Morning Dump: Mr. Romance, Balanced book reading, Welcome to Lagos,
Posted by theashcan in Morning Dump on 28. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
Are New York Times book reviewers biased towards white dudes from Brooklyn? When was the last time you read a book by a female author? Do you get the hype around Jonathan Franzen? I’m crazy tired so sorry about the lazy rhetoricals. But yeah, Chris Jackson wrote something about some such and I dug it [...]
Mary HK Choi tackles dude-ish superchick Lady Deadpool
Posted by Anupa in comics, Interviews, media on 26. Jul, 2010 | 2 Comments
Deadpool, that churlish, craggy-faced Marvel anti-hero will be hitting the big screen some time in 2012—played by dreamboat Ryan Reynolds, no less—so like me, if you didn’t know, you’ll be hearing the name and bandwagoning very soon. His gender bender counterpart, Lady Deadpool—girly-churl, blonde and babely—demanded a writer who knows that this is funny, hyper-meta [...]
“Why should I read Girl Comics?”
Posted by Jef in comics, Pop Culture on 09. Mar, 2010 | 2 Comments
Because they’re good comics, that’s why. In keeping with the atmosphere of progress following Kathryn Bigelow’s two big wins at the Academy Awards and the spotlight of International Women’s Day, let’s take a look at two prescient Marvel comic books that came out last week: the first issue of the 3-part anthology series, Girl Comics [...]
