I don't have cable right now so I'm rewatching old shows and movies. A lot of them are animated. Such is my way. I'd like to have a nobler reason for rewatching them--something like when James 
Let's say you're the newly-sentient internet. How would you decipher
the meaning of all the bits and bytes whizzing past you? And what about
the real world outside your electronic realm?
Former Comics Editor, Guy Leshinski
has very kindly given us permission to reprint a prophetic interview
with Bryan Lee O'Malley in 2005. Will Bryan Lee O'Malley attain the
Holy Grail of cartoonists? As Bryan says, "We'll see..."
Results tagged “sexism” from The Cultural Gutter
The Pitiful Death of Monsieur Mallah
There's a sickness in my stomach I've been carrying a while, an unpleasant acid feeling that bothers me when I've been reading or reading about comics lately. And I guess it's time for me to cough it up and see what the hell is burning a hole inside.
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"Girls Suck at Video Games"
Stéphanie Mercier uses gameplay to make a point in her short, "Girls Suck at Video Games."
What Girls Want From Comics
Hope Larson knows what girls like. She knows what girls want in comics--because she asked.
Happy Birthday, Pam Grier!
It's Pam Grier's birthday. Celebrate with this interview by NPR.
"Book'em, Brontës!"
Brontë Sisters Power Dolls. They're not action figures, they're Power Dolls! "Book'em, Brontës!" (thanks, Denis!)
Hal Jordan's Package Flying Through Space
There's always controversy in comics fandom around how female characters are drawn or sculpted. Karen equalizes things with some equivalently fan service covers, featuring Hal Jordan's package flying through space, for the ladies and gentlemen who prefer gentlemen. (via Paiwingz)
In Two Cases, Better Than the Book
A common saying, and I've said it lots of times myself: "The book was better than the movie." It's short-hand for the way that material that's appealing at book length somehow loses its depth when adapted into a movie. But what about stories that improve in the conversion process?
Let's look at two recent cases: I Am Legend and The Da Vinci Code.
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A Cast of Thousands and Still Token Females
Marie Brennan over at SF Novelists looks at epic fantasy and the Bechdel test: "Two hundred pages into the book, and there’s been three named female
characters. One is evil. The second existed only for a brief scene, for
the purpose of highlighting how attractive the third one is."
Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose and the Haunted Hoo-Ha
At Chris's Invincible Super-Blog read this heartfelt paean to Jim Balent's fan-service-tastic, Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose and what could be the worst piece of dialogue in comics history… or the best: 'You have to get out of here. Your vagina is haunted.'" Chris has lots more to say about Tarot. (And personally, if my ghostly vagina were constantly bleeding, I wouldn't only be wearing a ghostly thong. Just sayin'). (thanks, 'col!)
Love Letter to the Invisible Woman
A letter from Girl-Wonder's letter's column I missed in 2007: "25 years after her transformation from girl to woman, the new
creative team of J. Michael Straczyinski and Mike McKone have advanced
the Invisible Woman yet again with a story moment that can be viewed as
one of the few feminist outcries in comics, a wake-up call to fan boys.... 'Do I look like I need
protecting, Reed? Do I?'”
Bad Fan
I've never been a good fan. I am grumpy, contrary and deeply perverse. So Gail Simone kind of sneaked up on me and, before I knew it, became my new trusted brand. I don't think I really noticed till I was excited because she was writing Wonder Woman
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"Are there any comics about ponies?"
Sure, it's from 2007, but Girl-Wonder.org had my favorite April Fool's ever.
Defending Dollhouse
A woman with her personality wiped and a new one programmed in every week? Joss Whedon talks about misogyny, identity and Dollhouse.
Lady Bullseye and Lady Snowblood
Richie muses on Lady Snowblood in manga and film and a little on Lady Bullseye: "That a samurai revenge film from thirty years ago manages to be significantly less exploitative than anything around now
speaks volumes. It is, ironically, an excellent twenty first century
samurai movie, which keeps the best parts of the genre while moving
beyond the shitty sexual politics. It just happens to be from 1979."
Cerise and Girl-Wonder Join Forces
Girls play games and boy are they pissed: Cerise Magazine and Girl Wonder.org join forces for a women, comics and games special issue.
Response to Harassment in the Geek World
Comic Con Anti-Harassment Project and further discussion of the post we posted from Bully. Also, the Open Source Women Back Each Other Up Project, here and here. (thanks, Elizabeth!)
Seriousness at ComicCon
Bully talks about sexual harassment at ComicCon. Pass it on.
Red Eye
15 hours on the road and I was my own red-eye on I-94's corridor of stripclubs, fireworks and roadkill, racing past dead deer in Michigan, then Gary, Indiana's steel mills and through Chicagoland, the Sears Tower in the distance waiting for its evil eye, till the highway gave out in Wisconsin. Yes, I went to WisCon 32, the world's oldest feminist science fiction convention. And there I felt deeper fatigue than 15 hours, 2 countries, 4 states and 2 time zones. Zombie fatigue.
