Results for: comics
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Batwoman Creative Team Quits After DC Editors Prohibit Planned Lesbian Marriage
“With their decision to prohibit not only Batwoman’s marriage, but also several other character developments, it seems like DC has gone too far.”
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DC Hires an Openly Gay Writer for Batwoman to Appease Audiences
Its certainly been one hell of a week for DC’s PR team. (Emphasis on hell.)
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Seven Queer Webcomics That Are Not DAR
Since DAR, I’ve been trying to find an equally good queer comic to read, and I think I’ve found a few that come close.
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Mini Gay Girlfriends Make Out in Dragopolis: Gaymes For Your Smartphone!
But for all of my many apps, there is one category that was tragically absent. And that category was gay-themed games. That is, until now.
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A Lady Doctor Who, And Some Other Hopes and Dreams
The show began airing in 1963, with a hiatus and then a reboot in 2005. All in all, 11 actors have played the alien of everyone’s dreams. Every single one of those 11 actors has been a white man. (Also, as River Song says, spoilers).
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All The Small Things: Comic-Con Dug Into Some Progressive Politics, Other Cool Shit
At the San Diego ComicCon’s smaller events, your free swag is knowledge.
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Team Pick: Genius Young Women Create Feminist Superhero Trading Cards To Fight Racism and Gossip
Sarah’s Team Pick: A Grrlz Club has made female superheroes to fight against racism, “nerd discrimination”, and gossip and it’s the best thing ever.
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This Is A Bubbline Appreciation Post and Gallery
I would rather slowly pull out all my teeth than write about unconfirmed lesbian subtext in any teevee show ever. But I actually think we’re moving from the realm of wishful thinking into the realm of actual plot/canon. Here’s why.
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“Wonder Women!” Is An Awesome Documentary About Women, Power and Diana Prince
Finally, some fantastic cultural analysis about women in power and women in patriotic spandex leotards saving the day.
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Cats and Feminism and Cartoons! Wheeee!
Ali’s Team Pick: Feminism, cats and cartoons all in one happy place.
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Art Attack! An Introductory Guide to Comics for Ladygays
The comics industry is a big, crazy, complicated, ever-changing world with a lot of history — and some of that history is about queer characters.
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How Sailor Moon Made Me A Feminist: An Ode to Magical Girl Shows
Maybe it’s the influence of Sailor Moon that is part of what made me a feminist, someone who didn’t think that being a girl was a weakness but was, in fact, a special kind of power.
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New X-Men Relaunch Will Feature an All Women Team, Albeit Still Drawn By Men
Jubilee is heading up a female superhero team. Yay!
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Kate Leth Draws Comics, Knows What We Want: The Autostraddle Interview
Queer comic artist Kate Leth (of Kate or Die! fame) talks about drawing, women, drawing women, and why filthy comics are the most fun. Also, she made a sexy drawing just for you!
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The Comic Sans Project Rethinks Your Least Favorite Font
Whitney’s Team Pick: Thought you needed more Comic Sans in your life? No? Well, here’s some anyway.
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Batwoman is a Lesbian: DC Comics’ Gay Superheroes Stepping Out of the Subtext and Into the Light
DC Comics announced last June that they were starting fresh. The Advocate interviews DC Co-Publisher about precisely how gay this fresh start is gonna be.
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Birds of Prey Reboot Features Potential Lesbian, Is Also Potentially Problematic
DC’s comic book series, “Birds of Prey,” has a hard-hitting, whiskey-swilling, Betty Page-lookalike who miiiight also be a lesbian. WHAT.
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Start Reading Comics Part #1: Warren Ellis, Professional Cynic
“Warren Ellis is an excellent point-of-entry for those of you who aspire to one day spend heaps of money on comic books, but don’t know where to start. He’s like a gateway drug. Well, probably more like a “fix” or a “monster bong hit” because he’s so DARK.”
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Let’s Talk About Lesbian Batwoman Some More
Earlier this week we published one opinion on DC Comics’ lesbian Batwoman reboot; now here’s a different perspective!
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We Are Become Pals!
Intern Grace’s Team Pick: How do you feel about a story/comic combination about cute girls who are friends and also total weirdos? I feel good about it.