Previously on FailCon log - noelct, jasondemotte, phoenix_anew and jaklocke arrived in Chicago and I showed them around. Some more than others. The next day, we enjoyed C2E2, and went to the western suburbs to see tweelore and meet up with alliancesjr and skybreak_seeker to play some arcade games.

Day 2 at C2E2 - Panels, Cosplay and Loose Threads


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In the world of cosplay, popularity is a relative term. But the cosplayer who goes by "BelleChere" is definitely one the more popular ones. Over the last 4-5 years, she became pretty well-known thanks to the quality of her costumes and, let us be honest, the way she looks wearing them.


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I didn't mean to do two posts dealing with something Kelly Thompson wrote in a row. But as I've read her latest She Has No Head column, I realized that my comments would have to go beyond anything I can fit in the comment section - and it would involve me talking about Urbis Arcana. So in my LJ it goes ( Read more... )

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A little under two months ago, DC Comics' attempt to do an artist talent search got overshadowed by a controversy when it turned out that the try-outs showed the main character, Harley Quinn, trying to kill herself. While naked in a hot tub. That didn't go over well. When the writer of the script said that the scene was intended as a tongue-in- ( Read more... )

I admit - when I finally went to watch the Avengers this morning, I went in with a bit of trepidation. I have been trying my best to avoid spoilers, but I have read reviews, and the reaction has been mixed. Comic book news sites and other geek interest news outlets have been giving it positive reviews. The non-geek reviews were more of a mixed bag ( Read more... )

Since Tuesday's post, I thought quite a bit about the sexism, cosplay and skimpy costumes. The original post was a quick response. This is something that I hope would get into the topic more deeply.

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Over the past few weeks, the comic book fandom has been embroiled in discussion of sexism, both within the industry and in terms of how it affects the way comic book characters are depicted and designed. Kelly Thompson was one of many the female writers to speak on the subject, writing an article that, along other things, delved into horribly ( Read more... )

The Next Issue Project is a brainchild of Erik Larsen, one of the Image Comics' founding partners. It drew on his fascination with some of the more obscure comic books from late 1930s- early 1940s. Comic book fans tend to refer to that era as the Golden Age of Comics. It wasn't because most of the comics that were released at the time were any good ( Read more... )