First off, why is it called "Marvel Avengers Assemble" in Britain and nowhere else? Do they really think a significant portion of Blighty's movie-going population is going to confuse this in any way, shape or form with the 60s TV series or lame-as-all-hell 90's film?! No! Because most of the people ordering tickets weren't hiding in a cave in ( Read more... )

I want to marry Laura Hudson's brain and have its babies. "The Big Sexy Problem with Superheroines and Their 'Liberated Sexuality'" has got to be the most concise article I can remember reading about superheroic sexism rife in comics most popular genre. One thing I will say against it - I'm suprised that a writer of Laura's caliber is confusing ( Read more... )

( Behold my geekery, it is epic! )

Ok, first off, just before I went away last week I got offered a job out of the blue for September next year, teaching on a graphic novel diploma course for the University of East Anglia. I was planning to turn them down because I didn’t think I’d really be qualified and I’ve had enough experience with under-qualified teachers, so I didn’t want to ( Read more... )

Ok, so Monday morning I'm off to Shropshire for this comics workshop week I won a place on. This course will take you behind the decisions involved in the creation of a graphic novel and the underlying storytelling techniques that inform the reading experience. Students will produce an outline for a graphic novel, along with sample pages of script ( Read more... )

I swear I was going to tidy up today... but it was way too hot, the library's air-conditioning called and I answered.

Discovered  the "Animal Man" revamp while I was there, brought it home and OMFG! It's such a brilliant take on the superhero mythos (is that the right word?) that totally predates anything like "The Pro", "Top 10" or "Buffy" and the ( Read more... )