Children’s Book Explaining Homosexuality
100 tiny characters!
Considering that I know next to nothing about DC and Marvel comics I could name a surprising number of them, plus of course the entire FFX cast and Link.
Whenever I complain about how females are portrayed in mainstream superhero comics, inevitably half a dozen people pop up to tell me this:
“Men are idealized in comics, too.”
Yes. Yes they are. I am aware of this. While I think the idealism is harmful, that isn’t actually what I have a problem…
If you ever said “girls, get over chicks being idealized in comics”, go read this. Read this NOW.
Drawn By
Abdon Jose Romero DiazWhat a lovely Wonder Woman.
Gotta love pastels if they’re handled right.
Dee’s giving away comics for Christmas!
So, because Christmas is coming up and I like giving my shit away, I have three sets of comics I’m going to give to three winners! The prizes include:
Marvel set:
- Young Avengers Presents TPB
- Avengers: The Children’s Crusade #1
- Ant-Man and Wasp #1 and #2
- Deadpool: The Circle Chase #1
DC set:
- Supernatural #1 and #2
- Superman/Batman #62
- The Flash #336
- Red Hood and the Outlaws #1
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac set:
- Johnny the Homicidal Maniac #1-6
- I Feel Sick #1
If you want a chance to win, you can be entered twice with one reblog and one like. On Monday, December 12th at 9pm EST, I’ll draw three winners - they will each get to pick their prize in the order they win.
but being the last to be picked won’t suck as bad as you might think it will, especially if all that’s left is something you don’t like. I will be making an extra set of comics that I will be a surprise.
AND don’t be discouraged if you live outside of the US. I will ship anywhere!
So, go! Reblog, like and be awesome!
Adorable, and infinitely less creepy than man-shaped Twilight pillows. Ron and Hermione below the jump.
I want Ron <3
If Virginia Frances Sterrett’s life was like a fairy tale, it was one of those sad ones where the heroine turned to seafoam or died in the cold, or was otherwise written by Hans Christian Andersen, and you wondered why anybody wanted to read it at all, except the grownups seemed to find it inspiring or something. Sterrett was born in 1900, and as a mere teenager she was given a full scholarship to the Art Institute of Chicago based on her work alone. At the age of 19, however, she was diagnosed with tuberculosis, and after a twelve year battle with the disease, died. Within that time, however, she complete the illustrations for three books, including an adaptation of The Arabian Nights. Here are six illustrations from her first commissioned work, Old French Fairy Tales.
Seriously beautiful stuff, very art nouveau. Plus, fairy tales. What’s not to love?
What can you say about Disney Princesses? They’re meant to be charming, beautiful and aspired to. Kind of like magazine cover models, no? Well thanks to Tumblr user Petite Tiaras, we can now see what our favorite Disney ladies would look like on the cover of today’s popular magazines. And Petite Tiaras didn’t just plop them onto the magazines, s/he went a step further and created character specific headlines and teasers to go with them. Hit the jump to see thirteen absolutely fabulous creations.
This is why Teddy is one of my favorite comic book characters
Avengers: the Children’s Crusade #1
Now if only this wasn’t the only time we ever get to see Teddy kiss someone on-page. (And it isn’t Billy dammit!)
The writer and producer of AKA Jessica Jones, the planned television adaptation of Marvel’s Alias, says she’s hopeful the traumatized superheroine turned private investigator will find a place on ABC’s fall 2012 lineup.
“It’s still sitting at ABC and we’re hoping to get on the schedule for next fall,” screenwriter Melissa Rosenberg told I Am Rogue while promoting The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn — Part 1. “I love this character. That is an incredibly damaged, dark, complex female character that kicks ass. That’s my favorite thing about it.”
Created by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos, Alias debuted in November 2001 and centered on Jessica Jones, an embittered former superheroine who, after a traumatic experience, gives up her costumed identity and opens a detective agency. But once she settles in, she discovers her services are sought by clients with superhero connections.
Rosenberg remained that the Jessica of the TV series will remain true to her comic-book roots, right down to her costumed past.
“Yeah absolutely, but Jessica Jones is actually a former superhero with PTSD, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder,” she said. “My psychologist father-in-law said, ‘I don’t know why all superheroes aren’t PTSD.’ It’s a trip. So she is wrestling with having this damaged past and still trying to contribute something to the world.”
She also confirmed what Jeph Loeb, Marvel’s head of television, revealed at Comic-Con International: that Luke Cage will play a role AKA Jessica Jones. But don’t except their daughter Danielle to appear, at least any time soon.
“That would be way down the road,” Rosenberg said. “When you give your superheroes babies it gets very complicated. I went through that on Dexter, although it gives you some new interesting storytelling.”
A revival of The Incredible Hulk, by Guillermo del Toro and David Eick, is also on course for a fall 2012 premiere on ABC. Live-action adaptations of Marvel properties Cloak & Dagger and Mockingbird are in development at ABC Family, while Fox recently bought an hour-long drama based on The Punisher.
