The Cliffs of Insanity: Wonder Woman and the Bechdel Test
A comic that co-stars Wonder Woman doesn’t pass the Bechdel test and it’s emblematic of a larger problem.
Continue ReadingCategory: Cliffs of Insanity
The Cliffs of Insanity: Will Things Change for Women in Comics?
Once again we’re talking about women in comics. Why? Because I’ll keep talking about it until things actually change. In personal news, my family went to New York City to tape a segment for the Nickelodeon show, Take Me To Your Mother, and I received a cover for my upcoming steampunk detective romance, The Curse of the Brimstone Contract.
Continue ReadingThe Cliffs of Insanity: Lois Lane and Comic Culture
Lois Lane’s 75th anniversary book reflects the ambivalent attitude about women in comics over the past century.
Continue ReadingThe Cliffs of Insanity: Why GeekGirlCon Is Uniquely Satisfying
There’s nothing like the fascinating, thought-provoking and supportive GeekGirlCon.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: New York Comic Con and Geek Girl Con
GGC promises to be a shorter version of a Maker Faire combined with feminism combined with geeky pop culture.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Mystery of Coulson's Rebirth Solved?
I look at Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., including a theory on why Tahiti is a magical place, DC Comics/Warner Bros. dives headfirst into the superhero television business, and, finally, I join the tablet generation with a mini iPad but my favorite part is my custom case.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Facebook Stats Show 40 Percent of Comic Readers Are Women
What did I learn this week? One, there is actual hard evidence that show women read comics (about time); two, as a reader, I can develop a really hopeless crush; and three, that I should let my eldest daughter brainstorm plot ideas for my writing all the time.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Batwoman and The Lack of Imagination at Warner Bros.
Did Batwoman’s creators walk because DC nixed a lesbian wedding? And why is Warner Bros. going for the obvious with Superman versus Batman?
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Comics, Women, and Rape
Radical thought: Maybe what women really want from mainstream superhero comics are well-written female characters with some agency.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: “But He’s Black”
Why “but he’s black” shouldn’t be an acceptable answer to a casting choice.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Boston Comic Con
Boston Comic Con: A commission of the Commish, dragons, DC failing to impress the eldest, and artists who went out of their way to help my youngest.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Game of Thrones And Summer Stuff
This week, a contest for free books, awesome Game of Thrones casting, and Forbes breaks down the financials for a Wonder Woman movie.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Batgirls Together!
Check out Batgirls fighting together, a ConnectiCon cosplay parade, and why the head of DC Entertainment considers converting Wonder Woman to television or movies “tricky.”
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Turning It Over To The Minions
This week’s column is turned over to my minions for their thoughts on why Wonder Woman needs a movie and on Doctor Who’s companions.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Equality
It’s the time to celebrate independence and freedom, leading this week’s Cliffs of Insanity to focus on equality, which is lacking in current mainstream superhero comics.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Wonder Woman
Wonder Woman’s appeal is as a feminist role model. Quit trying to alter that, DC Comics, and, start celebrating it instead.
Continue ReadingThe Cliffs of Insanity: What's the Point of Superhero Movies?
Does Hollywood need to be saved from superhero blockbusters? On the contrary, the world needs more of the message these movies send.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Science Fiction and Women
It turns out, the climb up the cliffs of insanity was a bit too steep even for me last week, but I’m back.
And a busy couple of weeks it was, given I spotted a new widget that makes fun of DC Comics propensity for shooting itself in the foot, became immersed reading a controversy about science fiction and women that started when an article in a respected publication started rating female editors by looks, and finally, relaxed by reading a tribute book to the Dragonlady herself, Anne McCaffrey.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Why I’m in Love With Kickstarter
This week’s adventures climbing the cliffs of insanity include a look at several awesome kickstarter comic projects that have come to fruition, including Gail Simone and Jim Califiore’s much-anticipated story, a great post on the origins of Lois Lane, and a video that my youngest son hunted up because the music was used at the beginning of Iron Man 3.
Continue Reading
The Cliffs of Insanity: Kansas City & How to Write Comics
This week’s adventures climbing the cliffs of insanity are centered on my trip to the Romantic Times Booklovers Convention in Kansas City where I dived into workshops on the invention of romance and how to write comics, subjects that both deal with myths and how to translate them to storytelling.
Continue Reading