Radical thought: Maybe what women really want from mainstream superhero comics are well-written female characters with some agency. Read More
Welcome to week five of Flashpoint! This week, I’m looking at Flashpoint: The World of Flashpoint – Featuring Superman, written by Lowell A. Francis and Scott Snyder. This graphic novel takes us a little deeper into what Superman gets up to while war breaks out across Earth. We also check in with a few other famous DC faces, including: Booster Gold, Traci Thirteen, Jason Todd, and Guy Gardner. On a frustrating note, Lois Lane once again gets cheated out of any meaningful face time, but by this point, I think I’m getting used to it. Read More
Man of Steel was about two-thirds a very good movie and one-third a pretty awful movie. Here’s why in a spoiler-filled list of 10 things to love and 10 things to hate. Read More
Written by Geoff Johns with art by Andy Kubert, Flashpoint can be considered the on-ramp for DC Comics’ New 52 revamp. Read More
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. Read More
So why is the term mommy blogger such a negative one? I take a look at our assumptions about things with gender labels. Plus, where you can find me dressed as Wonder Woman. Read More
Okay, sure, it’s Superman’s anniversary too. But it’s Lois Lane, currently getting the short shrift in DC Comics, who needs to be recognized on the 75th anniversary of her first appearance. Directions on how to join in the Twitter trending event! Read More
Welcome to this week’s adventures climbing the cliffs of insanity. This week, I dove into the Gender Through Comics Course online course being given by Christina Blanch, a good friend made a richly deserved visit to the New York Times bestseller list, and I finally added Chunky the macarnivore to my stuffed animal collection. Read More
By now, most comic book fans have heard that Superman and Lois Lane are no longer the “it” couple of DC Comics. Replacing the famous reporter is none other than the Amazonian Princess, Wonder Woman. I’ve heard that the two have dated briefly in the past, but it was nothing like what he had in the story lines with Lois. Looking at this from a newbies stand point, I’m excited to see where this goes, because I think the characters compliment each other nicely. Read More
Superman Family Adventures follows our favorite Kryptonian and his adventures with Lois, Jimmy, Supergirl and many others in Superman’s world (including Fuzzy the Krypto Mouse). Just like Tiny Titans, this series is already a hit with comic book fans of all ages. Read More
One day my younger brother Douglas and I headed to our local comic book store. Douglas has been interested in reading comics again so I suggested he start reading the New 52. Since I already buy Justice League and Justice League International, he decided to get Batman and Superman so we could swap comics. I… Read More
Oh, you know it had to happen. The whole backward-bathrobe-sold-as-an-entirely-new-product-to-keep-the-family-warm wasn’t enough. Some clever soul adapted the idea to create a super snuggly blanket that will have people doing a double take. Even Lois Lane might mistake you for Superman in this “comfy throw blanket with sleeves.” Stay warm and toasty throughout the winter months,… Read More
