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annicaspoon:

chooblogs:

moxycrimefighter:

ATTENTION GEEK GIRLS IN MELBOURNE!
Do NOT go to comics r us. They’ve been starting to refuse some women service because “girls can’t possibly be into advanced comics like batman”. The ringwood store owner has also handed out free chupa chumps to girls he finds attractive and talk to him (I’ve been one of them). They have also been refusing to look at resumes handed in by women despite being understaffed.
Please, if you’re looking for a place to buy comics in Melbourne support and buy from All Star Comics and Minotaur, both of these establishments are run by amazing people.

hey guys some good advice for if you’re located in melbourne! 

are you kidding? this just makes me wanna go there now

so i can fuck some assholes up

(Reblogged from annicaspoon)

Buy Tickets - New York Comic Con | October 10 - 13, 2013 | Javits Center

Buy tickets to New York Comic Con on October 11-14, 2012 at the Javits Center, NY, NY.

Three-day passes are now open!

glompcat:

Also, NYCC is opening sales on three day passes at noon on May 15th.

And I really hope a bunch of you were waiting for that info because I really want to hang with you all at a convention SO BAD.

So basically if you get a pass when they go on sale, let me know so we can start planning on hanging out at NYCC ok?

They open in an hour! Go go go!

(Reblogged from glompcat)

DC’s “Essential” Graphic Novels List Short on Women

dcwomenkickingass:

In April DC announced that they would be distributing a free 121 page guide to their Graphic Novels. The guide will included DC’s backlist and will be distributed to fans, shop owners and libraries. Here’s a look at the cover via Publishers Weekly. 

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I got an early look last week and its an impressive piece. The upfront part has 25 “essential” graphic novels and there are a few surprises on the list.  The guide is broken down into groupings - Vertigo gets it own list, MAD does and even All-Ages. There’s a long reading list in the back that includes the chronological reader for each title within its subgroup.

In other words this is going to be popular. And used to make a lot of buying decisions. And that’s why I was both surprised and saddened by the character sections. Here’s the characters who get their own multi page spreads on their backlists:

Batman

Superman

Green Lantern

Flash

and

Green Arrow.

But what about Wonder Woman? You know - member of the Trinity? The top female superhero?

Well, despite this guide being 121 pages and despite Green Arrow getting a two page spread via Bleeding Cool,  this is what Wonder Woman got:

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A two-page spread called “Women of DC” that also includes Batwoman, Batgirl, Catwoman and Huntress. The intro verbiage name checks the male superheroes as “icons” and then describes the women as just as powerful. They are called “dangerous” as well and the section picture is the cover of Batgirl Annual where Batgirl and Batwoman are fighting.

And the backlist recommendations were in the spread were puzzling The first volume of Wonder Woman from the new 52 (which I love) and then two volumes of the JMS reboot. It’s not like there aren’t more titles - Wonder Woman does get her own section in the back that has five titles. The exact number that Green Arrow has in his two page spread. 

As you can imagine as someone who pretty much devotes a lot of time to promoting the female superheroes of DC Comics, this was a bit of kick in the ass. 

How hard would it be in a 121 page guide to give Wonder Woman her own section? Why jam her in with the other female characters? Why couldn’t Wonder Woman get the same real estate in the guide than say, MAD Magazine?

But the real reason I’m upset is this guide is going to be used by stores and libraries to order books. So if Wonder Woman and the other ladies of the DCU downplayed the orders of the backlist will be impacted. I have visited many libraries and when I check out their Graphic Novel sections (usually in the Teen rooms) the number of books with female heroes is usually very small. 

This guide isn’t going to improve that. 

Getting people into female heroes and getting female readers isn’t going to get better when the female characters are marginalized and awkwardly bundled together. Catwoman and Wonder Woman don’t have anything in common except their gender no matter if the “dangerous” is dropped into a description.

It’s a cliche but its true - actions speak louder than words. A publisher can say it cares about its female heroes but if it doesn’t expend the level of promotion on them that they do male characters the words don’t matter.

We are not amused.

(Reblogged from saphire-dance)

glompcat:

Also, NYCC is opening sales on three day passes at noon on May 15th.

And I really hope a bunch of you were waiting for that info because I really want to hang with you all at a convention SO BAD.

So basically if you get a pass when they go on sale, let me know so we can start planning on hanging out at NYCC ok?

Get your tickets, folks! Remember, this will be the main push!

(Reblogged from glompcat)

Tangled Up In Blue: Steph PJs for people with internal organs

saphirecrafts:

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After complaining about those other Steph Pajamas I realized it would be pretty easy to make my own Steph PJs and I did. At 2 am out of stuff lying around my house.

What you’ll need

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  • 2 black T-shirts. (One with a bat already on it is optional)
  • 1 purple T-shirt
  • Some waistband elastic

Very nice.

(Reblogged from saphire-dance)

thumbcramps:

hi guys! this is a comic i made for a final in my comics in literature class. we had to do a research paper on a topic we’d discussed in class and then accompany it with a comic with a relevant subject. my paper was about hyper-sexualization of women in comic books, but i decided to broaden it out here as well as personalize it and make myself the subject and discuss something i’ve been subjected to in the convention circuit and on the internet as well as thousands of other women, as well as give a cue to thought about how the comic book industry as well as the video game industry and even just media in general (all of which are male dominated) push such ridiculous pressures onto girls and women.

also, it feels kind of silly to have to add this since i hope it’s obvious, but i am very aware that there are men that don’t subscribe to this attitude, and am incredibly grateful that these issues are brought to light to people other than the ones that are subjected to it. 

anyway haha i have literally been staring at this for 9 hours i don’t even know which direction is up anymore. thanks for reading!!!

(Reblogged from x-beni-o2-x)

glompcat:

I figured there would be people who follow me interested in knowing that there are apparently only 500 4 day passes for NYCC left? So if you want a 4 day pass, act fast!

This is according to the NYCC facebook page.

(Reblogged from glompcat)

Steph Batgirl Costume For Sale!

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This may be a good option for at least one of you. XD

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