"dc-comics" Articles & Blogs:
What would a feminist superhero tweet?
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Vanessa linked to the Feminist Hulk's twitterfeed a few weeks ago. Feminist hulk has gotten a lot of attention recently for their comical feminist take on the hulk superhero.
Esther at the Comics Alliance imagines what a few other superheroes turned fem...[Read on] |
Scarlett Johansson to Be Black Widow in 'Iron Man 2'
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Actress will play spy in next installment of Marvel Comics franchisePost | Today 9:35 am
Actress Scarlett Johansson will don a skintight black outfit when she plays Black Widow in the forthcoming "Iron Man" sequel.
Rumor had it that Johans...[Read on] |
More Comics and Cartoons for the Smart, Savvy Girl
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I am of the opinion that comic and cartoon art is very much a form of "fine art." It is the one medium where anything you can imagine can become possible. If you dream it, you can realize it with a pen and a piece of paper. Now more than ever women are us...[Read on] |
New Spider Girl kicks butt
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A new Spider-Girl hits stores next week. And apparently she will be a multi-dimensional female superhero, whose power is about more than her cupsize.
Anya “Arañita” Sofia Corazon already existed in the Marvel universe, but is now officially reb...[Read on] |
Palin, Clinton Comic Sell Out
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Bluewater Productions can hardly believe that their ‘Female Force’ series has done so wellPalin, Clinton Comics | Today 1:00 pm
Sarah Palin is hugely popular among comic-book readers.
Bluewater Productions, a graphic-novel company, yeste...[Read on] |
To the Batcave! It's the Batmobile through the ages!
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I just spent about an hour staring at this image, and I just HAD to share it here. I don't know the artist(s) who designed this thing, but kudos to whoever it was. This thing is awesome! It was commissioned by CarInsurance.org, and it's a...[Read on] |
DC shakeup. The ugly paradox.
| DC shakeup. No, not that DC. I refer here to DC Comics, which now has a new name—DC Entertainment—and a new president. This overhaul by parent company Warner Bros. bodes well for a forthcoming Wonder Woman film. Another sign that things are looking up...[Read on] |
Women Directors for Hire
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We all know that things suck for a woman wanting to direct films in Hollywood, especially a studio film. So what’s a talented woman director to do while waiting for the gender apartheid to end to make a living? The answer is anything and everything ...[Read on] |
Superheroines Get Mammograms, Too
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Marvel just made one bizarre, unexpected decision in merging with the Walt Disney Company. But the comic book super troop recently made another bizarre, unexpected decision–except this one is actually kind of cool.
In July, Marvel released Divas, a...[Read on] |
Top 10 Comic Book Heroines & Villains of All Time
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From six-foot tall Amazon beauties to mind-controlling mutants, the heroines and villains of history’s most enduring comic books have redefined the boundaries of female empowerment and strength. No longer are feminine roles confined to screaming on top ...[Read on] |
Simple Ways to Smooth Away Stress
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Stress: we’ve all been there, and we probably haven’t left yet.
We always deal with it, but how well do we actually combat it? We can’t really help the paper we have due in a few hours that has yet to be begun, the presentation at work that our job...[Read on] |
Remembering a 1980’s Icon: John Huges
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The 80s was a time of electronic pop music, horrific hairstyles and very questionable fashion. Another important part of the 80s was the movies and the name that ruled the movie world at the time was John Hughes. Hughes passed away on August 6 this year f...[Read on] |
5 best things to come out of Comic Con 2009 for the ladies
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The San Diego Comic Con is on of the largest comic book and pop culture events in the nation. Every year in July, super fans from across the world gather for four days to find out the biggest and best things coming to comics, movies, TV, video games and m...[Read on] |
WB, MAC team on Wonder Woman makeup
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In a nod to girl power, MAC Cosmetics announced that the company is partnering with DC Comics’ Wonder Woman to create a limited edition color cosmetics collection featuring the iconic superhero.
Set for a spring 2011 launch at all MAC locations worldwi...[Read on] |
Do Kick-Ass Action Heroines Move Gender Sterotypes Forward or Just Perpetuate The Current Ones?
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Last week I read a report in an Australian paper and from Yahoo in India about some important research done here in the US on female action characters in films. I was kind of surprised not to see the research picked up wider so I went directly to the re...[Read on] |
Guest Post: Strange girls love too: Meet Paper Heart’s Charlyne Yi by L.A. Collins
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“I’m a strange girl,” she sighs with a confessional chuckle. Not your typical romantic leading lady by a long-shot — yet twice as magnetic, accessible and risk-taking as any other quirktress (who has drawn comparison to Diane’s Keaton’s unforg...[Read on] |
Ode to Mom - Kindergarten Cuban Style
| Guest Post by Esther Fernandez-Walker
Three months after arriving from Cuba my mother and I navigated the streets of our Miami neighborhood with ease. But on this particular day my usual enthusiasm and curiosity were missing. Our nonstop chatter was repl...[Read on] |
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