Comic Script: JLA Wedding Special #1
The first 10 pages of the Dwayne McDuffie’s script for JLA Wedding Special #1.
“Frankly, Static deserved a lot better.”
John Rozum writes a comment about why he left DC’s comic, Static Shock. It will have some resonance for people who remember Static Shock’s co-creator Dwayne McDuffie’s posts about the difficulties he had writing for DC’s Justice League of America. Update: Comic Book Resources has more.
Drawing A Comparison
Megan Rosalarian Gedris draws some nice comparisons to illustrate a point about how the ladies are drawn in many superhero comics. My favorite? Man Canary with his “come hither look.”
“Mary Sue, what are you?”
There’s an interesting exploration of the fan fiction term “Mary Sue” and it’s sexist connotations at Adventures of Comic Book Girl: “So the only time female can be default is when discussing a badly written character, someone who is more powerful or important or liked than they should […]
RIP, Joe Simon
Comics writer and artist Joe Simon has died. Simon created Captain America with Jack Kirby and, according to Michael Cavna at Comic Riffs blog, “Virtuoso though he was, his most iconic image from 80 years in the industry will remain the introduction of Captain America socking Hitler in […]
“10 Movies You Didn’t See in 2011”
At Slate, Grady Hendrix offers his list of “Ten Movies You Didn’t See But Should Have,” two of which premiered at Toronto’s Midnight Madness (Stake Land and Super).
The Cultural Gutter 