What I bought – 4 November 2009
You know, your menstruating heart just isn’t bleeding enough for two. You know, it’s been a while since we focused on boobs in comics. Let’s see what the cleavage factor is in this week’s haul, shall...
View ArticleWhat I bought – 14 April 2010
You stay in prison, what your time calls duty, honor, self-respect, and you are comfortably safe. Or you are free and crucified. Your only companions the stones, the thorns, the turning backs; the...
View ArticleShe Has No Head! – Superheroine Trifecta
I read three brand new Marvel superhero books this week, all with a female slant (headlining female characters and also featuring female artists, writers, and even editors) and I have to say, buying...
View ArticleWhat I bought – 12 May 2010
You go all your life thinking of your parents as these crushing protective monsters with infinite power over you, and then there’s a day when you turn round, catching them unexpectedly, and they’re...
View ArticleWhat I bought – 16 June 2010
Let us not be deluded by forms of government. The word may be republic in France, constitutional monarchy in Prussia, absolute monarchy in Austria, but the thing is the same. Wherever there is a vast...
View ArticleWhat I bought – 21 and 28 July 2010
Society had tamed the erratic fellow by co-opting him into the mainstream. For its largest threats, society reserves success. (Richard Powers, from Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance) Somewhat quick...
View ArticleWhat I bought – 25 August 2010
While we wait for chocolate malteds I notice a high-schooler sitting at the counter exchanging looks with the girl next to him. She’s gorgeous, and I’m not the only other one who notices it. The girl...
View ArticleShe Has No Head! – Mourning The Loss Of Yet Another Creative Team
Black Widow #1 – 5. Marjorie Liu (writer). Daniel Acuna (art and covers). Blambot’s Nate Piekus (letters). Marvel. 22-pages, full color. $2.99. I’m not sure I know how to write about the first...
View ArticleWhat I bought – 22 September 2010
“Girls are like slugs – they probably serve some purpose, but it’s hard to imagine what.” (Calvin, of Calvin and Hobbes fame) Avengers Academy #4 (“Scared Straight Part 2: Fix You”) by Christos Gage...
View ArticleWhat I bought – 27 October 2010
The great French revolutionary hero Danton, who will lose his head during the ‘Terror,’ is making a rueful remark. ‘… But Robespierre and the people,’ he observes, ‘are virtuous.’ Danton is on a London...
View ArticleWhat I bought – 24 November 2010
“I write in blood, and the best truth is a bloody truth.” (Irvin D. Yalom, from When Nietzsche Wept) Batman and Robin #17 (“The Sum of Her Parts Part 1 of 3″) by Paul Cornell (writer), Scott McDaniel...
View ArticleShe Has No Head! – 25 Great Superheroine Moments
My good friend and fellow blogger and podcaster, Sue from DC Women Kicking Ass has a great new tumblr site up called…well, I’m just going to call it THIS! The site is all about finding those great...
View ArticleFrantic as a cardiograph scratching out the lines, Day 144: Black Widow #6
Every day this year, I will be examining the first pages of random comics. Today’s page is from Black Widow #6 (one of the many Black Widow mini-series that came out in the first decade of the 21st...
View ArticleShe Has No Head! – Black Widow: Required Reading
I mentioned a couple weeks ago, before I felt compelled to go on a massive rant, that I was working on a Black Widow “Required Reading” post…and as promised here we are! I’ve been reading a bunch of...
View ArticleShe Has No Head! – Superheroines On Film Are Killing It
I’ve spent most of my life aching for great superheroine portrayals on film. To see some of my comic book heroines reflected back to me on 40-foot screens. With a few awesome exceptions (X-Men, X2) I...
View ArticleShe Has No Head! – The Superheroine Age?
Man, if the superheroines on film topic continues at this current fevered pitch we’re going to have to call 2013 an entry into a “Superheroine Age”…or something. With intriguing columns about...
View ArticleShe Has No Head! – World Domination (Or Something)
Well, world domination may be a bit excessive, but all in all the news coming out of NYCC (and some that came before NYCC) was incredibly positive. Hard to argue with such a killer week of news. Let’s...
View ArticleShe Has No Head! – Dreamy Lady Team Ups
I was thinking a lot this past week about Young Avengers forthcoming end with issue #15, and how, as disappointed as I am to not be getting that book as a continued ongoing, there’s something wonderful...
View ArticleShe Has No Head! – Ten Things
I’ll be doing a post later this month about 10 specific “NEW” books to buy in 2014 where I talk in detail about some new series coming out that I’m excited to read in 2014 (and you should be too)....
View ArticleWhat I bought – 8 January 2014
we cry we laugh we feel we love we live in the coffin of our existence and IT IS ALWAYS TOO LATE (Tommy Trantino, from Lock the Lock) Black Widow #1 (“Raison D’etre”) by Clayton Cowles (letterer),...
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