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Sexy Or Sexualized? The Depiction Of Women In Comics With Paul Levitz, Gail Simone, Dave Gibbons, Marguerite Bennett, Adam Hughes, Christina Blanch, And Thom Zahler At Baltimore Comic Con
Paul Levitz moderated a panel on the depiction of women in comics at Baltimore Comic Con this year on Friday with panelists Gail Simone, Dave Gibbons, Marguerite Bennett, Adam Hughes, Christina Blanch, and Thom Zahler. Levitz opened by pointing out that whether a character is depicted as sexy or sexualized in comics is a very old[...]
'It's A Stat Room' – Harrison's Comics Explains Those Allegations
Earlier in the week, writer Jen Williams talked about a very brief period of employment at a comic store, Harrison's Comics in Salem She stated that she'd been told that the back room was called "the rape room" She later complained, but found herself fired After tweeting her experience, the story was picked up first[...]
The Yellow Doc Martens Batgirl Is A Smash Hit
DC Comics Senior VP Bob Wayne is involved in what is considered a Farewell Tour The face of the publisher to retailers for decades, he has chosen to leave DC when they move from New York to Burbank. He is currently at the Diamond Retailer Breakfast meeting at Baltimore Comic Con. There was rather an emotional scene[...]
LIVE! From The Baltimore Comic Con Retail Breakfast
Launched 2 weeks after San Diego, they are having success with this generating method so far. The Diamond Liquidation list is receiving a new format style this month, and a shift to having Merchandise on one week and comics the following week They are going to be doing "more aggressive pricing" on these to help retailers[...]
Nancy Silberkleit Talks About Stan Goldberg
Co-CEO of Archie Comics, Nancy Silberkleit offered her thoughts on the man Zam wham wow flowed through Stan Goldberg's veins Stan's style went beyond artistic talent, and placed him in the elite category of what we refer to as graphic literacy Throughout his long career, people around the world were entertained by the combination of rich[...]
Writer's Commentary – Mark Rahner On Dejah Of Mars #4
Writer's commentary: Dejah of Mars 4 By Mark Rahner It's the conclusion of Dejah of Mars, but also the end of what started in Warlord of Mars Annual 1 and wound up becoming my own little universe of continuity, stretching through a dozen issues of Dejah Thoris and the Green Men of Mars and Warlord of Mars[...]
Jason Fabok Shares His Character Sketches For Justice League
The artist's profile has been growing with runs on Detective Comics and Batman Eternal, now he gets to take on the all-star team. Over on his blog, Fabok has posted some of his character studies he did to get ready for his new gig as well as the inked version of the cover that was used[...]
The Bleed Episode # 3: James Asmus & Omar Spahi Join Us For Atomic Robo
The group meets every Wednesday on Google Hangout to discuss news, the latest comics, creator interviews and the pick of the week. This week, we're discussing Atomic Robo vol.1: Atomic Robo and the Fightin' Scientists of Tesladyne by Brian Clevinger, Scott Wegener, Ronda Pattison and Jeff Powell. [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrH0t_TX4M4[/youtube] Joining us for our third episode is multiple Harvey nominee James Asmus whom you may know from Quantum and[...]
So What Is Actually Going On With Supergirl? Or Super? Or Girl? (UPDATE)
Two days ago, Bleeding Cool ran a story about DC Entertainment pitching a Supergirl series to TV Networks, following on from Gotham, Flash, Constantine and iZombie creating a Golden Age of DC Comics live action adaptations. We'd also heard that Michael Green, one of the writers who relaunched Supergirl as a comic book in the New[...]
That Disney/Marvel Bust Up Over Big Hero 6 (UPDATE)
Marvel then refused to publish comics to support the movie So Disney told Marvel they would publish comics themselves (not the manga, but original comics by US creators) It was then that Marvel went, and I quote, "apeshit". Cooler heads prevailed and an agreement was drawn up That Marvel wouldn't get involved with Big Hero 6[...]
Cover image for 2000 AD NOVEMBER PROG PACK (FEB 2023 SHIPPING) (MR)
The partwork had found a new business model. Well, now it's time for a British comics character to seize a bit of that action Hachette are publishing the complete partworks of Judge Dredd, being serialised right now as The Mega Collection.   The Mega Collection Here's what's coming, every two weeks.   Here's how the spines will look. And subscribers get[...]