The Pull List – 9/1/2010
Sep 1st
Happy September, everyone!
- Brightest Day #9 – This book hasn’t been bad, but I keep waiting for it to knock my socks off. Hopefully, the book will pick up the pace since the 12 now know why they were resurrected.
- Secret Six #25 – Six vs. Six. Bring it on!
- Star Wars: The Old Republic #3 (of 6) – Meh, but I love the era so I’ll pick it up.
- Wonder Woman #602 – Yeah, I know it came out last week, but I didn’t get by the comic shop.
I read comics in public
Aug 30th
From all accounts, the inaugural International Read Comics in Public Day was a success. Check out all of the cool photos at:
Read Comics in Public Flickr Pool
It doesn’t and shouldn’t end here, folks. Each of us should continue to display our love for the comics medium at every opportunity. Harley Quinn has created a Facebook group “for women of all stripes & statuses – trans or cis, differently-abled, PWD or able, all sexual orientations, from all races and backgrounds, of all shapes and sizes, no matter what you do for a job or what your class status – to create local clusters of public-comic reading awesomeness!”
The incredibly awesome Gail Simone posted a great response to the day and called on the comics industry to take note of the number of women, young and old, that are reading comics. Gail, as always, said it much better than I could have:
Take a good look because these women are a huge part of our shared future. If doing the right thing because it’s right isn’t enough motivation, then do it for purely selfish reasons, because the female audience is out there, and those publishers smart enough to realize that will benefit while others do not. People like Joss Whedon, Greg Rucka, Brian Bendis, Warren Ellis, Neil Gaiman, Stephanie Meyer, J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, Jodi Picoult, Brian Lee O’Malley, Terry Moore, Brian Vaughan, Allan Heinberg, and many more already know the buying and buzz-creating power of the female readership. It is no longer hypothetical. It requires no more proof than the repeated successes of these people.
Thanks to Brian Heater and Sarah Morean for creating and promoting the day and to dcwomenkickingass for spearheading the Women Read Comics in Public initiative.
Wonder Woman Day V – Call for Artists
Aug 27th
I received the following email from my friends in the Mid-South Cartoonists Association. Artists, please consider donating a piece of artwork for this event. More information, including donated artwork, can be seen at the Wonder Woman Day V Facebook page.
In October 2006-2009, the Wonder Woman Day I-IV events have raised over $89,000 for Domestic Violence programs in Portland, Oregon and Flemington, NJ. The four-year combination of auctions of over 800 original art pieces, plus collectibles, autograph signings, and photo opportunities has meant a spectacular turnout… over $89,000 TOTAL … and four Mayoral Proclamations!
On October 24, 2010, Wonder Woman Day V – again as a part of National Domestic Violence Awareness Month – will take place, returning to Excalibur Books in Portland, Oregon, and Comic Fusion in Flemington, New Jersey!
***** This is the FINAL Wonder Woman Day event. Next October will be a similar event, but not Wonder Woman-specific.*****
There will be multiple Domestic Violence charity programs benefiting from the events. All donations will receive a downloadable receipt from the charity for tax purposes.
We know that the economy has hit hard, and that things are rough for most of us. If you have the ability to help with your talent, we hope you will.
Will YOU contribute a piece of Wonder-Woman-themed artwork?
Or even two pieces (one for each event)?
If you can do an art piece for the event, please let me know ASAP, so that I can put your name on the poster and in pre-publicity.
Deadlines:
To be listed on the posters and publicity for the on-site art auction in Portland or NJ: art must be received by October 1
Absolute final deadline for art to be in the on-site art auction in Portland or NJ: art must be received by October 15
We need time to publicize this online (bidding will take place online and pre-event). There ARE a few guidelines, which I will send once you confirm.
*2010′s WEBPAGE
www.wonderwomanmuseum.com/WWDay5/WWDay5.html
If you want to see what others did in the last three years, go here:
www.wonderwomanmuseum.com/WWDay4/WWDay4.html
www.wonderwomanmuseum.com/WWDay3/WWDay3.html
www.wonderwomanmuseum.com/WWDay2/WWDay2.html
www.wonderwomanmuseum.com/WWDay_web/WWDay.html
There were some great color and b/w pieces, some cover recreations, some cartoony, some dramatic…
Thanks for reading, and I hope to have you participate as a part of this *final* Wonderful day!
Best Wishes,
Andy Mangels
www.AndyMangels.com
www.WonderWomanMuseum.com
Member, International Association of Media Tie-In Writers www.iamtw.org
Advisory Board, Prism Comics www.prismcomics.org
Women Read Comics in Public Day
Aug 25th
This Saturday is “Read Comics in Public Day“. The kick-ass blogger at DC Women Kicking Ass is looking to take the idea one step further. She is encouraging all female comic readers to show the skeptics and the pigs that women DO read comics as part of “Read Comics in Public Day”.
All you have to do is:
a.) Go out in public,
b.) Have your picture taken in a public spot reading a comic, and
c.) Submit the photo to DC Women Kicking Ass via Twitter, email or the blog “Women Read Comics in Public”.
Tell your friends, ladies.
Proud Fangirl is Proud
Aug 10th
Sorry for the lag in posting. There was an unfortunate confluence of a deadline at work and computer issues at home.
Anyway, my 12-year old nephew who I often refer to as Fanboy-in-Training spent the weekend with Lin and I. Upon entering the house, he asked if he could watch the animated Wonder Woman movie he watched the last time that he visited. Lin and I have just about every superhero movie made (animated or live-action), and Fanboy-in-Training is aware of this fact. It made my fangirl heart proud that he chose Wonder Woman over all of the other superheroes.
