Things We Saw Today: A Chewbacca Cameo

What, did you think I was talking about movies? (Fashionably Geek)

• Michigan lawmakers are trying for another medically-unnecessary-transvaginal-ultrasound requirement bill. (The Frisky)
• In far more upbeat news, The Venture Bros. has a firm date for its season five return. (Venture Bros. Blog)

Amanda Conner‘s variant cover for X-Men #2, featuring an all-female team. Looks like Jubilee does about as well as I do with babies. (The Beat)

• The New York times confirms what we were already pretty sure of already: Scarlett Johansson and the Black Widow are on for Captain America: The Winter Soldier.
• Becky Cloonan, the first woman to ever draw an issue of Batman, is featured, on, of all places, Oprah.com!

I am optimistic about The Croods, and I hope nothing, least of all the actual movie, takes that away from me. (The Daily Blam)

• Is Community a subversive feminist sitcom? Either way, it returns tonight. Happy October 19th everybody! (Bitch Magazine)
• Edgar Wright talks what will set his Ant-Man apart from the other Marvel movies. (Screen Rant)

Clever. Very clever. (Nerd Approved)