Comic Book Corner — The X-Files, HQ, Wonder Woman and Batgirl
This week, we have The X-Files, Harley Quinn, and Batgirl and a link to a Wonder Woman panel you won’t believe.
Continue ReadingThis week, we have The X-Files, Harley Quinn, and Batgirl and a link to a Wonder Woman panel you won’t believe.
Continue ReadingIn this fiction/non-fiction hybrid for pre-teen girls, Jessie’s 8th-grade class embarks on the Superhero Slam, a year-long project to explore heroes and superheroes—culturally, scientifically, and sociologically—culminating in a one-on-one debate for superhero supremacy.
Continue ReadingHappy new comic book release day! This week, we check out The Flash, Batgirl, Doctor Who, The X-Files, and a lot more!
Continue ReadingThis week, we have bats, speedsters, campers, a shadowy hero, and a Native American soul-searcher.
Continue ReadingHappy Comic Release Day! Reviews today include Marvel’s Original Sin, Batgirl Annual #2, Batman Eternal #4, and The X-Files Season 10 #11, plus take a look at the dubious changes to Comixology’s app for Apple customers.
Continue ReadingHow To Be A Super Batgirl Mom: How to encourage your child’s Batgirl fandom!
Continue ReadingIf you’ve been looking for a few good titles to get into comics, consider giving these three DC Comics “digital first” books a try.
Continue ReadingThe GeekMoms this week dreamed of Hollywood, took online courses on comics and gender studies, went on spring break road trips, and made plans to see the Harlem Globetrotters!
Continue ReadingWelcome to our top comic books from 2012! We would like to share with you some of our favorite books / series from 2012. Hopefully, we can inspire you to check out some new titles, or revisit some old ones.
Continue ReadingHappy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week.
Continue ReadingHalloween is one of my favorite holidays and its not because of the candy. I LOVE to dress up in costumes. And even though I have two professional grade costumes in my arsenal of attire, I don’t wear either one of them on Hallows Eve. Instead, I like to find cheap and creative ways to dress up as whatever floats my boat at the time.
Continue ReadingHappy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week. This week we take a look at Time Masters: Vanishing Point, Birds of Prey #0 as well as what’s on sale on Comixology this week.
Continue ReadingHappy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week.
Continue ReadingBased off the sculptures of the same name, the Ame-Comi Girls series is re-writing some of the characters I’ve grown up loving. I started to see subtle changes in Wonder Woman and Batgirl’s issues, but after seeing what they’ve done to Powergirl, I’m convinced of what DC is doing; making this comic book series universe an all woman superhero team.
Continue ReadingHappy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week.
Continue ReadingThe Ame-Comi Girls Series is one of those that you need to read for pure fun. Don’t go in and expect continuity with the New 52 or any other series. Right off the back, you can tell from their costumes that these are not your mother’s superheroes.
Continue ReadingHappy Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week.
Continue ReadingAs you may have noticed if you read GeekMom regularly, I’m a passionate reader of superhero comics and have been since I can remember. But, being a woman (d’uh), it’s impossible to miss the issues with the portrayal of female characters over the years. Nowhere was outrage more consolidated than in a site called Women […]
Continue ReadingWant to attract women? Publish good material that doesn’t actively chase them away.–Kurt Busiek, on Twitter, 10/24/2011 I have been a reader of superhero comics since I could read, buying them off the spinner rack for a quarter. My love for them was sealed when I watched (in reruns) the first appearance of Batgirl on […]
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