women Archives

Anyways, women deserve a much bigger seat at the table that is television TV has long been a part of society that has sought out the value of male input and discourse above anything feminine in nature What society has failed to realize is the impact women have had on the industry, from being directly[...]

Additionally, the casting is fantastic! Of eight main character roles–all police officers–half are badass women played by fantastic actors: Alyssa Diaz (Angela Lopez), Melissa O'Neil (Lucy Chen), Afton Williamson (Talia Bishop), and Mercedes Mason as everyone's boss Captain Zoe Anderson are all powerhouses They own every scene that they are in and bring a lot of acting depth to the[...]

I did not have a fourth or fifth answer. Scientist! If only Who's She? Mighty Women Guessing Game had been around, perhaps I would have fared better Who's She? is a new educational tabletop board game for two players, with the goal of teaching about mighty women who changed the world! Guess their identity by asking about their accomplishments,[...]

Credit: AwesomenessTV Building off of the breakout success of their Karate Kid spinoff series Cobra Kai, YouTube Premium (previously YouTube Red) continues bolstering its original scripted programming with Kat & June Think Stuff! (working title) from AwesomenessTV.  Created/written by Mackenzie Yeager (Girl Meets World, All Night) and with Jen Braeden (Awkward, Girl Boss) serving as co-showrunner, the[...]

For me, as I began to see the scale of books affected, one thing grew disturbingly clear: all the titles involved diversity and representation, either in the characters featured within (nearly all including leads that were female, people of colour, or LGBTQ+) or in the form of the creator voices involved (again, largely women, people[...]

Longtime James Bond producer Barbara Broccoli recently did an interview for her new movie Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool and was asked by Screen Daily if there was a chance we could see a woman behind the camera: There are a lot of women working on this production which pleases me very much It's incredibly[...]

58,000 copies of the first volume of RESIST! were given away in January 2017 at the nation-wide women's march protests surrounding the inauguration A female-focused, female-created response to the election of Donald Trump, some copies ended up in come comic stores but were more likely to be given away in other fashions. Now, with this, their second volume,[...]

Seems like some folks will do anything to stop some women getting up on stage An unknown guy convinced security that their guest, Hope Larson (Batgirl), wasn't going to make it. Here's my Wondercon schedule See you tomorrow! pic.twitter.com/BZgnVoiEZ3 — Hope Larson (@hopelarson) 30 March 2017 Hope was was due to be at Room 213 of the second[...]

(An estimated 500,000!!) There are men and women of every shape, size, color, orientation, and age There is chanting It shuffles between "Hey hey! Ho ho! Donald Trump has got to go," "my body, my choice," and "What does a feminist look like? This is what a feminist looks like!" There are children in strollers,[...]

You'll remember Nicola Scott (artist on the current Wonder Woman run) spoke on Facebook about the UN removing Diana's status as the UN's Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment of Women and Girls Well, Nicola had more to say on the matter. What's more it was the first time that Greg Rucka also spoke up on the matter, short but[...]

Berganza on the other side was literally grabbing women's ass and breasts without even any idea of consent in public events, still does, is unapologetic about it and DC keeps covering him up as they used to do for Julius Schwartz Not so well since we here know about him and Julius. With Marty acquiescing slightly, As[...]

Is it possible your covers will put women off the comic, or simply send a wrong message about the book? As a life-long liberal Democrat and advocate for free speech and equal rights, it fascinates me to see when ultra-liberals become ultra-conservatives where they see injustices everywhere and cease to see reason, and start oppressing people[...]

They are making their Austin debut at SXSW Gaming on Friday, March 18th for a panel entitled "Women in Digital Comics," featuring 2 Broke Girls' star Beth Behrs (Dents), digital star Michelle Phan (Helios : Femina), LINE Webtoon creators Kaitlyn Narvaza (Where Tangents Meet) and Susanna Nousiainen (ShootAround), and second place winner of LINE Webtoon's recent Superhero[...]

