A few days ago I was rewatching the finale of Smallville. Taken as a whole (all ten seasons) there is a lot to take issue with. Like Kristen Kreuk, but man, that last episode was borderline perfection, and at least for me, the best live action rendition of Superman EVER. Which is impressive because we [...]

In a perfect world men and women get equal pay for equal work. They’re treated the same in politics. Women appear as frequently and in as interesting roles as men in films, television and in novels. In a perfect world men and women are equal. This isn’t a perfect world and those who say it [...]

DC 52–not to be confused with 52–was supposed to change the game. The baby and the bath water were getting tossed and the world was going to be introduced to a whole new age of superheroes. Not like the Gold or Silver or Bronze or Modern Age heroes. This was going to change the game. [...]

Scott Lobdell is a better comic book writer than Alan Moore. In fact, he easily outdoes Warren Ellis, Garth Ennis, and Mark Millar. Whereas they took on the concept of superheroes and subjected it to parody, satire, and deconstruction, Lobdell hit where it really hurts. DC Comics gave this funnybook firebrand a comic and he [...]

If you’re not reading The Non-Adventures of Wonderella, the weekly comic about a snarky, alcoholic, lazy and possibly evil rip off of Wonder Woman then you need to start immediately. There’s a comic where THEY KILL SANTA. And also one where she rap battles Jesus. It’s better than sliced bread (or rice bread for the [...]

After the debacle that was DC’s panels at Comic Con the only thing they could do was acknowledge the sexism, announce a few female creators and go ahead on. And that’s what happened. Over the past week we’ve heard from fans about a need for more women writers, artists and characters. We want you to [...]

Earlier this week I reported on all the instances where DC promised they loved women and then shat all over them. Sadly in the interim nothing has changed. DC hasn’t announced an entire slew of women creators and they haven’t put Lois and Clark back together again. What has happened is the lucky lady over [...]