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Tony Harris vs. Cosplayers, and the Fake Problem of the Fake Geek Girl
Women? On my internet? Tony Harris is worried about con- hot women demanding his attention at conventions. Games with female protagonists receive half the marketing budget of games with male...
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Storify: “Comics follow society. They don’t lead society, they reflect it.”
Reporters Alyssa Rosenberg and Linda Holmes were at the Television Critics Association press tour on Wednesday, when some depressing things were said during the panel for Superheroes: The Never-Ending...
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News & Things: Your week in awful (and I’m not talking about Forever 21)
News MTV Geek Closes Up Shop What does it meeeean? After AOL ditched Comics Alliance earlier this year, the news that MTV Geek is headed to the blog afterlife (there’s always Internet Archive!), surely...
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Review: The Cute Girl Network
The Cute Girl Network First Second Books MK Reed and G. Means, Joe Flood The Cute Girl Network is not a title that clearly flags a target market. It could be for pre-teen girls. It could be for teen...
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Stephanie O’Donnell interview
Stephanie O’Donnell is a long-established webcomic artist currently working with Greg Carter on Perfect Agent. You might know her work from the Original Nutty Funsters, or you may remember her post...
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News & Things: It’s a terrible life. You’re a terrible life.
Kickstarter Indiegogo of the Week Rachel Halpern wants your help launching Inscription Magazine, a free, online fiction magazine for teens. They want to publish high quality YA fiction with diverse...
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The Critics’ Jane Foster
I’ve liked Natalie Portman’s Jane Foster since the first Thor. In particular, a scene that still makes me laugh is when Jane accidentally puts her dirty dishes right back in the cupboard of her cramped...
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Scott Lobdell admits to harassing MariNaomi and apologizes
Yesterday afternoon, xoJane published an account of convention harassment by cartoonist MariNaomi. The extra fun twist? It happened while she was working. While she was on a panel. In front of an...
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Detective Comics #27: A celebration of nipples and claws and laziness
Batman first appeared in Detective Comics #27, in May of 1939. He wasn’t quite the Batman we know today–he carried a gun, he had no backstory to speak of (it wouldn’t come until November)–but the seeds...
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Kotaku Exposes a Story of Sexual Harassment in the Gaming Industry
Note: For this article, we will continue to use the pseudonym the interview subject has requested in order to protect her professional identity. I think that most women who are involved in the...
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News & Things: Terry Crews as Luke Cage?
News Kevin Feige talks female-led movies again, still doesn’t announce one will come out Marvel Studio Present Kevin Feige is asked AGAIN about when we’re going to see a female-led movie, and he hems...
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Catwoman: The Loss of a Lady
Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman adorned my high school locker, but it wasn’t until recently that I’ve made any real attempt to get to know this character. I’ve always liked Selina Kyle, but I didn’t know...
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Bombshells? Or Duds?
Dear DC Comics, The other day you announced a series of variant “Bombshell” covers for a host of your more popular super books. The aesthetic for the covers harkens back to a 1940’s pinup style and are...
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News & Things: Dick Jokes By the Dozen
News Anitta Sarkeesian received the Ambassador Award at the Game Developer’s Conference. You can find pictures of the standing ovation she received all over Twitter. Ex-Twilighter Cam Gigandet Stars In...
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Emerald City Comicon: Smashing Con Harassment
ShareI spent last weekend in Seattle as an attendee of Emerald City Comicon, and honestly, I’m still coming down from the whole experience. It was awesome. While it was my third time attending ECCC, it...
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[TW] No More Free Passes: Why I’m Done Watching Game of Thrones
Share Trigger Warning: Discussion of incest, sexual abuse, and rape. “Rape is never acceptable as a plot device,” I said, leaning back in one of the flimsy folding chairs we use for events at the...
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News & Things: Full of Sci-Fi Fun
ShareWarren Ellis and Tula Lotay to Ressurect Liefeld’s Supreme in New On-Going In July, acclaimed writer Warren Ellis and artist Tula Lotay will be launching a new series called Supreme: Blue Rose...
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I Gazed Into The Abyss And Codebabes.com Gazed Back
Share“CSS gives it a makeover,” the model in a sexy schoolgirl outfit awkwardly mumbles, in a heavy eastern european accent, “So it is sexy like me.” This might be the point where I vomit my brain...
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FCBD Previews: Zombie Tramp (NSFW, TW: rape culture)
Share I wasn’t really digging this book from the cover image featured on the FCBD site. We got a preview copy in our WWAC inbox, and I thought I’d give it a chance. When people inevitably say it’s not...
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Holding You Accountable: Goyer, Mazin, and A Giant Green Porn Star
ShareEarlier this week, during the taping of a live-audience podcast named Scriptnotes, screenwriter David S. Goyer (Man of Steel) sat and talked with a number of other screenwriters (Andrea Berloff,...
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