Something’s happening these days in comics. Can you feel it? There’s a real shift in the way audiences react — and how comic creators and companies react to audiences — to the idea of representation. It’s not enough to be able to project our stories onto Superman or Batman and be satisfied that they represent…
GAME CHANGERS: Valentine De Landro on BITCH PLANET
Welcome to GAME CHANGERS, an interview 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. Not satisfied with looking at the characterization of one or two women at a time, we thought it was time to…
HERoes: Sophie Campbell
We get a chance to have a pressure free conversation about comics with women who are creators in the comics community. Their creativity is inspiring to people throughout the comic fandom who enjoy their work. They are our HERoes. Sophie Campbell is a comic writer and artist known for her indie comics Wet Moon and…
HERoes: Kelly Thompson
We get a chance to have a pressure free conversation about comics with women who are creators in the comics community. Their creativity is inspiring to people throughout the comic fandom who enjoy their work. They are our HERoes. Kelly Thompson is an institution in the comic book blogging and podcasting community. Within the last…
HERoes: Monica Gallagher
We get a chance to have a pressure free conversation about comics with women who are creators in the comics community. Their creativity is inspiring to people throughout the comic fandom who enjoy their work. They are our HERoes. From the recently released Part-Time Princess to an upcoming edition of Strange Sports, and works such…
GAME CHANGERS: Ollie Masters on THE KITCHEN
Welcome to GAME CHANGERS, an interview 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. Today we’re looking at The Kitchen, an eight-issue miniseries from Vertigo that features not one, not two, but three female protagonists. Against all odds…
Queer Visibility Interview: Ed Luce Talks WUVABLE OAF
In the past year, one of my greatest comics discoveries was Wuvable Oaf, and along with it, its equally wuvable writer and artist Ed Luce. This April, Fantagraphics Books will release a hardcover collection of the first years of Wuvable Oaf, which have been described as “Like Sex and the City but with adorable, ex-wrestler…
HERoes: Rachel Connor
We get a chance to have a pressure free conversation about comics with women who are creators in the comics community. Their creativity is inspiring to people throughout the comic fandom who enjoy their work. They are our HERoes. For the last year British writer Rachel Connor has been tickling our funny bone by…
50 Covers That Are Doing It Right
The Cover. We have been inspired to go a bit of a different direction by the now-cancelled variant cover for Batgirl #41, an image that was completely tone deaf for the Batgirl series currently being published, and the industry in general. The team at Comicosity has come together and found 50 covers featuring strong female…
How DC Comics Proved Me Wrong and Gave Us Back Oracle
[This column contains SPOILERS for Batgirl #40] Anyone who’s spent any time talking to me about Barbara Gordon knows that I love her, unapologetically, in all her forms. From my perspective, she is an icon for DC Comics in the same way Superman, Batman, or Wonder Woman is. Just as The Dark Knight Returns can…