1) DC treated Alan Moore quite shabbily, and the people in charge should be ashamed of themselves for continuing to exploit his work, in light of that history ( Read more... )

This post explains my Blue Lantern character, Lally of Achiem. Let’s start with a description of zer appearance: Lally is short and round and curvy and purple. Ze has small black antennae and hair that is a darker shade of purple than zer skin. Lally’s default on-duty costume consists of long black pants, black knee-high boots, and a loose- ( Read more... )

Fine. Okay. I'm sex-negative. I'll cop to that. If "sex-negative" is going to be the common descriptor for anyone who has noticed that our species has far too long a history of people using sex to hurt other people for any and all sexuality to be an undiluted good, I'll wear that label proudly. If the alternative is cheering for every male ( Read more... )

A strange and wondrous thing is happening in response to recent discussions among comics fans. Take heart, o feminists, for the newest, hottest trend among DC readers is straight dudes being really, really concerned about slut-shaming, especially the slut-shaming of female fictional characters by prudish real-life female comics fans! Does any ( Read more... )

It's not always easy being a non-male Green Lantern fan, and the addition of the rest of the color spectrum to the mythos doesn't necessarily make it easier. These are some of the thoughts that go into planning my Blue Lantern costume:

( Cut for rambling about fictional organizations and my issues with them )

Remember the controversy surrounding Amanda Palmer's Evelyn, Evelyn project? Remember how it died down after a while? Well, now there's a graphic novel. Having looked at the sample images and read the short interview with Palmer at the second link, I don't think she learned a damn thing.

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Stupid Suicide Squad travesty in the stupid "New 52" mess! THEY MADE AMANDA WALLER THIN. They also de-aged her so much that her original backstory can't possibly fit in the timeline. They lightened her skin and straightened her hair too. They put her in a tight, low-cut top and heavy make-up, and they have her introducing herself to her new ( Read more... )

There's a Sexy Harley Quinn Halloween costume in stores now. That costume covers more than Harley's new in-comics costume as shown the covers for the first two issues of the post-reboot Suicide Squad. That's kind of sad.

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Today it felt like fall. I can't pinpoint why exactly; it was just something in the air. I've started looking for boots for my new costume. I'll probably end up with black ones after shopping around some more. I'd rather have blue, but I don't want to get to invested in having to find exactly the right shade. Besides, I can reuse black boots ( Read more... )

This began with an idea for a Halloween costume, but it turned into much more. I love dressing up in costumes, and this year I felt like getting started early and doing something other than my usual "magical fat lady in a long magical robe." I own multiple plus-size "witch" or "sorceress" or "vampire countess" costumes with slightly different ( Read more... )