, signed by Peter David:
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The starting bid for this item will be U.S. $5. BID HERE!

You can bid on these and other items at the Girl-Wonder Art Et Cetera Auction, from October 7-14, 2007.

WordGirl: Saving you one vocabulary word at a time!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , — Arion Hunter @ 1:31 pm

Now, a superheroine for the dictionary lovers!

September 12, 2007

Art Auction Preview: Psigned Psylocke

Filed under: art auction,Girl-Wonder — Rachel Edidin @ 3:15 pm

Want to support G-W and get some awesome comic-book decor, but don’t have the cash for original art? Fear not! This gorgeous 13″x19″ signed Joshua Middleton Psylocke print is here to save the day! (Note: Although the image below doesn’t have Middleton’s signature, the actual print we’ll be sending you does.)

The starting bid for this item will be U.S. $6. BID HERE!

You’ll be able to bid on this and other items in the Girl-Wonder Art Et Cetera Auction, from October 7-14, 2007!

September 11, 2007

Art Auction Preview: Best of Collection

Filed under: art auction — Rachel Edidin @ 8:15 pm

We all know how awesome Mary Borsellino is–after all, she’s the reason this site exists in the first place, so it’s not like she needed even more good karma. However, she’s dug into her private collection and donated some phenomenal pieces for the art auction:

This page is from Detective Comics #793. Drawn by Pete Woods, it’s from the “War Drums” storyline, which culminated in Stephanie Brown becoming Robin. On this page, bandits attack Alfred Pennyworth and Dr. Leslie Thompkins as twelve-year-old Bruce Wayne watches:
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The starting bid for this page will be U.S. $48. BID HERE!

This page is from Batgirl #52 and shows the Girl Wonder herself–Stephanie Brown as Robin–watching with Batgirl as a criminal walks his daughter to school. It features pencils by Rick Leonardi and inks by Jesse Delperdang:
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The starting bid for this page will be U.S. $70. BID HERE!

This page is from Tim Sale’s issue of DC’s short-lived Solo title; it’s an awesome scene of Linda Lee (Supergirl) and her boyfriend Richard enjoying the beach:
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The starting bid for this page will be U.S. $160. BID HERE!

This page is from issue 16 of Chuck Dixon’s fan-favorite run on Robin, with fully lettered art by Staz Johnson. It features Tim as Robin and Stephanie as Spoiler:
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The starting bid for this page will be U.S. $60. BID HERE!

You can bid on these and other items in the Girl-Wonder Art Et Cetera Auction, from October 7-14, 2007!

So long, Dan Slott

Filed under: Comics,Comics, I love you,Creators,Women in comics — Tags: — Caribou23 @ 12:23 pm

Dan Slott talks about his run on She-Hulk over at Newsrama.

It was Slott’s run that made me fall in love with Shulkie. I think that his version of Jen will always be what I think of when I think of She-Hulk.

So long Dan, can’t wait to see what you do next!

Fangirl Project!

Filed under: Fandom,Gender — ohnochriso @ 11:05 am

Two friends of mine, Love Ablan and Jennifer Zern, have started this awesome new endeavor called Fangirl Project to help women “Stake your claim in Fangirl history!” Here’s the blurb from their About page:

The Fangirl Project is part photo book, part video documentary and all labor of love. In December 2006, photographer Love Ablan and writer/videographer Jennifer Zern decided to travel across the country in search of the female equivalent of a “fanboy” — a hardcore devotee deeply immersed in geeky interests like science fiction, fantasy, comic books, gaming, and the like. Eight months later, they’re still going at it. As certified fangirls themselves, the duo embarked on this project for several reasons: to shatter a few myths, to explore a fascinating and wildly diverse subculture, to document the flip side of a presumably male-dominated niche, and to have a good time meeting people with similar passions.Subjects are photographed in their element — either at home, at their favorite comic book store, or at conventions — and interviewed about their obsessions and their views on what it means to be a fangirl. The end product will be a coffee table-style portrait book celebrating the fangirl phenomena. Video interviews will be posted on YouTube intermittently. Photo exhibits in a number of cities will coincide with the book’s release.

So far they have an ever-growing Flickr gallery and they want more fangirls to participate and help the project grow. So go check it out and let your fangirl voice be heard!

Fangirl Project Front Page

Art Auction Preview: A Wonderful Girl

Filed under: art auction,Girl-Wonder — Rachel Edidin @ 10:23 am

A few months ago, Audrey Fox emailed and asked how we’d feel about her playing with some redesigns for our site mascot. “Sure!” we said. The result, which you see below, will soon be joining the existing Girl-Wonder mascots on t-shirts, the site, and other promotional materials as one of the increasingly diverse faces of Girl-Wonder.org.

The following pieces will be packaged together. They include a signed full-color print of Audrey’s mascot design and a signed page of original concept drawings of the character.

The starting bid for this item will be U.S. $16. BID HERE!

You can bid on this and other items at the Girl-Wonder Art Et Cetera Auction, from October 7-14, 2007.

September 7, 2007

Leather Is *Outerwear*.

Filed under: Uncategorized — Tags: , — KPhoebe @ 8:26 pm

Need something for that special CosPlay event? How about some Spartan Leather Briefs?

Probably the hardest accessory for you Spartan costume to find, our 300 Spartan Leather Briefs are exact movie replicas and are exactly what you are looking for. The 300 Spartan briefs are made of brown leather and fit around the waist line covering the groin area. The 300 Spartan briefs would add that perfect finishing touch to that Spartan costume.

Finally, something to compare with the chain mail bikini!

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