Heroines Who Changed the Superhero Game

It’s always fun to recommend books, and when the folks at Booklisti asked me to make a list doing just that, I jumped at the chance to talk up some of my favourite characters of all time. I decided to take a broad, historical perspective, as I am wont to do, and the result is

My New Book, Not All Supermen: Sexism, Toxic Masculinity, and the Complex History of Superheroes, Is Coming July 15!

Sometimes you come up with a title that sticks in your brain for so long that you’ve just got to write the dang book. Three years ago, I was trying to fall asleep and was thinking about superheroes, as I am often wont to do, and the title “Not All Supermen” popped into my head.

Read Up on the History of Batgirl for #Creators4Comics!

If you follow comic book creators on Twitter, you’ve probably seen the #Creators4Comics hashtag floating around this week. Creators are putting cool items up for auction, with all the benefits going to the Book Industry Charitable Foundation, which will help comic shops and independent booksellers who are facing financial difficulties because of the ongoing pandemic.

Let’s All Cheer Up With A Preview of Smallville Season 11 #17

If you’re a fan of good, beautifully illustrated comics, you can’t be having the best day.  Yesterday, J.H. Williams III and W. Haden Blackman announced that they’ll soon be leaving Batwoman due to some rather epic editorial interference, ending one of the few consistently enjoyable and interesting runs of the New 52 era.  I was

Wonder Woman Got Her Ass Slapped In Her Own Book, But Kicked Ass Everywhere Else This Week

If you read my review of Wonder Woman #17, you know that I didn’t particularly care for the issue. In the midst of critiquing all of the problematic writing and art decisions, I mentioned a panel that really got on my nerves only in passing.  It was this slap of encouragement from Orion: Not classy.

DC Women Kicking Ass’ “The Worst Of 2012 For DC Women”

The annual rundown of the best and worst for DC Comics’ women is up at DC Women Kicking Ass, and I got to participate in the worst list along with great ladies like Kelly Thompson, Liz Pfeiffer, Lisa Fortuner, and Corrina Lawson.  It was rather distinguished company!! I got to comment on Wonder Woman #7

Wonder Woman #17 Cover And Solicit PLUS Wonder Woman In Young Romance Valentine’s Special!!

We saw the cover for Wonder Woman #17 yesterday thanks to clever internet folks, but here it is again today along with the full solicit: WONDER WOMAN #17 Written by BRIAN AZZARELLO Art by TONY AKINS and DAN GREEN Cover by CLIFF CHIANG On sale FEBRUARY 20 • 32 pg, FC, $2.99 US • RATED