This panel discussion is about women in the comic fan community and addressed the myth of the “fake geek girl” and the new “geek is sexy” marketing that’s been cropping up. Chicks Dig Comics is an anthology collection by female writers and artists, published by Mad Norwegian Press. The panelists were all contributors, and they …
Tag Archive: superheroes
GGC12 Panels: Capes & Canes – Disabilities in Comics
Geek Girl Con was so much fun, I don’t even know where to begin. Autumn and I have a zillion photos and reams of panel notes, and Autumn interviewed some ladies from NASA. So we’ll be posting our Con Converge as quickly as real life allows. (Damn real life!) This panel was proposed and moderated …
ECCC Panels: Sympathy for the Devil – Crafting Great Villains
Villains can make or break a story or RPG. This panel was about crafting a good–or even great–villain for your story or game. First, let’s meet our panelists: Philip Anthans, author of several books including The Guide to Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction. Erin M. Evans, author of The God Catcher and soon Brimstone Angels. …
Zombie Love!
I hated zombies as a kid because they genuinely scared me, and later because it felt like every zombie thing was exactly the same. The dead start walking around trying to eat the living, people do dumb things and die, and no one understands the simplicity of shooting the infected the minute the infection happens …
Review: After the Golden Age by Carrie Vaughn
Carrie Vaughn’s After the Golden Age is a novel about superheroes, parenting, coming of age, and accounting. Set in the fictional Commerce City, Celia West rides the bus and works as a forensic accountant at a legal firm. She’s also the daughter of the city’s most famous superheroes, Captain Olympus and Spark, who were unmasked …
First Impressions: Tiger & Bunny
Fortune Cookie over at Defective Geeks is often my go to for when I need a new anime to check out. Most recently, she recommended Tiger & Bunny, which is available subbed on Hulu. Huzzah! I’ve only watched one episode so far, and really, that’s the most important episode for me – it determines whether …





























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