Last week, I wrote about how I can turn brunch into me championing female comics creators to new comic readers. Ok, there was a bit more to it than that but just go ahead and read it if you really want the details. After that went out, our Ye Olde Editor Mike decided to play…
When the phone rings on a Sunday and it’s not even 9 AM, I leap up and brace for news that someone has died. Luckily, when the phone rang this past Sunday that wasn’t the case. “Turn on the Today show right now!!” said my friend, Pennie. Right there on a network news show (one…
Part I: Wow! “Two years ago writer G. Willow Wilson, artist Adrian Alphona and I created a story about a young woman with dreams of being ‘normal.’” Her name is Kamala Khan and she’s a Muslim American girl from Jersey City. We comic folks call her Ms. Marvel.” Kamala’s story shows how “being ‘normal’ isn’t…
Comics in the White House! My esteemed colleague, Mindy Newell, recently notedÃÂÃÂÃÂàthat our current president is a big olÃÂâÃÂÃÂÃÂàcomic book nerd. We knew that. Way back when this site started up, we ran the photo of Obama in Metropolis, Illinois, striking an iconic pose next to the Superman statue. Last week, as part…
Iâve spent the past week or so in a bubble, apparently hiding from the news of the world. Which is why I was startled by the influx of posts yesterday announcing it was International Womenâs Day. A day to recognize all the inspirational women in our lives. It seems odd that I would miss such…
About 20 years ago, I asked Batman editor Denny O’Neil if I could attend DC’s annual editorial retreat. I was their Publicity Manager at the time and I thought that if I could sit down and watch how the creative teams worked I could better promote the various Batman titles. Denny was cool with it,…
