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J Rambles: Kate Nash, feminism, and comic books.

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:54:49 -0700

J Rambles: Kate Nash, feminism, and comic books.:

mindeclipse:

gimpnelly:

So I saw Kate Nash play her final show of her US tour last night, at the Echoplex here in LA, and there was a moment I can’t stop thinking about. If you’re not familiar with Nash, google can probably help you pretty well as frankly this isn’t about what kind of music she plays (but I do highly…

When reading pieces like this makes you sad, the only solution is to write more comics.

I’m sorry I made you sad! But the solution really is to write more comics. Write! Write like the wind! :)

It wasn’t you who made me sad, it’s the state of things. But yes ma’am, I shall soldier (writer?) on!

jeandrawsstuff: Amy Dallen is one of the most delightful people...

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:14:38 -0700

jeandrawsstuff:

Amy Dallen is one of the most delightful people in comics! I frequently go to House of Secrets, the comic book store where she works and she is the reason why HoS is one of my favorite comic book stores in Southern California. Amy knows comics, Amy LOVES comics and Amy is an interesting and verbose person about comics and other nerd things. After seeing her on Wil Wheaton’s ‘TableTop’ show, I and many people told her that she needs her own show, maybe about comics. Geeks and Sundry now have given her that show and I am GLAD! I hope everyone will watch the show, support Amy, and maybe learn a thing or two about comics that they didn’t know before. :D

Not only is everything that Jean said true, Amy’s character once save my character in a Star Wars RPG that we’re both in, so I owe her a geek life debt. Therefore, I must encourage you to watch this very excellent vlog.

J Rambles: Kate Nash, feminism, and comic books.

Wed, 22 May 2013 11:04:26 -0700

J Rambles: Kate Nash, feminism, and comic books.:

gimpnelly:

So I saw Kate Nash play her final show of her US tour last night, at the Echoplex here in LA, and there was a moment I can’t stop thinking about. If you’re not familiar with Nash, google can probably help you pretty well as frankly this isn’t about what kind of music she plays (but I do highly…

When reading pieces like this makes you sad, the only solution is to write more comics.

With everything that happened last month, I wasn’t able to...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:33:00 -0700

With everything that happened last month, I wasn’t able to participate in the Gender through Comic Books online course. But I’m happy to see that Cupcake POW! found its way into the reading materials for the class!

Postcards from Space: Generation Nothing

Fri, 10 May 2013 12:32:45 -0700

Postcards from Space: Generation Nothing:

postcardsfromspace:

Matt Bors has been laying down some truthbombs about the myth of lazy, entitled Millennials. Go read.

I was born in the 1979-1983 generation gap—a few years short of X, a few years ahead of Millennials. We’re a generation defined by disaster: Columbine, 9/11. We came of age at the peak of the…

Great read. I know quite a few friends of mine will identify.

jeandrawsstuff: Drew this last year but I can’t believe I...

Mon, 06 May 2013 23:57:51 -0700

jeandrawsstuff:

Drew this last year but I can’t believe I didn’t post it here! I used to see Morpheus or Daniel in my dreams a lot, there was a time where he appeared at least once a week, but lately I haven’t see him. Probably because he’d have to answer my question if he did.

True story, I got two of my friends to buy Jean’s sketchbook just by showing them this comic.

rachelpandich: arcaneimages: I’d like to talk about Dragon*con...

Wed, 01 May 2013 14:20:15 -0700

rachelpandich:

arcaneimages:

I’d like to talk about Dragon*con one last time. As I’ve said before I will not ever attend this con because Ed Kramer who awaits trial for child molestation still receives money from Dragon*con. To me it’s so obvious. Children’s safety comes before anything else, including my need to attend a con, wear a costume or whatever.

Seems obvious but so many, too many so-called caring fans are not only still giving money to this con, but actively defending it. If you want your money to go to the defense of a child molester then I have nothing to say to you. I find it disgusting. Dragon*con and those who defend it are a scar on fandom that makes me ashamed to be a fan.

Believe me, I am sympathetic to the innocent victims of what Kramer did, not only the kids, but also fans and con organizers. But what’s done is done. It can’t be fixed and can’t be swept under the rug so it’s time for Dragon*Con to grow a pair, step up to the plate and do what’s right. New con. Same city. Done.

So you don’t think I’m just blathering off, I have been in a situation like this. A few years back I did several books for a major publisher. One day I turn on the news and bang, the artist had been arrested for distribution of child pornography. I didn’t bitch and whine about how it affected me. Instead we all agreed it was best for those books to go away. That’s what had to be done. For the kids who this animal violated. It’s not about me keeping a book in print and lining my pockets. It’s about doing the right thing.

So there’s that. I’m sorry a long running popular con has a pedophile in their ranks, but instead of continuing to victimize these kids (now men seeking justice) it’s time for everybody in fandom to show the world we aren’t a bunch of selfish nerds, but caring humans who love and respect others. Is that so much to ask for?

The way we spend our money is very powerful. Let’s use that power for good

Thanks for listening.

-Steve

Been saying this for a couple of years. Glad someone with a fan base is finally speaking out.

Never been to Dragon*con. Definitely no interest in going now.

What the what?! (Happy Impossible Astronaut Day!)

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:08:00 -0700

What the what?! (Happy Impossible Astronaut Day!)

