Posted by KPhoebe on March 4th 2008 · No Comments
Dungeons and Dragons creator Gary Gygax has died, and the tributes appropriate to a person of his stature in the geek communities have begun.
Order of the Stick presents this dialogue, while Penny Arcade brings us a single, powerful image.
And Crisper decides that Gygax needs a crypt that befits the creator of Tomb of Horrors.
Posted by Betty on February 26th 2008 · No Comments
For graphic artists who like to work for free: “Planned Parenthood is seeking a creative, catchy and provocative condom matchbook cover.”
I was not aware that “Lego Batman: The Video Game” existed, but this lego-form Harley Quinn is pretty awesome.
Web Cartoonist Rachel Nabors is in trouble, and Lisa Jonte tells you what you can and can’t do to help, here.
Posted by KPhoebe on February 17th 2008 · Comments(2)
The reason given, according to the referees: Campbell, as a woman, could not be put in a position of authority over boys because of the academy’s beliefs.
So far, so irritating religious-based sexism, of the kind that infuriates, but does not surprise. But what did surprise (and delight) me was that her male colleagues refused to cover the game:
Campbell then walked off the court along with Darin Putthoff, the referee who was to work the game with her.
Fred Shockey, who was getting ready to leave the gym after officiating two junior high games, said he was told there had been an emergency and was asked to stay and officiate two more games.
“When I found out what the emergency was, I said there was no way I was going to work those games,” said Shockey, who spent 12 years in the Army and became a ref about three years ago. “I have been led by some of the finest women this nation has to offer, and there was no way I was going to go along with that.”
The Kansas State High School Activities Association is now considering removing St. Mary’s Academy from its list of approved schools.
Posted by Betty on February 15th 2008 · No Comments
Anyone who doesn’t know that Warren Ellis is posting a free steam-punk (ish) webcomic with Paul Duffield, Freak Angels, well, now you know.
People sometimes get confused by the feminist shorthand “Nice Guy ™.” Leigh Dragoon and Lisa Jonte explain it all to you. Keep an eye open for the final instalment.
Scott Shaw says that Lobo is the “first comic named after its African American character.” No, not that Lobo.
At Torchbearers, Cheryl Lynn posts the infamous “Black for a Day!” Lois Lane comic. It’s indescribable.
Posted by KPhoebe on February 14th 2008 · No Comments
David Brothers is writing daily posts this February for his Black History Month at the excellent 4th Letter.
Of particular interest to Girl-Wonder.org readers (though it’s all great) might be this entry, where he ponders the lack of reaction to the death of Orpheus, in comparison to that for the Spoiler:
Why is Orpheus forgotten and why is Spoiler an icon? Maybe it’s the cynic in me, but this sounds familiar.
I’m not trying to diss anyone here. It’s just an interesting little comparison that I thought of while I was mulling the two characters over in my head.
I think it boils down to this: Spoiler is much, much more marketable than Orpheus is. If vigilantes were real, and Spoiler went out like she did? It’d be a 24 hour news cycle with breaking updates from various talking heads, constant news tickers, and the whole shebang. She’d be Jonbenet Ramsey, Natalee Holloway, Laci Peterson, and Chandra Levy all in one, with a side of Patty Hearst.
Orpheus… not so much. History bears this out. Crimes against black people just don’t get a lot of media attention, unless it’s something either a) totally outlandish or b) talked about enough that the media can’t get away with ignoring it.
Posted by Rachel Edidin on February 11th 2008 · No Comments
Tommy Roddy and Justin Hall have been chosen as joint winners of this year’s Prism Comics Queer Press Grant. For Roddy, the money will help finance the first Pride High trade paperback - awesome news for much of the Girl-Wonder community!
http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=146336
Posted by Arion Hunter on February 10th 2008 · No Comments
If you opened your newspaper today and noticed some of the comic strips seemed similar, it’s not unintentional. 11 minority cartoonists have banded together to protest the unequal treatment minority strips receive in many American newspapers.
Listen to NPR’s interview with Cory Thomas (or for those not audio-inclined, read the Washington Post article), and check out his awesome version of the strip.
Other strips participating include Herb and Jamaal, Housebroken, Cafe con Leche, The K Chronicles, Compu-toon, editorial cartoonist Tim Jackson, and Candorville.
Posted by KPhoebe on February 8th 2008 · No Comments
Penny Arcade’s Gabe talks about his anxiety, and why it took thirty years for him to go to the doctor:
Posted by Caribou23 on February 5th 2008 · Comment(1)
Your horrifying news for the day:
The fate of Sayed Pervez Kambaksh has led to domestic and international protests, and deepening concern about erosion of civil liberties in Afghanistan. He was accused of blasphemy after he downloaded a report from a Farsi website which stated that Muslim fundamentalists who claimed the Koran justified the oppression of women had misrepresented the views of the prophet Mohamed.
Mr Kambaksh, 23, distributed the tract to fellow students and teachers at Balkh University with the aim, he said, of provoking a debate on the matter. But a complaint was made against him and he was arrested, tried by religious judges without – say his friends and family – being allowed legal representation and sentenced to death.
Read the full article
here.
A petition to save Kambaksh can be found here.
Posted by Rachel Edidin on February 4th 2008 · Comments(2)
One of the Super-Top-Secret projects I’ve been hard at work on has finally made its public debut!.
An update since the article was written: We’ve now donated over a hundred comics to organizations in and around Portland and have developed ongoing relationships with several of those. With luck, our website will be up and running within the next week or so, at which point we’re hoping to see an explosion of both requests and donations.
Rock on!