The Cliffs of Insanity: GeekOuts, Troll Hunts, and Feminism
Corrina has a little geekgasm this week and then dives into why strong female characters are considered so radical.
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Tag: Gail Simone
GeekMom: Comic Book Corner — Batman: Eternal, Avatar: The Search, The X-Files, and More!
This week, we look at Runaways, Avatar, Batman: Eternal, Tomb Raider, The X-Files, and Moon Knight.
Continue ReadingGeekMom: Comic Book Corner — November 20th, 2013
This week we have a wide variety of books including Leaving Megalopolis by Batgirl writer Gail Simone, Molly Danger, DC: The New Frontier, and more.
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The Cliffs of Insanity: New York Comic Con and Geek Girl Con
GGC promises to be a shorter version of a Maker Faire combined with feminism combined with geeky pop culture.
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The Cliffs of Insanity: Why I’m in Love With Kickstarter
This week’s adventures climbing the cliffs of insanity include a look at several awesome kickstarter comic projects that have come to fruition, including Gail Simone and Jim Califiore’s much-anticipated story, a great post on the origins of Lois Lane, and a video that my youngest son hunted up because the music was used at the beginning of Iron Man 3.
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This Week With the GeekMoms
The 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 ReadingMega Con 2013 or Bust!
Megacon is my favorite convention in Central Florida. This year, the convention welcomes the bridge crew of Star Trek The Next Generation including Captain Picard himself, Sir. Patrick Stewart. Also in attendance to represent the comic book world will be Neil Adams, Gail Simone, George Perez along with many others!
Continue ReadingOur Top Comic Books from 2012
Welcome 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 ReadingGeekMom: Comic Book Corner — October 31st, 2012
Happy Halloween and New Comic Release Day! Welcome to another installment of GeekMom Comic Book Corner, where we recap our adventures in comics for the week.
Continue ReadingWomen Write About Comics: Women in Refrigerators, 13 Years Later
As 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 […]
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