I’ve had a strange relationship with the build up for Wonder Woman. I remember when they announced it was on the docket for the DCEU several years ago. There seemed to be no real plan other than “get a female super hero movie out before Marvel does” and that’s never a great way to start.…
Now that my class on comics is over, I can get back to focusing on some of my own work. It’s another one of those times where I am doing some research for a comics paper and so it’s totally useful for me to just outsource some of my research to the internet. In this…
I started the PCA/ACA paper I did last year with an anecdote about a little girl that I met at Baltimore Comicon a couple years ago. She was three years old and dressed as Harley Quinn. Here’s an excerpt from the story: In September of 2012, while attending Baltimore Comic Con, I met a three-year-old…
I don’t think I was ever looking for a Suicide Squad movie. I don’t think anyone was. It’s not like Batman v. Superman. There’s no point as a kid where I was growing up saying “God, I hope one day there’s a movie of this.” That was a huge advantage to WB. Because, a year ago…
So, “Justice” has apparently… uh…. dawned… which is to say that Batman v. Superman came out today. Err… yay! Or something. I had done a pretty good job of avoiding spoilers moving up to its release (and I will be try to avoid giving them here) with the sole exception of the official trailers that…
What’s geeky? Comics and statistics. What’s really geeky? Using them both together. A couple months ago, I mentioned that I had been tracking sales on comics starring female characters. This was related to an academic paper I was working on (one that I am finishing up to present on Friday). My primary reason for tracking the sales was…
Decided I wanted to do a little bit of digital painting style experimentation… so I drew up a quick sketch of Harley Quinn and tried painting it in a few different styles… Would love to know what people like best.
Recently, my friend, and frequent conference collaborator, AJ Ortega posted a story about one of his students complaining about a short story he assigned for them to read. The story was “How to Date a Brown Girl (Black Girl, White Girl or Halfie)” by Junot Diaz. AJ’s student felt that it was inappropriate for a teacher…
I actually planned to do a big long rant on why we NEED sexism in comic book stories (how’s that for a teaser… try and figure that one out) but I was busy with a bunch of stuff today and didn’t to finish it. Maybe I will later. Instead, while I was waiting on hold…
Here’s the first chance I’ve had to draw a non “Endless” DC sketch card in ages. Enjoy.
To paraphrase the Man, “Whether you like it, or you hate it, learn to love it, ‘cuz it’s the best thing going today.” I really didn’t see myself doing another comic book post so soon after the last one. I was intending to write my thoughts on why I think the FCC really needs to completely…