What do women want? Sigmund Freud thought he knew, but we all know about him. After a few decades of feminism, itâs become clearer that the best way to find out what women want is⦠to ask them. Sex and Sensibility Edited By Liza Donelly Hachette/Twelve, April 2008, $22.99 Donelly is a noted single-panel cartoonist…
In a bit of a strange coincidence, Vertigo has two new collections out this week that both prominently feature futuristic science and genetic manipulation. The books couldn’t be more different, though, with The Un-Men ($9.99) shining a freaky spotlight on some minor Swamp Thing characters and Faker ($14.99) taking a more serious look at the…
As I sit down to write this, I’m less than five hours from midnight on March 23rd and so it might be appropriate to wish you a Happy Easter, or Happy Pasha if you’re an Oriental Christian, or Happy Purim. Or maybe I should give a shout-out to Aphrodite, Ashtoreth, Astarté, Demeter, Hathor, Ishtar, Kali,…
We told you about this event before and now Kevin Kelly at i09 let’s us in on the highlights of Friday night’s "Y: The Last Party" in L.A., celebrating the conclusion of Y: The Last Man, Brian K. Vaughan’s hugely popular tale of the last man on Earth. The party, which took place at Meltdown…
I don’t care what you say – the best parties are always on the West Coast. And tonight’s "Y: The Last Party" bash is no exception. Hosted by MySpace Comics and Los Angeles comics mecca Meltdown, the party kicks off at 7 PM (PST) and will feature appearances by Joss Whedon and other comics and…
In today’s episode of Timothy Truman’s Black Lamb, there will be blood. That’s what happens when you get a bunch of vampires together. Add some politics, religion and space travel, and you’ve got yourself a party.
Laura Hudson posts that there’s a release party tonight for last week’s Comic Foundry release at The Irish Rogue, 356 W 44th St., NYC. from 6 PM to whenever. They’ll be giving out a limited number of gift bags to the first however many people get there, containing a free issue of Comic Foundry, a…
Last week, we were discussing the cons of continued stories, specifically what’s wrong with them, and we posited that they have a major problem in the difficulty new readers (or audiences) have in understanding the plot and characters. I said that there were remedies for this problem and now I’ll suggest, a bit timidly, that…
Heidi McDonald’s already done the heavy lifting on where all the post-NYCC parties are going to be. A word to the wise: sleep is not an optional item. You need to rest sometime. On the other hand, if you’re used to pulling all-nighters to hit deadlines, go wild.
