Tits Up: A Comic Shop
Mar 29Tits Up is a recurring feature where I will chronicle gratuitous T&A and the objectification of women throughout fandom and the geekverse at large, especially in mainstream superhero comic books.
Months ago, in my ongoing exploration of the seedy underbelly of Orlando’s strip malls and shopping “centres,” I came across A Comic Shop.
It is exactly what its name implies. Except it’s actually a pretty GOOD comic shop–they had an impressive selection of indie titles, displayed in an appealing fashion. I was tempted to buy a lot, but settled on a few back issues of Local that I was missing.
Cut to MySpace, circa recently. I’m poking around, looking to “friend” places of interest in my locality, when I stumble across A Comic Shop’s MySpace page. Cool enough, I think.
Until I click around, and discover their “Girls of A Comic Shop.” They’re immortalized on the MySpace page in both video and photo form. Basically, it’s fake-breasted models posing in skimpy outfits and superhero costumes. Here’s a PERFECT example.
His Dark, Sizzling Materials
Mar 26Ain’t It Cool has linkage for a “sizzle reel” for the upcoming film adaptation of The Golden Compass, the first book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.
I think I’ve read the first book twice at this point, and loved it muchly–it’s like Harry Potter, but DEEP, man–and now I need to get off my ass and read the whole damn thing before the movies come along and pops that cherry forever.
Holy Frak.
Mar 26I’m sure BSG fans across the galaxy are still foggy from last night’s season three finale.
How do I know this? First, the internet just broke in HALF, dude. Second, I read spoilers a few weeks ago for the last episodes, so my previously stated attempt to remain spoiler-free as I caught up on season three went RIGHT out the window.
Anyway, if you needed confirmation or clarification on what you just saw, what I read about, and what I will eventually see, here’s a good interview with Ron Moore, BSG’s creative overlord and exec producer.
Kids Love Comics.
Mar 25I’ve mentioned my appreciation for Comics Should Be Good columnist Greg Hatcher before. This week, he’s got a very special column: Preview pages from the convention ashcan comic produced by his after-school cartooning class.
The detail escapes me–I want to say these are mostly pre-teen kids, like ages 12 to 14? Regardless of their age, the work he does is mighty and righteous. Giving kids an artistic outlet that advances an art form and educates them on how to express themselves in words and pictures? Holy crap, that’s cool.
Random Pluggage
Mar 23I’m now officially a contributing writer at ComicBloc, right now focusing on comics reviews, but hoping to branch out into every other little thing.
My first review, of Buffy Season 8 #1, is up here, and whaddaya know, my second piece on Local #1-8 is up now too.
