Art & Comics
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Body Representation at Comic Book Conventions
No comments yetPosted in Art & Comics, Body StuffMay 3, 2013
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[S]omething he said would color the entirety of C2E2 for me. While defending his book he [Jeffrey Kaufman] motioned to blown up cover behind him and said, “Those are some of the smallest breasted women you will see anywhere on a comic book cover.”
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Fully Dressed Superheroines
4 Comments »Posted in Art & ComicsApr 2, 2013
By Alex Cranz
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Here I am busy all fighting the good fight and being critical of sexism and highlighting awesome women and I’ve still been so indoctrinated by the sexism rampant in comics that these heroes seemed off somehow.
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Orson Scott Card’s Superman Comic Effectively Dead In The Water
No comments yetPosted in Art & ComicsMar 5, 2013
By Alex Cranz
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Artist Chris Sprouse leaves Orson Scott Card’s Superman book, effectively killing it for now.
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X-Files Continues With A 10th Season In Comics
1 Comment »Posted in Art & ComicsMar 4, 2013
By Alex Cranz
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The X-Files gets a 10th season from writer Joe Harris and publisher IDW. Chris Carter produces. Mulder gets real, real pudgy.
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New Line Makes Wish Come True And Hires A Fanboy To Direct Y: The Last Man
No comments yetPosted in Art & Comics, FilmJan 10, 2013
By Alex Cranz
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A Y: The Last Man film is being made! This is cause for celebration. If you’re not what the whats Y: The Last Man is a comic series detailing the adventures of the last man on earth after every single thing with a y chromosome dies. Yes. that means my dog too (my brother and [...]
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What The Heck Is Up With DC And This Weird Conspiracy Against Women?
4 Comments »Posted in Art & ComicsDec 11, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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Dear DC Comics, I’m worried about you. Remember the laughs we had in the early aughts? I’d buy nearly ever comic you released via DC and Vertigo and you’d laugh and take my money and say you so funny. They were good times DC. Gotham Central, Birds of Prey, Manhunter (twice!), Y: The Last Man [...]
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Wonder Woman Vs Lois Lane: Why Are We Forced To Choose?
19 Comments »Posted in Art & ComicsSep 10, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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She was the daughter of a general with a passion for truth and justice and tight blue long underwear. The object of affection for the most powerful and recognizable man in the world she teased, frustrated, delighted and humoured us through multiple tv shows, a series of best-selling comics and a couple of movies you [...]
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The Big Fat Lesbian Problem With Guardians of the Galaxy: or State of the Cosmic Books circa 2009
1 Comment »Posted in Art & Comics, Kickpuncher's CornerAug 28, 2012
By Kickpuncher
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So on a friend’s recommendation, I recently started reading Marvel’s Cosmic books—basically, a sub-universe within the Marvel universe, where many of the old characters introduced by Jim Starlin (otherwise best known for turning Jack Kirby’s crowning achievement, the Fourth World, into a cheap Canadian slasher movie) were reintroduced and updated for today’s audiences, with their [...]
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In Alan Moore’s League 2009 Is The Worst Kind Of Fanfiction
1 Comment »Posted in Art & ComicsJul 2, 2012
By Alex Cranz
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Herein lie spoilers for the latest issue of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. If you read it and get mad about spoilers please complain elsewhere. There’s a lot not to like and to find wrong with Alan Moore’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Century 2009. He refuses to delve into Orlando’s psyche in any way [...]
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The Batman Project: Batman and Robin, 1949
1 Comment »Posted in Art & Comics, Featured Articles, FilmJun 11, 2012
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We’re in the second leg of The Batman Project – as far as you’re concerned. As far as I’m concerned, I’ve watched three more films, and am nearly caught up in addition to deciding that watching two Batman serials in rapid succession is maybe the best bad decision a person can ever make. I’m also [...]

