That when it introduced authors such as Marjane Satrapi and Posy Simmonds in previous years they received very few votes from the 3000 creators. That it runs programming that looks at and studies gender in comics, including the all-female panel by Lisa Mandel "The role of men in comics", and has panels "Women in French and Swedish comics" and[...]

Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics is the UK's largest ever exhibition of the work of pioneering female comics artists It runs in February through to May next year, at 2 Granary Square, King's Cross, London N1C 4BH It has been curated by Explore the world of comics through original artwork by 100 women comic creators working across[...]

Sana Amanat, Katie Kubert, and Judy Stephens headlined the Women of Marvel panel at Atlantic City Boardwalk Con today, and though the con numbers being a little low meant the room wasn't packed, it was a fair-sized assemblage of devoted fans I heard some discussing how excited they were just to have the chance to[...]

ComiqueCon 2015 is a new comic con taking place in Dearborn, Michigan on November 7th at the Arab American National Museum. The aim is for the show to

Last month comiXology ran a Buy One Get One Free on all Marvel titles. Here is the top ten. 1. Silk #1 2. Star Wars #2 3. Darth Vader #1 4. Star Wars #1

By Jason Strangis What makes a good "bad girl?" How are female villains different than male antagonists? And why aren't there more femme fatales in fantasy roles and superhero films? Those questions and more were explored during a panel called The Most Dangerous Women at WonderCon: The Good, the Bad, and the Deadly Fittingly, the all-female panel[...]

By Tony Wolf "There have always been women in comics There have been women in comics for decades." – Kelly Sue DeConnick Women in comics are finally getting the spotlight But do you know the rich history of female comics creators? The new documentary She Makes Comics by director Marisa Stotter and Respect Films/ Sequart brings us a fascinating, in-depth[...]

Well, presidential candidates can have binders full of women Why not catalogues? The next edition of Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly catalogue, for comics shipping in July, will have a very female feel. Not so much the cover, though Dick Grayson does have quite the female following. But on the insight, Previews is taking the opportunity to highlight work[...]

Sorry, folks… WHERE ARE THE WOMEN AT? In recent polls pulled by Comixology the fastest growing demographic belong to young women ages 17-26 Captain Marvel Ms Marvel and Young Avengers are some of the successful titles among the demographic. Image titles like The Walking Dead, Saga, and Pretty Deadly have gotten their attention, but Wayne Wise reports that[...]

Yesterday, Frank Cho's Kickstarter for  "Drawing Beautiful Women: The Frank Cho Method" ended It did rather well, pulling in over $150,000 against a target of $30,000 And it seems, for Frank Cho, this is the way he'll do things going on He told Bleeding Cool, I think this is the future for me. Once I finish out[...]

Art by Stephen Daymond there... as Reddit and Fark pushed all manner of stories to the top this week. Hello everyone! It's been a busy week behind the

And as for the comics festival scene, London en masse in equal gender atends. Memes such as Women Reading Comics In Public doesn't exactly fit in with the Big Bang Theory portrayal of comics and geek culture either. But is this just me? I asked a few people to share their experiences and of their favourite comic[...]

We thought this was coming. Now it has. IDW are relaucnhing their Ghostbusters comic as The New Ghostbusters with four interlinking covers (and a fifth

At San Diego Comic Con, Bleeding Cool intern Louis Falcetti reported that Marjorie Liu talked about a comic book that... wasn't. That she pitched an all

Just… wow. Welcome to a new Shinjuku business, Robot Restaurant, staffed by women dressed in military gear, and who control giant women legless robots modelled on Valkyrie from Soul Calibur and who make them dance for the entertainment of patrons The place cost over $100 million to open Entrance is $40 for the show, and a[...]

Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool reported on Majorie Liu's remarks that she had been setting up an all-women superhero comic book with her Astonishing X-Men artist Mike Perkins at Marvel, starring X-23, The Black Widow, Elektra and Mystique, only for it to be shot down because the beancounters didn't believe it would sell enough. I brought[...]

Louis Falcetti reporting from Bleeding Cool, lets us know that Astonishing X-Men writer Marjorie Liu pitched an all female superhero team starring X-23,