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The Batgirl: Batgirl 6

The Batgirl: Batgirl 6:

thedarkdamsel:

WOW, GAIL SIMONE YOU KNOW HOW TO WRITE BABS!!!

I'm seriously now one issue away from putting Gail's run with Babs as Batgirl as my all time favourite comics. It's written so beautifully, and intelligently. The stories flow from one panel to the next as easily as the river flows into the ocean.

I am very happy you liked it, and wow, I love all the Babs images on your Tumblr…there's a bunch I hadn't seen before from all her incarnations. LOVELY!

colleencoover:I'm taking con sketch pre-orders for Emerald...

colleencoover:

I'm taking con sketch pre-orders for Emerald City Comic-Con!

Pre-order for sketches with a single character are 8.5"x11", $75 for color, $50 for B&W/gray.

At the show, sketches will be 6"x9", color not available. So there is a definite advantage to ordering in advance!

Write to request a sketch at colleencoovermarket {at} gmail {dot} com, and we'll arrange payment there. Fictional characters, only, please!

ALSO!

I've added a SHOP page to my site, to which I will be adding products on a regular basis. Right now, it has links to my new Cafe Press shop and my new Zazzle shop (the two shops function in much the same way, but each has its own advantages and disadvantages, so be sure to check 'em both before you think about buying!)

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Signal boost for one of the best artists in comics.

Theres is Nothing Wrong with Dark Skin

daydreamingaimlessly:

vanachexfortune:

You don't have to come from Africa to have dark skin. You can come from any part of the world and be born with a darker shade of skin.

Instead of demonizing dark skin. Understand the beauty in color.

Reblogging this for the message and also for people who don't know what actual dark skin is. When a writer writes a character as having "dark skin" this is what they are talking about. Every single one of these women are beautiful.

What do you think of Big Barda? Do you think she'll be seeing any limelight in the new 52? If she hasn't already yet. I love what I've seen of her character but it's impossible to figure where to start to read about her character. I'd love if she got her o

I love, love, love Big Barda.  I have no idea if she is in the new DCU or not, but boy, I hope so. No other character like her.

What do you think of Big Barda? Do you think she'll be seeing any limelight in the new 52? If she hasn't already yet. I love what I've seen of her character but it's impossible to figure where to start to read about her character. I'd love if she got her o

I love, love, love Big Barda.  I have no idea if she is in the new DCU or not, but boy, I hope so. No other character like her.

What do you think of Big Barda? Do you think she'll be seeing any limelight in the new 52? If she hasn't already yet. I love what I've seen of her character but it's impossible to figure where to start to read about her character. I'd love if she got her o

I love, love, love Big Barda.  I have no idea if she is in the new DCU or not, but boy, I hope so. No other character like her.

Smash the White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy: White Privilege: Now What & Other Such Fallacies

Smash the White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy: White Privilege: Now What & Other Such Fallacies:

racismschool:

Examples of what white privilege deniers THINK it means to be told to "Check Your Privilege."

Apologize for being white
Believe white is bad or wrong
Be ashamed of being white
Feel guilty for being white

Examples of what people ACTUALLY mean when they say "Check Your…

Comics Pros Who Weren't Jerks

I was recently reminded of the differences between a person's online persona and their real-life personality during an online kerfuffle I was pointed to that involved Spider-man writer Dan Slott.

Now, I think very highly of Dan's writing, and we have had some pleasant email exchanges in the past. Like many pros, I knew he had had some rough online exchanges with readers online (I count myself in that group). But I didn't really know the details except some people I trust were very disappointed.

A while back, I got the opportunity to go to Australia for a couple cons, and Dan Slott and Ethan Van Sciver were there, so we spent a lot of time together. And Dan comes across as one of the kindest people ever, very generous.To a fault, really. I promise I'm going somewhere with this, by the way. :)

One day at the con, a guy stood in Dan's line, between Ethan's line and my line, and when he got up to the front of the line, he said something really horribly rude right to Dan's face. I don't recall the words, but it was very strong stuff. He had stood in line just to say how much he hated Dan's Spider-man AND that he hated Dan personally, as well, for that reason.

It turns out that he had been posting genuinely awful stuff about Dan (because he didn't like Dan's Spidey work) for a long time. Dan knew instantly who it was (we all have a few people like that). Now, only the weeniest of pros freaks out when someone doesn't like their work. But when someone follows you around, trying to get others to hate you, it just gets a little weird.

Anyway, Ethan, who has zero patience with rude people, looked over at me, and we expected a bit of anger. Instead, Dan was incredibly patient and kind. He defended his work, but he did so graciously, he didn't respond to insult with insult.

The guy kept going. He just kept insulting Dan. I am patient with that stuff, but even I was baffled. Nice people waiting in line while Dan takes all this time with a guy who is REALLY being a jerk? Ethan was getting VERY impatient.

I finally said to the guy, "Listen, Dan gets it, you don't like his book. Noted. Move on and let other people through."

Ethan was ready to throw the guy out if need be.

But Dan kept talking to him, the guy eventually admitted he'd been overdoing it, and DAN HUGGED HIM AS HE LEFT.

The guy left smiling, Ethan and I were baffled. :)

Now, I am not defending whatever Dan did online. I don't know all that story to do that. But the real human being Dan seemed to be ridiculously patient and kind the entire week I spent with him, even when facing people who genuinely seemed to bear him a serious grudge over his writing of Spider-man.

I thought it was pretty impressive.

I have seen pros be jerks to readers, both online and in person. I've been a jerk to a reader more than once myself, when they have been really aggressive or misleading (in my opinion…doesn't make lashing out right, either), or if they have said ignorant things about race, sexuality or gender, as happens sometimes.

But I have also seen endless kindness from pros to readers and vice versa. It does seem like the internet makes people more confrontational and dismissive in both directions.

One of the MOST joyful things in comics is getting to talk with readers at cons, and I've seen many pros go out of their way to brighten a reader's day.

I've been rambling, but I'm always happy to hear of GOOD interaction between pros and readers, whether its online or in person.

So, my question to you is…do you have a story or anecdote from a time when a comics pro (or genre personality, whatever) was kind to you, or generous, or helpful?  Was there a time when someone whose work you admired ever brightened your day personally?

I still can't believe Savant and Deadshot are on the same team book and Gail Simone ISN'T writing it.

thenakedlibrarianontheroof:

That is just really messed up.

Hopefully someday soon people will remember that A.) Secret Six was incredibly popular, and B.) it was just a throne's stow away from being Suicide Squad anyway, and DC will beg her on bended knee to pick up the book.

Wait, Savant is in Suicide Squad?

Jimmy Fury: The Avengers Trailer

Jimmy Fury: The Avengers Trailer:

gailsimone:

Okay, I think it looks wonderful, I can't wait to see the movie, I know some people are nitpicking and blah blah blah.

SO I AM GOING TO ADD MY NITPICK!

Everyone looks great. Seriously, they look fantastic, even Black Widow and Hawkeye look great to me.

But…doesn't Cap stand…

I stress that I REALLY want to see this movie. I am totally in love with that Loki dude, holy crap. Also, they need to bring back Baldur!

And, "We have a Hulk," is an awesome line I wish I'd written.

But that Cap outfit is weak and clunky. It changes the tone of every scene it's in.