One of the first manga I ever read, back in college when I was plunging into the dorky depths of anime fandom, was Moto Hagio’s A, A’, published by Viz during an abortive early attempt to sell Americans on shojo…
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We Have a Gang of Dinosaurs to Kill
Posted by Shaenon Garrity on February 12th, 2010 at 6:26 PMMy husband Andrew had an idea for writing the Wonder Woman comic. Â He said, “Give a nine-year-old girl a Wonder Woman doll to play with, and write stories based on the stories that girl makes up.”
Andrew only thinks this…
He also has mad Ho Yay with Tony Stark.
Posted by Shaenon Garrity on February 12th, 2010 at 3:50 PMYou may have seen this on the news, but sometime last year a bunch of rich libertarians teamed up with the country’s remaining unapologetic racists and formed a club about it. In some ways, it’s been a pretty useful club.…
Dave Sim Is a Girl
Posted by Shaenon Garrity on January 29th, 2010 at 5:03 PMRich Kreiner’s post reminded me, and probably many other people who’d forgotten, of the existence of Dave Sim’s comic/magazine hybrid Glamourpuss.  It’s an odd little exercise, isn’t it?  I read the first few issues, as much as anyone can read the…
Now at CAM: Batman, Yesterday and Tomorrow
Posted by Shaenon Garrity on January 29th, 2010 at 4:26 PMWhen I first started dating my now-husband Andrew, he took me home to meet his parents and I got a look at his childhood bedroom. Â The walls and ceiling were completely plastered with comic-book posters. Â At the center of the…
Now at CAM: Drawing the Sword
Posted by Shaenon Garrity on January 20th, 2010 at 10:29 AMYou know what this blog would be great for? Â Pimping Cartoon Art Museum events!
I’ve been a volunteer at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco for–sheesh–ten years now, and I’m married to the curator. Â In my world, there is…
Things the Industry Is Doing Right
Posted by Shaenon Garrity on January 15th, 2010 at 11:58 AMThis being The Comics Journal and all, we tend to focus on the thousands of things the comics industry does wrong. Â But that gets to be such a downer. Â Here, because lists are the ideal form of online discourse, are…
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