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I’m always hesitant to participate in “Best of” year-end lists because I don’t ever feel like I’ve read enough to declare anything the best. I don’t get around to reading a lot of important works until well after they’re published, and this year is no different. Instead, I’ll make a list of comics and [...] Photo by OnceandFutureLaura. Used under a Creative Commons license. GeekGirl Con‘s time had come. Women have had panels devoted to them here and there — with, for the most part, the same topics, the same panelists, and, alas, the same problematic moments — at behemoth geek convergences like Comic-Con International for years. Could [...] Comic book conventions mark the passage of time for me. This weekend I will be attending my tenth Alternative Press Expo, and I can hardly believe it. The convention has developed into a vibrant San Francisco-style celebration of arts and crafts, with a focus on comics and graphic novels. I had very long hair the [...] I realized something this year, as I attended Comic-Con with my eighteen-year-old niece and eighteen-month-old son: Comic-Con is fun again. No booth duty means no stresses about changing out signing areas, answering questions, or finding time to eat. Now I have time to rekindle my love of comics. The booth was always on the [...] It’s too bad that the only panel I attended at Comic-Con this year was “Oh, You Sexy Geek.” I was, unfortunately, disappointed — and, at the end, disgusted. The discussion was dominated by America’s Next Top Model winner Adrianne Curry and actress Clare Grant, whose expressed opinions on feminism, the depiction of women in [...] |
My Opium Den
After some thinking, I realized why I didn't finish this book (even as I racked up late fees from the library): I found the subject matter, the history of the region of England called Sunderland, interesting, but there was nothing about the...
Lovely art by Camilla D'Errico (who should be listed as a co-author) provide mood and texture for this story of a troubled young girl whose fantasy life becomes a bit too real when she visits a website called Make5wishes.com. The authors ar...
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