Valerie D’Orazio of Occasional Superheroine has announced that she’ll be the new President of Friends of Lulu in 2008!
Congratulations Valerie, I’m happy for you and I have high hopes for this new board of directors.
Get the full story over at Occasional Superheroine.
April 23, 2008
November 5, 2007
Congratulations, Occasional Superheroine!
September 24, 2007
“Oklahomans Backing Thor as Fellow Okie”
According to an article at NewsOK.com, Oklahoma residents–even those who don’t usually read comics–are proud as punch of their adopted Norse god (but then, who wouldn’t be?).
September 11, 2007
Fangirl Project!
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!
September 7, 2007
Project Rooftop: Stephanie Brown
Dean Trippe has kicked off project draw Stephanie Brown. His version is, of course, gorgeous, and I expect to see many other fabulous version in the weeks to come. Expect to see the highlights at Project: Rooftop.
August 31, 2007
Suffering Sappho!
You’ve gotta see this. An amazing hand-knitted Wonder Woman sweater.
I think that Diana would be proud.
August 21, 2007
Wieringo Week at Project Rooftop
From Project Rooftop editor Dean Trippe:
In memory of our friend and fellow fanboy, Mike Wieringo, Project: Rooftop is announcing an open call for redesigns of Bart Allen, the super-speedster sidekick (and later mantle-bearer) of The Flash. Bart was co-created by Mike Wieringo and writer Mark Waid in the mid-90’s. ‘Ringo recently wrote some interesting stuff about Bart over on his blog.
Submissions should be emailed to editors@projectrooftop.com by Sunday, August 26th, with the subject line “Impulse,” “Kid Flash,” or “The Flash” depending on the era of Bart’s life you decided to build on. Be sure to include your name and website with your submission. We’ll showcase the best entries all next week. In addition to the Bart Allen fun, we’ll also be talking about some the best superhero costuming work from Mike Wieringo’s career.
Mike had a timeless appreciation for these awesome characters and enjoyed the heck out of online costuming/drawing events, so I think he’d really dig this kind of fun being held in his honor. Whether you consider yourself a friend, fan, or both, come join us in remembering Mike Wieringo, whose incredible artwork and unfailing kindness continue to serve as a source of unending inspiration and joy.
Dean Trippe
http://projectrooftop.com
August 17, 2007
Girls in Costumes
CBR News writes an article trying to dispel the myths about women who show up to cons in costume: http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=11647
I like that the article focuses on the fact that these women are actually comic book fans, and that some of them have put a lot of work into making their costumes. As someone who has spent hours hunched over obnoxious fabric in order to hand sew a costume (sheer fabric deserves to die a slow painful death), I can definitely appreciate these women’s hard work getting acknowledged.
But…doesn’t the article seem to focus a bit on women who are conventionally attractive? I don’t know, what do you guys think?
Resistant reading: Awesome, yo.
Te, who shared this with me, said: “The only possible response to Frank Miller. Behold! The Female Gaze Triumphant!”
(Clicking on the little i will let you leave a comment for Luminosity, the vidder.)
The Open Source Boob Project
The original post can be found here, although it’s a bit convoluted with all of the edits. Basically, here is the gist of it:
AHEM.
This comment rather sums up my feelings on this particular proposal:
Here is a brilliant satire of the initial proposal
And here is a round-up of links that have documented the responses.