This week’s Cupcake POW! is in honor of everyone’s...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:38:23 -0700

This week’s Cupcake POW! is in honor of everyone’s favorite badass Kahleesi.

benrankel: badpicturesofmymediocreart: fyeahsaga: Felicia Day...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 20:19:48 -0700

benrankel:

badpicturesofmymediocreart:

fyeahsaga:

Felicia Day in a LYING CAT t-shirt in the upcoming episode of Supernatural, “Pac-Man”. Photo from TVFilmNews.com.

I LOVE ALL OF THESE THINGS!

This is way too cool for all the reasons!

I want this shirt!

"Annoying press release thing: APPLE vs. SAGA #12 As has hopefully been clear from the first page of..."

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 13:50:26 -0700

“

Annoying press release thing: APPLE vs. SAGA #12

As has hopefully been clear from the first page of our first issue, SAGA is a series for the proverbial “mature reader.” Unfortunately, because of two postage stamp-sized images of gay sex, Apple is banning tomorrow’s SAGA #12 from being sold through any iOS apps. This is a drag, especially because our book has featured what I would consider much more graphic imagery in the past, but there you go. Fiona and I could always edit the images in question, but everything we put into the book is there to advance our story, not (just) to shock or titillate, so we’re not changing shit.

Apologies to everyone who reads our series on iPads or iPhones, but here are your alternatives for Wednesday:

1) Head over to you friendly neighborhood comics shop and pick up a physical copy of our issue that you can have and hold forever.

2) While you’re at it, don’t forget to support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, which helps protect retailers who are brave enough to carry work that some in their communities might consider offensive. You can find signed copies of Saga at the CBLDF site right now.

3) Download the issue directly through sites like https://comics.imagecomics.com or on your non-Apple smartphone or tablet.

4) If all else fails, you might be able to find SAGA #12 in Apple’s iBookstore, which apparently sometimes allows more adult material to be sold than through its apps. Crazy, right?

Anyway, special thanks to Eric Stephenson and everyone at Image for supporting our decision, and for always being so supportive of creators. Sorry again to readers for the inconvenience, but I hope everyone will be able to find an issue that Fiona and I are particularly proud of. And after you do, please check out PanelSyndicate.com, the new digital comics site I own with artist Marcos Martin, which remains 100% uncensored by corporate overlords.

Your pal,
Brian

”

- (via fionastaples)

For digital comics buyers, you WILL still be able to buy Saga #12 on the Comixology website tomorrow right here.

Do nice people truly finish last? I'm one to go out of my way for someone I adore, and have recently, but she seems to have lost interest and often times a simple text feels as though I've become the biggest annoyance in the world with no really good/solid/concrete explanation as to why. Am I finishing last again? Should I give up in her and move on?

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 21:24:41 -0700

I’d say it’s less that nice people finish last and more that people who expect others to understand what they want in return for their niceness that finish last. Speaking from experience, counting on people to intuitively know your true feelings almost always leads to disappointment. And sometimes people just don’t feel the way about you as you feel about them.

I kind of hate the term “friendzone” because A) it belittles how wonderful a good friendship is and B) it implies that there’s a “wrong” way to care about someone. I’m not saying this is the case here, but sometimes there are other options than simply moving on.

I’m definitely not an expert here, but hope this helps!

kateordie: Suffer for fashion, or whatever This killed me...

Fri, 22 Mar 2013 12:49:00 -0700

kateordie:

Suffer for fashion, or whatever

This killed me since I just read JLA #2 yesterday.

One could argue that being deliberately provocative is in-character for Selina, seeing as she was coerced into being on a team that supposed to present a wholesome all-American appearance to the public.

One could also argue that the JLA has better things to spend their budget on than endless rolls of double-sided tape, because that’s the only thing that could possibly make Catwoman’s costume function the way it did in JLA #2.

The secret to entertaining social gatherings.

Mon, 18 Mar 2013 12:49:22 -0700

The secret to entertaining social gatherings.

Looks like someone beat me to the punch posting this...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 14:40:41 -0800

Looks like someone beat me to the punch posting this week’s Cupcake POW! on Tumblr. :)

Happy President’s Day from Cupcake POW!

Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:34:17 -0800

Happy President’s Day from Cupcake POW!

An experimental Valentine’s Day comic I did last year, now...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 14:40:17 -0800

An experimental Valentine’s Day comic I did last year, now up on Cupcake POW! I hope to do a few more of these in 2013.

fyeahmohawkstorm: Mohawk Storm action figure (came in a...

Fri, 25 Jan 2013 13:33:03 -0800

fyeahmohawkstorm:

Mohawk Storm action figure (came in a two-pack with Nightcrawler).

As soon as I found out about this Tumblr, I snapped a photo of my Mohawk Storm figure to submit. I totally missed that it was posted!

Second Verse Same As The First

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:32:21 -0800

good linen letters scrubbed to shining
stacked black and white, lines on lines
geometry and order and tasteless edges
safe for children and other small things
but
words used to
spin
tendrils dark and deep
trip fly fall
track mud and meaning and music
breathless
messy fragments shot through
veined chaotic
but
phrases were snared, curls tucked tight
weighed to the crumbs, twisted pretty
color-coated, swallowed down to gray
until each one forgot how to breathe

-Jody Houser

okay: I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore. Dear Convention...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:02:55 -0800

okay: I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore. Dear Convention...:

jordiecolorsthings:

I’m mad as hell and I’m not gonna take it anymore.

Dear Convention whose name will be spared,

Refusal of professional colorists to be listed as guests at your convention is extremely ignorant.

Your archaic view of creatives is part of what keeps jobs of this industry undervalued….

Shocked that a comic convention would treat an entire segment of creative professionals like this. Good colorists are so so important to a book.