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Grant Morrison Sighted Off The Coast of Japan
Grant Morrison's character designs for 2 Japanese superhero teams, "Big Science Action" and "Super Young Team," are up at Scans Daily. "Most Excellent Super What?" and "Morrison, what the hell?" ask stunned manga, anime and tokusatsu fans.
"Cured of Being a Tomboy"
Sleestak explores those strange girls in comics, tomboys from Romance comics to Disney.
The Pitiful Death of Monsieur Mallah
There's a sickness in my stomach I've been carrying a while, an unpleasant acid feeling that bothers me when I've been reading or reading about comics lately. And I guess it's time for me to cough it up and see what the hell is burning a hole inside.
"Girls Suck at Video Games"
Stéphanie Mercier uses gameplay to make a point in her short, "Girls Suck at Video Games."
What Girls Want From Comics
Hope Larson knows what girls like. She knows what girls want in comics--because she asked.Happy Birthday, Pam Grier!
It's Pam Grier's birthday. Celebrate with this interview by NPR."Book'em, Brontës!"
Brontë Sisters Power Dolls. They're not action figures, they're Power Dolls! "Book'em, Brontës!" (thanks, Denis!)
Hal Jordan's Package Flying Through Space
There's always controversy in comics fandom around how female characters are drawn or sculpted. Karen equalizes things with some equivalently fan service covers, featuring Hal Jordan's package flying through space, for the ladies and gentlemen who prefer gentlemen. (via Paiwingz)In Two Cases, Better Than the Book
A common saying, and I've said it lots of times myself: "The book was better than the movie." It's short-hand for the way that material that's appealing at book length somehow loses its depth when adapted into a movie. But what about stories that improve in the conversion process?Let's look at two recent cases: I Am Legend and The Da Vinci Code.
Continue reading...
A Cast of Thousands and Still Token Females
Marie Brennan over at SF Novelists looks at epic fantasy and the Bechdel test: "Two hundred pages into the book, and there’s been three named female characters. One is evil. The second existed only for a brief scene, for the purpose of highlighting how attractive the third one is."Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose and the Haunted Hoo-Ha
At Chris's Invincible Super-Blog read this heartfelt paean to Jim Balent's fan-service-tastic, Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose and what could be the worst piece of dialogue in comics history… or the best: 'You have to get out of here. Your vagina is haunted.'" Chris has lots more to say about Tarot. (And personally, if my ghostly vagina were constantly bleeding, I wouldn't only be wearing a ghostly thong. Just sayin'). (thanks, 'col!)
Love Letter to the Invisible Woman
A letter from Girl-Wonder's letter's column I missed in 2007: "25 years after her transformation from girl to woman, the new creative team of J. Michael Straczyinski and Mike McKone have advanced the Invisible Woman yet again with a story moment that can be viewed as one of the few feminist outcries in comics, a wake-up call to fan boys.... 'Do I look like I need protecting, Reed? Do I?'”
Bad Fan
I've never been a good fan. I am grumpy, contrary and deeply perverse. So Gail Simone kind of sneaked up on me and, before I knew it, became my new trusted brand. I don't think I really noticed till I was excited because she was writing Wonder Woman
"Are there any comics about ponies?"
Sure, it's from 2007, but Girl-Wonder.org had my favorite April Fool's ever.Defending Dollhouse
A woman with her personality wiped and a new one programmed in every week? Joss Whedon talks about misogyny, identity and Dollhouse.Lady Bullseye and Lady Snowblood
Richie muses on Lady Snowblood in manga and film and a little on Lady Bullseye: "That a samurai revenge film from thirty years ago manages to be significantly less exploitative than anything around now speaks volumes. It is, ironically, an excellent twenty first century samurai movie, which keeps the best parts of the genre while moving beyond the shitty sexual politics. It just happens to be from 1979."Cerise and Girl-Wonder Join Forces
Girls play games and boy are they pissed: Cerise Magazine and Girl Wonder.org join forces for a women, comics and games special issue.Response to Harassment in the Geek World
Comic Con Anti-Harassment Project and further discussion of the post we posted from Bully. Also, the Open Source Women Back Each Other Up Project, here and here. (thanks, Elizabeth!)Seriousness at ComicCon
Bully talks about sexual harassment at ComicCon. Pass it on.Red Eye
15 hours on the road and I was my own red-eye on I-94's corridor of stripclubs, fireworks and roadkill, racing past dead deer in Michigan, then Gary, Indiana's steel mills and through Chicagoland, the Sears Tower in the distance waiting for its evil eye, till the highway gave out in Wisconsin. Yes, I went to WisCon 32, the world's oldest feminist science fiction convention. And there I felt deeper fatigue than 15 hours, 2 countries, 4 states and 2 time zones. Zombie fatigue.
Grant Morrison Sighted Off The Coast of Japan
Grant Morrison's character designs for 2 Japanese superhero teams, "Big Science Action" and "Super Young Team," are up at Scans Daily. "Most Excellent Super What?" and "Morrison, what the hell?" ask stunned manga, anime and tokusatsu fans."Cured of Being a Tomboy"
Sleestak explores those strange girls in comics, tomboys from Romance comics to Disney.