Fantastic Opinion Piece on Women in Comics
0Comics Alliance has published a fantastic opinion piece by Rachel Edidin, who is an editor at Dark Horse, entitled “The Problem of Women in Comics: Where They Are (and Aren’t)”.
I started trying to pick an excerpt to post, but it’s all so damned true and deserves to be read in its entirety.
Go. Read it.
Read Comics in Public Day 2011
0This Sunday is International Read Comics in Public Day. The idea is simple: share your love of comics publicly. You can submit pictures of yourself or a loved one celebrating the day to the official Flickr photo pool.
Sue at DC Women Kicking Ass is once again encouraging female comics fans to participate in the festivities with Women Read Comics in Public. It’s a great way to show your love of the medium and to reinforce to publishers, creators and fans that female fans exist and support what they love!
I will be participating again this year. I hope you will as well. Maybe you will encourage a loved one or a complete stranger to give comics a try.
Me @ Read Comics in Public Day 2010
Our first look at the Man of Steel
0Via Entertainment Weekly.
“Meh” was my initial reaction. I’m not fond of these crazy textures they are using on the superheroes.
It could be worse. At least it is not this:
My Pull List Post-Flashpoint
0The dust seemed to have mostly settled after the DCU relaunch madness of the past few weeks. I began thinking about my pull list last night, and here’s how it seems to be shaping up for the post-Relaunch.
Definites
Wonder Woman - I’m not convinced that Brian Azzarello is the right choice for Diana, but I’ll give anything a chance after JMS’ horrific run. I wish DC would have given Phil Hester a shot at the book without being handcuffed by JMS’ story.
Batgirl – I’m still torn over seeing Babs as Batgirl again, but there’s no way I’m not buying this.
Batwoman – Slam-dunk no-brainer.
Probables
Nightwing - I’m really enjoying Gates of Gotham, which is co-written by new Nightwing scribe Kyle Higgins.
Batman - I really wish DC had left Scott Snyder on Detective Comics, which he is knocking out of the park. My only hesitation on adding this to the “Definite” category is Greg Capullo’s art.
Birds of Prey – This is a book that should be a no-brainer for me, but I’m not sold on any book that calls itself Birds of Prey that doesn’t star Barbara Gordon. I also don’t like the absence of Huntress and Lady Blackhawk. I’ve never read anything by Duane Swierczynski, so I don’t have full confidence in the creative team.
On a Short Leash
These titles have 1-2 issues to convince me.
Suicide Squad – This title would have been an automatic buy for me if it was being written by John Ostrander or Gail Simone, but I know nothing about the creative team. In addition, I loathe the new costumes that they have thrust upon poor Harley and Deadshot. I want to love this book, DC, but crap like this doesn’t help.
The Fury of Firestorm – I don’t give a squat about Firestorm, but I’ll give anything written by Gail Simone a chance.
Action Comics – I’m not a big Grant Morrison fan, but I did enjoy All-Star Superman. That’s enough for me to give this a shot.
Catwoman – I don’t generally like Judd Winick as a writer, but I’m hoping for the best.
Justice League Dark – Giving this a try for Zatanna.
Justice League – I’m not a big Geoff Johns fan, but it has Wonder Woman.
I’m going from about 10 definite purchases a month to 3. Not good, DC.
DC Begins Announcing New Titles
0Well, that didn’t take long. Hot on the heels of their big news this week, DC has begun the wave of new issue announcements.
So, we have officially confirmed:
- Justice League #1 with Geoff Johns & Jim Lee
- Wonder Woman #1 with Brian Azzarello & Cliff Chiang
- Aquaman #1 with Geoff Johns & Ivan Reis
- The Flash #1 with Francis Manapul & Brian Buccellato
- The Fury of Firestorm #1 with Gail Simone, Ethan Van Sciver and Yildiray Cinar
- The Savage Hawkman #1 with Tony Daniel and Philip Tan
- Green Arrow #1 with JT Krul and Dan Jurgens
- Justice League International #1 with Dan Jurgens and Aaron Lopresti
- Mister Terrific #1 with Eric Wallace and Roger Robinson
- Captain Atom #1 with JT Krul and Freddie Williams II
- DC Universe Presents #1 with Paul Jenkins & Bernard Change
- Green Lantern #1 with Geoff Johns, Doug Mahnke and Christian Alamy
- Green Lantern Corps #1 with Peter J. Tomasi, Fernando Pasarin and Scott Hanna
- Green Lantern: The New Guardians #1 with Tony Bedard, Tyler Kirkham and Batt
- Red Lanterns #1 with Peter Milligan, Ed Benes and Rob Hunter
I’m excited to see Cliff Chiang on art duties for Wonder Woman, but I have serious reservations about Brian Azzarello as the writer. He’s a talented writer, but I don’t see him as a good fit for this title. It leads me to believe that I’m really not going to like the direction they take Diana’s character. It’s Wonder Woman, though, so I’m onboard.
I have zero interest in a Firestorm series, and DC had to go and put my favorite writer on the book. Dammit.
15 down, 37 to go!
