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The Mary Sue Interview: Sexy Comics Artist Jess Fink!

by Zoe Chevat | 2:03 pm, March 25th, 2013

Indie comic fans, get ready: Jess Fink is bringing sexy back…in time, that is. As a longtime fan, I was thrilled to get a chance to catch up with Jess to talk about her new book, time travel, Star Trek, female heroes, and the timeless inspiration of good smut.

DC Comics May Be Killing Off Their Most Famous Black Character As Two More Creators Voluntarily Leave Their Titles

by Jill Pantozzi | 12:30 pm, March 22nd, 2013

Character deaths aren’t an unusual thing in comic books but a huge nerve was hit yesterday when it was revealed DC Comics was planning to kill off Green Lantern John Stewart. The news came out amidst two more DC writers stepping off their new titles before any issues hit stores. Hit the jump for reasons, rumors, and more.

Why Wonder Woman Should Carry a Scrunchie Around

by Susana Polo | 2:29 pm, March 20th, 2013

Kevin Warren drew this as an illustration of some tweets by comics journalist Chris Sims, which you can read here. Because a female fighter pointedly putting her hair up should have the same cinematic caché as a scientist pointedly taking his glasses off. It’s the opposite of the Samurai Jack effect, where when his hair came out of his ponytail, you know that shit just got real.

Previously in Wonder Woman

Webcomics Creators Talk Shop to PBS’ Off Book

by Susana Polo | 5:47 pm, March 15th, 2013

PBS’s Off Book series has done a really interesting job of taking a look at some of the new communities and new ideas about community that have arisen with the internet. Today, they’re talking about webcomics, and while no eight minute video could possibly cover the entire breadth of the webcomics community, this is a good introduction to the way webcomics are becoming a new and powerful distribution and creation model for the comics industry. Also, it’s got Christina Xu of Breadpig and Lucy Knisley of Stop Paying Attention!

(via Laughing Squid.)

BAD IDEAS FROM SMART PEOPLE

Public School Librarians in Chicago Ordered to Remove Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis from Shelves

by Susana Polo | 2:06 pm, March 15th, 2013

Marjane Satrapi‘s Persepolis, if you haven’t read it (and I highly recommend you do, perhaps after borrowing it from your local library) is a memoir of growing up in a secular and feminist family during the first decade of the Islamic Revolution in Iran, a family that eventually decided that in order to keep their daughter safe without going against everything they’d already taught her about confidence and morality was to get her out of the country. Its two part narrative touches on religion, self-confidence and self-discovery, morality, femininity, justice, and protest, among many other issues.

So I can understand why many librarians in Chicago were puzzled by a direct order to remove the book, which is actually part of the curriculum in some classrooms, from libraries, classrooms, and even the hands of student borrowers.

Laura Ramsey Takes Lead in Supernatural Western The Sixth Gun

by Susana Polo | 2:07 pm, February 26th, 2013

Oni Press’ The Sixth Gun concerns the adventures of a few good heroes and six pistols that grant mysterious powers upon the gunslingers whose lives in which they entwine themselves. But nobody’s lining up to form a six-man superhero team here: the Six are deadly, magical, mysterious weapons with subtle minds of their own and their owners wind up fighting the guns’ curse as often as those who would kill them to obtain them. And then, you know, there are undead Confederate generals, flesh-eating plagues, thunderbirds, train robberies, and more ghosts than you can shake a trap at.

NBC is currently producing a pilot for a putative television series based on Brian Hurtt and Cullen Bunn‘s comic series, and Laura Ramsey will be taking the lead role of Becky Montcrief.

Things We Saw Today: The S.H.I.E.L.D. Pilot Wrapped

by Susana Polo | 4:56 pm, February 12th, 2013

And somehow, this thing still has to get approved before it becomes a real series. (SuperheroHype)

The Mary Sue Exclusive: the Cover of Grace Randolph’s Supurbia #7

by Susana Polo | 11:21 am, February 12th, 2013

Grace Randolph‘s series about what happens when the problems of superheroes intersect with the problems of their normal spouses continues with #7, out in May. Boom! Studios offered us this exclusive look at Stephane Roux‘s cover art and the issue’s synopsis!

MAC’s Archie’s Girls Cosmetics Line Revealed

by Jill Pantozzi | 1:16 pm, January 25th, 2013

Last year we told you M·A·C was joining forces with Archie Comics much like they did with DC Comics for their special Wonder Woman cosmetics. Now Betty and Veronica get their chance to shine with the new Archie’s Girls collection! They’ll be available for purchase February 7 online. Take a look at the products they’ve come up with and decide whether you’re Betty, Veronica, or perhaps a mix of both.

(via The Beat)