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Ain’t I A Woman?
For as long as there has been a comics’ press, people have been wondering why there aren’t more women reading comics. And often those people wondering are, themselves, women: Maggie Thompson (who in 1960 co-published Harbinger, one of the first comics-themed fanzines back), The Beat‘s Heidi MacDonald, Trina Robbins (whom I’ve loved since the days…
100 years ago today: “The Great White Hope” Fight between Jack Johnson and James Jeffries
A century ago today, the Fight of the Century was fought. Today is the centennial of the fight between the first black heavyweight champion of the world, Jack Johnson, and the former heavyweight champion James J. Jeffries, who retired undefeated. The fight took place on July 4, 1910 in front of 20,000 people, at a…
Ian Shaughnessy Emerging, by Michael H. Price
From V.T. Hamlin in the 1920s and Etta Hulme during the mid-century, through the Superman books of Kerry Gammill in times more recent, Tarrant County, Texas, has long yielded a wealth of storytelling artistry to the comics industry at large. An ambitious new representative of that regional-breakout scene is graphic novelist Ian Shaughnessy, of Arlington,…
Newman’s Own, by John Ostrander
I liked Paul Newman. I should’ve hated him; bastard was too damn good looking and should’ve given me an inferiority complex. The fact is I didn’t always like how I looked but what I learned was that he didn’t always like the way he looked, either. Newman felt his looks got in the way of…
The new Captain America?
We hear there will be somebody in a Captain America uniform come February, but no word yet as to who. However, thanks to this sketch hiding in Matt Feazell’s website, we have conclusive proof who it will be. Ladies and gentlemen, the new star-spangled avenger– Cynicalman. Oh, like you’ve got a better candidate. Trust me,…
