We were pretty impressed with The Guild’s Teal Sherer’s comedy webseries, My Gimpy Life. Haven’t seen it yet? Check it out now! Season 1 has wrapped so we weren’t expecting to see more just yet but today we’ve got a special holiday surprise – an animated greeting from My Gimpy Life! In a Charlie Brown-esque style no less. Super cute, Teal!

As a person who attends several pop-culture conventions a year, it’s been my yearly goal to try and attend at least one show I haven’t been to before. I already did that twice this year with Emerald City Comicon and GeekGirlCon but I figured, what the heck, why not make it a trilogy? So I went to Dragon*Con in Atlanta, Georgia. I’d heard it was crazy. I’d heard it was cosplay central. I wasn’t prepared for either. Read on for details about the trip as well as tons of photos!

I finally got the opportunity to meet (and actually hang out with) actress Teal Sherer at GeekGirlCon this past weekend in Seattle and was delighted to find we got along just as well in person as online. Most of you probably know Sherer from her role as Venom on The Guild but she’s recently branched out into her own comedic web series titled My Gimpy Life. It’s loosely based on her own experiences as a disabled actress living in Los Angeles, and while I may be biased, it’s pretty hilarious so far. The latest episode features her Guild co-star and real-life pal, Felicia Day, as they both audition for the same role. Having been on one disability panel with Sherer at GGC and watching her on another I can tell you she’s got a great handle on how to educate while being funny and is unapologetic about showing what those of us hear from other people on a daily basis. There’s some adult language in this episode, just as a warning.

Hit the jump to watch episodes one and two if you haven’t already.

Not too long ago I asked a famous comic book artist to draw me a picture of Oracle and what I got was not at all what I expected. Barbara Gordon was depicted in a hospital wheelchair with a blanket over her legs, certainly not the Oracle I know. “How could big name-so-and-so not know how to draw someone in a wheelchair?” I said to myself but then I thought, “Probably because they aren’t in one.” That’s just one possible scenario of course, there are plenty of artists out there (like Adam Hughes above) who get it right. But if there’s a problem we all suffer from at times it’s ignorance. Yes…all of us. Some more than others of course but even the most learned of us could do with a bit of education now and then and that’s my goal today.

It’s certainly not meant as a dig, but through the years, it’s become obvious to me that a lot of people are oblivious to the every day lives of people with disabilities (PWD). And that’s why awareness and education are important. It’s not that people don’t care (although some might not), it’s that they truly don’t know what’s appropriate in certain situations. Read on for a few examples of different types of wheelchairs, as well as those who use them, plus some commentary by a creator and an actor who are close to the topic at hand. 

Not everything has to be us versus them but a great song is a great song. I’m the One That’s Cool is the latest music video offering from Felicia Day and her crew from her webseries, The Guild. And it should totally be on the radio. I’m serious. It was stuck in my head after about 60 seconds. It may even be destined to surpass their previous Do You Wanna Date My Avatar? song. I’m the One That’s Cool debuted on Day’s new Geek & Sundry channel, which you can read more about here. Enjoy!

You guys! Felicia Day made a channel just for us – geeks! After much teasing, it officially launched today. Hit the jump to find out what Geek & Sundry is all about! 

We’ve got a very special treat for you today, readers. How would you like to find out more about a fantasy action/comedy web series about a women’s LARP (live-action role play) group? And what about the added bonus of some killer talent? Directed by Greg Aronowitz (The Guild, DragonAge), co-rroduced by America Young (Geek Therapy) and Jessica Mills (Awkward Embraces), and written by Eric Collin Campbell (Geek Therapy, Connect To), it’s called Damsels and Dragons and we have an inkling it’s up your alley, as it features some strong female characters. The Mary Sue is also proud to be the first to announce the IndieGogo campaign to fund the second season of the series. Now read on and find out all about it! 

Comics Alliance’s Tim Leong says something we find to be very true about the New 52′s Harley Quinn, and with a beautiful economy of space and color. (Comics Alliance)

Lisa, whose friends may or may not be calling her Felisa now, gave us our favorite cosplay of the con, simply because the story of what happened when she ran into the actress who designed, made, and wore it. Says Lisa:

It should be noted that all this started in part because so many people, including folks I have only just met, have said, “has anyone ever told you that you look like Felicia Day?” This has gone as far as getting a text message from a friend at DragonCon who saw Felicia Day walking nearby and was seriously confused because he didn’t think I was supposed to be there… So, yeah best picture that has ever been taken of me, I think.

And that is Mythbusters‘ Grant Imahara as the 10th Doctor. Be still my heart, if that can happen. He probably knows. (at Lyn’s Scrap of Nowhere)