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Wonder Women: Five Actors In Search of a Superhero Movie
Wonder Women: Five Actors In Search of a Superhero Movie
Wonder Women: Five Actors In Search of a Superhero Movie
Hollywood has proved to be pretty great at superheroes. For the last few years the genre has provided some of the biggest tentpoles of the blockbuster season. Hollywood is less great at other things -- like, for example, providing leading roles for women. Hollywood is especially not great at providing lead superhero roles for women, but maybe that's not entirely Hollywood's fault. Superhero comics aren't great at providing those roles either. In fact, there are plenty of actors in Hollywood who could play amazing superheroes -- if only the roles existed for them. For example...
Gay Punchlines and Marvel's Short Film 'All Hail The King'
Gay Punchlines and Marvel's Short Film 'All Hail The King'
Gay Punchlines and Marvel's Short Film 'All Hail The King'
All Hail The King is a short movie -- a "one shot," as Marvel calls them -- about what happened to Iron Man 3 character the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley) after he went to prison, written and directed by Iron Man 3 co-writer Drew Pearce. It's light, it's funny, there are some good lines and a neat twist. For the most part, I liked it. One thing left a bad taste in my mouth. If you haven't watch
'Family Portraits' Comic Documents Real Life LGBT Stories
'Family Portraits' Comic Documents Real Life LGBT Stories
'Family Portraits' Comic Documents Real Life LGBT Stories
  Sam Orchard has been making his webcomic Rooster Tails since 2010; a series of weekly autobiographical strips about life as a transguy in New Zealand. It's an honest, sweet, nerdy, funny, and charming insight into one person's experience with transitioning. Orchard has expanded his canvas to look at the experiences of other queer and transgender people in his new book, Family Portraits, and he's
The Harvey/Renee Index of Superhero Diversity
The Harvey/Renee Index of Superhero Diversity
The Harvey/Renee Index of Superhero Diversity
We like diversity here at ComicsAlliance. We've said it before, and we'll say it again. We're also big fans of superheroes, and that probably goes without saying. We especially like diversity with our superheroes. Diversity broadens the genre's reach, encourages respect and understanding of people's differences, and gives minority audiences more chances to see themselves in fiction, and those are
A Closer Look At The 25th GLAAD Media Awards Comics Nominees
A Closer Look At The 25th GLAAD Media Awards Comics Nominees
A Closer Look At The 25th GLAAD Media Awards Comics Nominees
GLAAD, a high profile media advocacy group for the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, has announced the nominees for its 25th annual GLAAD Media Awards, including five nominees for Outstanding Comic Book. The GLAAD Media Awards recognize high quality productions that represents LGBT people in fair, inclusive, original, and impactful ways.
10 Diversity Resolutions for Superhero Comics in 2014
10 Diversity Resolutions for Superhero Comics in 2014
10 Diversity Resolutions for Superhero Comics in 2014
A new year. A new start. A new chance to make a change. Long-time readers of this site may know that we at ComicsAlliance are proud cheerleaders for a more representative industry. We like political correctness. We like feminism. We like diversity. We want the industry at large -- and the superhero publishers in particular -- to embrace these things. To that end, we have a few suggestions for how superhero publishers might change in 2014. Some of you may look at this list and say it's too ambitious, or that we're asking for too much. We say this list is a good start. These are our ten resolutions for the industry.
Sexy Loki, Queer Tricksters, And The Problem With LGBT Villains
Sexy Loki, Queer Tricksters, And The Problem With LGBT Villains
Sexy Loki, Queer Tricksters, And The Problem With LGBT Villains
Good news; Marvel is launching a new ongoing series with an LGBT lead character. Loki: Agent of Asgard debuts in February from the creative team of writer Al Ewing and artist Lee Garbett, and Ewing confirmed via Tumblr that the lead character will not only be portrayed as bisexual --but be able to change gender. Bad news; Loki is not exactly a good guy. He's a trickster, a manipulator, a supervill
Beefcake & Bruisers: Macho Talk With 'Burn The Orphanage' Artist Sina Grace
Beefcake & Bruisers: Macho Talk With 'Burn The Orphanage' Artist Sina Grace
Beefcake & Bruisers: Macho Talk With 'Burn The Orphanage' Artist Sina Grace
The first volume of Burn the Orphanage by Sina Grace and Daniel Freedman introduced the world to Rock, a buff, broody street fighter inspired by classic side-scrolling beat 'em up games. With the help of his friends Bear and Lex, Rock, fought his way through drunken goons and stripper ninjas to track down the guy who burned down the orphanage he grew up in. In volume two, Demons, the action moves
'Gatchaman Crowds':  The Most Radical Superhero Reboot
'Gatchaman Crowds': The Most Radical Superhero Reboot
'Gatchaman Crowds': The Most Radical Superhero Reboot
Feeling tired, True Believer? Worn out by superhero controversies? Convinced that vital issues are out there in the genre sphere, deserving of discussion, but suspicious that the typical online back and forth amounts to so many weedy paddles 'round the sunken perimeter of a draining pond? Were you nonplussed when Harley Quinn rode that wrecking ball naked into Batwoman's wedding the other week? I
JH Williams III & W. Haden Blackman Leave 'Batwoman' Over Editorial Edicts
JH Williams III & W. Haden Blackman Leave 'Batwoman' Over Editorial Edicts
JH Williams III & W. Haden Blackman Leave 'Batwoman' Over Editorial Edicts
In a posting to JH Williams III's website late Wednesday night, the acclaimed artist and his Batwoman co-writer W. Haden Blackman announced that due to what they described as a preponderance of "eleventh-hour changes" to stories that had been planned a year or more in advance, they're walking off the book. Among the grievances alleged by Williams and Blackman was publisher DC Comics' ref

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