I'm going to ramble about the background of this crappy poem. You may not want to read this, because it goes into my intentions and thought process a lot and art should be open to interpretation, so if you feel that way...uh, don't read it.

I got the idea for the poem sort of wanting to do absurdist poetry about "what if a female hero realized some ( Read more... )

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I agree with Maddy and bluefall for the most part.

Don't attack me, hear me out.

Wonder Woman and Black Canary and Lois Lane from the Golden Age are wicked awesome. And I've never read much old Marvel (or Marvel period...but guys, I recently bought a lot of Incredible Herc back issues AND I read Marvel Adventures and Books a Million I'm ( Read more... )

Overall, I found this book to be a very enjoyable and smart read. It's certainly comic-book-feminist friendly and probably enjoyable for any comic book geek.  Of course, most comic book geeks will know most of this stuff, but I actually found out quite a few things I didn't know, specifically about golden age heroes and such.

The book is by Mike ( Read more... )

AND IT IS EPIC. See this.

Birds of Prey was one of my gateway drug comics like so many others. I'd heard of it from Girl Wonder and Karen Healey's glowing praise, so I got the trade. Actually, I accidentally got a Chuck Dixon one (Old Friends, New Enemies). I was a few pages in and was like "This was written by a man." And I checked the cover and ( Read more... )

So I was a lurkin' on the WW forum (I might end up doing a lot of lurking. There's a couple people there that make me roll my eyes so hard.Like someone linked a really good Girl Wonder thread  and the guy was like "I'll take your word for it" ...and then preceded to go on about how people can be tough AND sexualized, completely missing the point ( Read more... )

Because you demanded it! No, actually you didn't, but my homework's done, and I must review this Steph-ish peice of comic.

But first, a public service anouncement: I've been thinking about this for a while...and I'm still very sad about Cassandra. But the truth is, nobody's written her well, and for so many years, that maybe she does deserve a ( Read more... )

Right now there's this really awesome Home Team Match where you nominate your favorite heroines! It's mostly about showing love for these awesome fictional women, but there will be voting, depending on how many nominations a heroine gets. Each person has a thread, and if your favorite character hasn't been mentioned yet, go nominate them!

I've ( Read more... )

So. I've been totally into this HP parody musical thing that was posted on Youtube. It's HILARIOUS. But it's been temporarily taken down because WB sucks. But it should be back up soon, and then I'll link you guys to it.

In other news, since my statement about Supergirl's scandalous shorts has caused such a sensation, I'd sorely sort of like to ( Read more... )

Thanks to the magical working of bluefall , I now have access to the entire Wondy v2! I'm so happy! I am immersed in George Perez goodness!

The Wondy Annual I just read (1989, I think) especially amused me. It's all about Wonder Woman's publicity agency, and there's a story whereMyndi Mayer and Wonder Woman is worried about the comic getting made about her ( Read more... )

I kind of got onto an impassioned rant about Supergirl on s_d. Some person posted the end of Joe Kelly's run with the Straw!Supergirl being all "Supergirl should have no problems!" and Kara being all "Yes she should die Silver Age!" and the Kara being all "I'll be happy now!" and Kal being all "I immediately forgive you for your bratty behavior!"

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