Welcome to the third edition of GAME CHANGERS, a new series at Comicosity looking at female protagonists in comic books from the last decade or two (or more!) — and the original creators who brought them to life. Our goal with this interview series is to highlight the vast wealth of great female characters that…
GAME CHANGERS: Greg Rucka on QUEEN & COUNTRY
Welcome to the second edition of GAME CHANGERS, a new series at Comicosity looking at female protagonists in comic books from the last decade or two (or more!) — and the original creators who brought them to life. Our goal with this interview series is to highlight the vast wealth of great female characters that…
GAME CHANGERS: Greg Rucka on WHITEOUT
The writing staff at Comicosity is nothing if not committed to diversity and strong representation in the medium we love and follow ardently. And while there is always a lot to criticize about the market today, we feel it’s important to step back and celebrate its successes as well. So, without further ado, welcome to…
COMIC LOVE: Super-Heroines, Stains and All
My favorite comic book characters have invariably always been the ladies. Maybe because there were less of them when I was growing up. Maybe because their costumes were more fabulous than those of their male counterparts. Probably because, when written with care, the super-heroines always seemed more intuitive, more vulnerable… just more real than most…
Crisis of Epic Proportion: I Want a Gay Iron Man
This time last week, I was still reveling in the miracle that was nearly unanimous praise for my first love, DC Comics, over its new direction for the Batgirl comic book. In a manner of three days, more than 500 pieces of fan art for Barbara Gordon’s new costume were produced and shared online (and…
COMIC LOVE: Better by Half
It’s been almost nineteen years since I came out, not quite half my life, but edging closer to it year after year. Even way back then, I felt like I was coming into myself late, twenty-one years old and in my last year of college. Today, I read about out LGBT teenagers in high school…
The Comics Classroom: Women of Comics, Part 1
It is common for modern-day comic readers to look on the current (2014) comic environment with a mix of regret and hope where the topic ‘women in comics’ are concerned. On one hand, the tropes of certain kinds of female characters (that being busty, leggy, doe-eyed, damsels) still exists within the comics community at large.…
COMIC LOVE: Mutants and Misfits
You should know right away that I am not a fan of black-and-white comics. Oh, make no mistake — it doesn’t matter to me whether or not a book is printed on four-color pages. What I mean to say is, I like stories I read to move past the traditional good vs. evil, light vs.…
C2E2 Interview: Gail Simone on BATGIRL
Last weekend, C2E2 — the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo — burst at the seams with incredible creators and events, and Comicosity had a front row seat! In the first of many interviews to come in the next two weeks, we were lucky to be able to sit down with writer Gail Simone and talk about…
Interview: Tony Breed Kickstarts FINN AND CHARLIE
For an ongoing slice of life packaged neatly in a web comic, look no further than Finn and Charlie Get Hitched. The weekly strip by artist and writer (and moustache enthusiast) Tony Breed has been collected in three volumes to date, but now the opportunity has come for a full color printing of a fourth…