Posted on July 9, 2008 by tinyheroes
My latest trip to the library not only yielded me around $20 in overdue fines (damn the man!) but also a stack of about 20 tpb/graphic novels to consume. I’m going to forego lengthy blogs about each for a review snack pack of three books in particular.
#1
American Born Chinese written and illustrated by Gene Luen [...]
Filed under: Comic Books/Graphic Novels, Library Love, Movies, Oregon, Sex and Gender, Tales From Portland | Tagged: American Born Chinese, Brian Michael Bendis, Charles Burns, Chris Bachalo, comic book, DC, Elk's Run, Faker, Gene Luen Yang, graphic novel, Jock, Mark Simpson, Marvel, Mike Carey, Off Road, Oni press, Pablo Raimondi, Portland, Sean Murphy, The Losers, Vertigo, young adult | 1 Comment »
Posted on May 26, 2008 by tinyheroes
I picked this book up at one of my scouting sessions at the local library - intrigued by the title and the concept of the storyline - taking something historically true and making a comic book out of it is a pretty common theme lately.
Incognegro takes place in the 1930’s, back in the Southern heyday [...]
Filed under: Comic Books/Graphic Novels, Sex and Gender | Tagged: African-American, black, graphic novel, history, Incognegro, light-skinned, lynching, Mat Johnson, mystery, noir, passing, race, racism, racist, South, Vertigo comics, Warren Pleece, white | 2 Comments »
Posted on May 22, 2008 by tinyheroes
Just wanted to clear things up - this is not a blog about the ingenius correction fluid otherwise known as ”liquid paper“ created by a secretary Bette Nesmith Graham - mother of Monkees alumni Michael Nesmith.
Nope - this is about “Whiteout” the comic book written by Greg Rucka and artist Steve Leiber.
This series was originally suggested to [...]
Filed under: Comic Books/Graphic Novels, Movies, Sex and Gender | Tagged: comic book, Whiteout, Greg Rucka, Steve Leiber, Whiteout: Melt, heroine, US Marshal, Carrie Stetko, Lily Sharpe, Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Christina Ricci, Jennifer Garner, movie, Antarctica, ice, snow, Oni press, murder, investigation | 3 Comments »
Posted on May 9, 2008 by tinyheroes
This is why I refuse to even consider being a Republican. I was actually tempted to vote for a few Repub platforms I really enjoyed during the state elections this Spring…but shenanigans like this make me bitter and hostile towards any Republican candidate I might have considered.
Rush Limbaugh urges Republicans to “switch sides” and vote [...]
Filed under: Politics, Sex and Gender | Tagged: Barack Obama, Democratic Primary, Democrats, George W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, Indiana, John McCain, Karl Rove, Maxine Waters, Nancy Pelosi, Operation Chaos, Republicans, Rush Limbaugh, superdelegates | No Comments »
Posted on May 7, 2008 by tinyheroes
This one goes out to all the ladies.
I just read a New York Times article, on the advice from another comic obsessed woman blogger, about the lack of good roles for women in Hollywood movies and Hollywood comic movies. I immediately got on board with the idea presented in the article. It’s something that I [...]
Filed under: Comic Books/Graphic Novels, Movies, Sex and Gender | Tagged: Amy Poehler, Avengers, Baby Mama, class, comic book, Heroes, hollywood, Lost, rom-com, romantic comedy, summer blockbuster, Tina Fey, white trash, women comedian, women in film, X-Factor, X-Men | 2 Comments »
Posted on March 25, 2008 by tinyheroes
As I logged onto google this afternoon - fully intending to post something entirely different - this little tidbit caught my eye:
Pregnant Man to Give Birth in Bend, Oregon
I’ve always fantasized about this concept, ever since watching this movie when I was younger: Junior
I was doing a bit of googling on the subject, to [...]
Filed under: Sex and Gender | Tagged: Bend, Men, Oregon, parasitic twins, pregnancy, pregnant | No Comments »
