“A woman must continually watch herself. She is always continually accompanied by her own image of herself.” This is because, as John Berger puts it in Ways of Seeing, “to be born a woman has to be born…into the keeping of men.” In male-dominated Hollywood, women’s careers are entirely in the keeping in men. Hollywood, after all, is all about looking. Unlike men’s careers, a … [READ]
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Comics Twitter Bingo Card
It seems like a week can't go by without the entire comics industry losing their shit on Twitter about something or another. So we thought we might as well make the … [BUY]
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22 Representatives Up for Reelection in 2018 and How Much They Were Paid to Vote Yes on AHCA
Yesterday, May 4th, the House of Representatives finally managed to pass their AHCA bill, an effort to repeal and dismantle the Affordable Care Act ushered in by the … [FIND OUT]
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What Conversation is Image Actually Willing to Listen to with Divided States of Hysteria?
Having even a slight interest in comics while being active on Twitter means witnessing more or less nonstop conversation about the industry, its works and the creators living within it. Comics is in a state of constant discourse, partially because even as its … [READ]
Pop Rehabilitation: Constantine
Not content to let their pop passions go unloved by the masses, Loser City staff have banded together to provide Pop Rehabilitation to the works that have been unjustly maligned and forgotten. Today Nick Hanover makes the case that Constantine is the best film … [READ]
B L A C K I E’s Remains Channels the Collective Rage and Pain of the Oppressed
Like a lot of Americans, I've spent most of 2017 tense and nervous and unable to relax, wired on the buzz of anxiety that comes from every cursory glance at the headlines. I feel like the world is ending not as a bang but as a joke and all I can do about it is … [READ]
Garbage Night is an Expressive, Emotionally Rich Post-Apocalyptic Work
Given Hollywood's propensity for revisiting classic, beloved works and giving them a twist, it's a little odd to me that no one has rebooted Homeward Bound as a Life After People-style post-apocalyptic work. But that's okay, because Jen Lee is nicely filling … [READ]
Questionable Comics: Becky & Frank and Rachael Stott
Questionable Comics is a series where Dan Hill surveys professionals from every corner of the comics industry about their methods and experience. First up today is Becky & Frank, one of comics' most charming duos, making their mark in the indie sphere … [READ]