Never Assume Anything About a Geek Girl

Unfortunately, though the world might be getting more and more geek friendly by the minute, being a geek girl is still difficult. [..]

• Don’t assume that she’s had “help” rolling up her character or that is only playing D&D for the RP aspect (or because of her significant other). The next time someone asks me if I just play D&D because my husband dragged me into it might get a sucker punch.

• Don’t assume she’s buying comics for her significant other. Just because a woman is walking into a comics store doesn’t automatically mean she’s lost, looking for presents for someone else, or there on a dare. It also doesn’t mean she’s only interested in manga, Wonder Woman or Buffy comics. Take note. Lather, rinse, repeat.

• Don’t assume she doesn’t like girly things. Sometimes there’s a sort of pendulum effect, treating geek girls like geek guys and assuming that we have turned against our entire gender just to get geek cred. Not so. Many of us are exceptionally girly, just not by standard definition perhaps.

• Don’t assume she’s read and liked Twilight. Just don’t. Trust me on this one.

• Don’t assume she only likes to read urban fantasy books with strong protagonists. And if we’re writers don’t assume we write that stuff. Many of us dig swords, guns, and classics, too.

• Don’t assume we’re stupid about computers. Eternally annoying. It’s one thing to have sat and tried to fix your own computer for a few hours and resigning yourself to going to the Genuis Bar or Geek Squad, or whatever. But it’s another thing altogether to have to cope with techies talking to you about your computer as if it’s the first time you’ve ever laid eyes on this marvelous object. “Did you restart it?” “Wait, what? It restarts?”

By Natania Barron
Contributing Writer, [GaS]

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Last night I met this guy

And he was so cool, so funny, so smart..

Mike Reiss, you gave us such a great evening at Anim’Est 2009! Thanks!

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Comic about schizophrenia

Daryl Cunningham (a student mental health nurse based in London) is working on a comic book called Psychiatric Tales, due out in early 2010.

Check out here a few chapters. This is a really well done and sensitive initiative. Looking forward to the book!

Via Boing Boing

Disney and Marvel sitting in a tree..

Enjoy the inevitable Marvel/Disney mashups that have appeared online since the Disney/Marvel acquisition was announced yesterday:

Donald/Wolverine by SaiyaGina.

Bonus, some cool new titles coming in 2010:

• The Amazing Spider-Mary Poppins
• Snow White and the Sinister Six
• Fantastic Four and the Seven Dwarves

Via Boing Boing and NerdWorld

To all the Hulk fans out there

“You won’t like me when I’m angry”

http://hulkcollection.wordpress.com/

Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and his Revolutionary Comic Strip

For ten years, between 1985 and 1995, Calvin and Hobbes was one the world’s most beloved comic strips. And then, on the last day of 1995, the strip ended. Its mercurial and reclusive creator, Bill Watterson, not only finished the strip but withdrew entirely from public life. There is no merchandising associated with Calvin and Hobbes: no movie franchise; no plush toys; no coffee mugs; no t-shirts (except a handful of illegal ones). There is only the strip itself, and the books in which it has been compiled – including The Complete Calvin and Hobbes: the heaviest book ever to hit the New York Times bestseller list.

In Looking for Calvin and Hobbes: The Unconventional Story of Bill Watterson and His Revolutionary Comic Strip, writer Nevin Martell traces the life and career of the extraordinary, influential, and intensely private man behind Calvin and Hobbes. With input from a wide range of artists and writers (including Dave Barry, Harvey Pekar, Jonathan Lethem, and Brad Bird) as well as some of Watterson’s closest friends and professional colleagues, this is as close as we’re ever likely to get to one of America’s most ingenious and intriguing figures – and a fascinating detective story, at the same time.

Only 3,160 Calvin and Hobbes strips were ever produced, but Watterson has left behind an impressive legacy. Calvin and Hobbes references litter the pop culture landscape and his fans are as varied as they are numerable. Looking for Calvin and Hobbes is an affectionate and revealing book about uncovering the story behind this most uncommon trio – a man, a boy, and his tiger.

About the Author

Nevin Martell is the author of Dave Matthews Band: Music for the People (Pocket, 2004) and Beck: The Art of Mutation (Pocket, 2001). He is a Contributing Editor at Filter magazine and his music journalism has appeared in Paste, Giant, Men’s Health, High Times, and Flaunt, as well as online at RollingStone.com. Currently, he lives with his wife outside Washington, DC, where he develops documentaries and non-fiction television.

Click here to download a Free Sample Chapter of “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes” now.

Pre-order a copy of “Looking for Calvin and Hobbes” today.

Stay tuned, the book comes out on October 1 via Continuum Press!

Source: BoingBoing.net

Twit-Ha

Social media can make people act very strangely at times. Or, as Bela Lugosi would say, “Beware!”

Check-out the complete Twit-Ha set on Flickr

Scott Pilgrim Comics

The story is about a guy who can only date the love of his life after he defeats her seven evil ex-boyfriends :)

5 Volumes available on Amazon

Scott Pilgrim – Comics By Bryan Lee O’Malley

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Thanks, Doru!

What the Duck

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