So I saw Black Panther and I for one am shocked — SHOCKED I SAY — by the lack of white people representation in this film. Ok, maybe not… the token two white members of the principle cast had far more to do than I expected they would. Martin Freeman was quite good in it…
Just about two years ago, I wrote a blog post about how I didn’t really like the idea of making Sam Wilson, the Falcon, into the new Captain America. I actually stand by that. My reasoning at the time (and now) wasn’t the typical geek reasoning which basically boils down to a fear of change…
Stephanie and I went to see Captain America: Civil War this weekend. I sort of knew that I wanted to write some kind of review of it before I went. I’ve been wanting to do more of that sort of thing. I’d also sort of made the decision a while back that I wanted to…
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…
I did a sketch card of Misty Knight almost two years ago. I decided that I needed to do one of her partner Colleen Wing too, mostly just to match the set (even though Misty is probably more famous in the comics right now) but also, I just really like how my Daughters of the…
So seeing as how this is all over the blogosphere right now and a couple people have asked me my opinion on it, I guess I might as well rant on it. “What do I think about Marvel’s decision to make the new Thor a woman?” Well, I think it’s ridiculously fucking dumb. But maybe not…