GeekMom: Comic Book Corner — November 20th, 2013
This week we have a wide variety of books including Leaving Megalopolis by Batgirl writer Gail Simone, Molly Danger, DC: The New Frontier, and more.
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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.
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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.
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A Voice In the Dark: Drawn Completely by Mouth
Larime Taylor is a comic artist against incredible odds, as he has to draw his stories with his mouth. But maybe others should try it because his results so far have been stellar.
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This Week With the GeekMoms
The GeekMoms this week dreamed of Hollywood, took online courses on comics and gender studies, went on spring break road trips, and made plans to see the Harlem Globetrotters!
Continue ReadingMega Con 2013 or Bust!
Megacon is my favorite convention in Central Florida. This year, the convention welcomes the bridge crew of Star Trek The Next Generation including Captain Picard himself, Sir. Patrick Stewart. Also in attendance to represent the comic book world will be Neil Adams, Gail Simone, George Perez along with many others!
Continue ReadingOur Top Comic Books from 2012
Welcome to our top comic books from 2012! We would like to share with you some of our favorite books / series from 2012. Hopefully, we can inspire you to check out some new titles, or revisit some old ones.
Continue ReadingGeekMom: Comic Book Corner — October 31st, 2012
Happy Halloween and New Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week.
Continue ReadingChicks Dig Comics! (As If That Wasn’t Obvious)
Although I only made it to Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) for one day, Sunday, it was well worth the trip. While my travel roomie was busy selling out by going to a question and answer session with John …
Continue ReadingWomen Write About Comics: Women in Refrigerators, 13 Years Later
As you may have noticed if you read GeekMom regularly, I’m a passionate reader of superhero comics and have been since I can remember. But, being a woman (d’uh), it’s impossible to miss the issues with the portrayal of female characters over the years. Nowhere was outrage more consolidated than in a site called Women […]
Continue ReadingWomen Write About Comics: Women in Refrigerators, 13 Years Later
As you may have noticed if you read GeekMom and GeekDad regularly, I’m a passionate reader of superhero comics and have been since I can remember. But, being a woman (duh), it’s impossible to miss the issues with the portrayal …
Continue ReadingDC Clarifies Stance on Female Creators & Characters
There’s been somewhat of a perfect storm surrounding DC’s relaunch of all it’s titles coming in September, especially concerning the seeming lack of female creators and the writing of female characters in general. Of their announced titles last month, only …
Continue ReadingIndependent Women in Comics Anthology Finds Funding in One Day
I wrote a post earlier this week about the relaunch of DC’s regular titles which includes their entry into same-day digital. In that post, I lamented that DC’s digital marketing was lacking and that the company wasn’t even trying to …
Continue ReadingInterview: Weird Al Talks Music, Kids’ Books, Being a Dad
Below is a transcription of segments of the interview. You can listen to an MP3 of the entire interview (about 23 minutes), or use the embedded player by clicking the tab on the left). The audio version has a few …
Continue ReadingComics Spotlight on Wonder Woman: Contagion
With the news about the Wonder Woman pilot by David E. Kelley and the casting of Wonder Woman herself, I thought this would be a good time to examine the end of the last complete run of the Wonder Woman …
Continue ReadingComics Spotlight on Birds of Prey: Second Series
Through what I consider a series of mis-steps, the first Birds of Prey series ended in 2009 with issue #127, a ten-year run that was highlighted by the work of Chuck Dixon and then Gail Simone. With the series over, …
Continue ReadingComics Spotlight on: The Gathering Volume 1
Happy Comics Release Day! I have an unusual comic this week. The Gathering Volume 1 is a collection of short stories rather than a single narrative. It’s also written and illustrated by people you’ve likely never heard of before but …
Continue ReadingComics Spotlight On: Birds of Prey
Happy Comic Release Day! I picked Birds of Prey this week for two reasons. The first is that the canceled series is being relaunched this spring with Gail Simone as writer and Ed Benes as artist, a team also responsible …
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