When I’m lonely, I read. I read at other times, of course. But books, unlike humans, are always there for me. Books don’t move away, die, or vote for Trump. I bring this up because it’s part of my New Year’s resolution. All of us, no matter who we might be, occasionally feel like we…
“I’ll make it.” • Jimmy Chitwood (Maris Valainis) • Hoosiers (1986) Wow. Two weeks. That’s a long time to wait with bated breath. My apologies to everyone who turned blue while waiting to find out if I had broken my ankles. To reprise: A little more than two weeks ago, Wednesday July 9 to be…
“This weekend’s Denver ComicCon came under fire when attendees discovered that a Women in Comics panel had only male panelists. While a representative of DCC has defended the panel as “not about current women creators or anything to do with industry bias,” it seems odd that a convention with Trina Robbins, the eminent historian of…
In the early 1970s, when I was in college, I went to hear Gloria Steinem speak. The modern version of the feminism movement was still in its early stages. My memory of the talk is fuzzy, but I remember her recounting the reaction of men on the left to women’s issues: “She walks! She talks!…
I listen to feminists and all these radical gals – most of them are failures. They’ve blown it. Some of them have been married, but they married some Casper Milquetoast who asked permission to go to the bathroom. These women just need a man in the house. That’s all they need. Most of the feminists…
CHICKS IN CAPES SPOTLIGHTS FEMALE HEROINES AND CREATORS! AVAILABLE NOW!  Lori GentileCiC Editor  Moonstone Entertainment, Inc takes Super Hero fiction to an all new level with CHICKS IN CAPES! Chicks in Capes is a fun and provoking collection of ALL NEW prose short stories by a wide range of female authors: including NYT…
Moonstone Entertainment, Inc. is releasing interviews done with the creative staff behind its upcoming CHICKS IN CAPES anthology. The first of these is with noted comic writer and herstorian, Trina Robbins! Trina Robbins-CHICKS IN CAPES Contributor/Herstorian/Writer/Creator 1.Trina, can you share some of your experience, both in general where writing is concerned as well as specifically…
