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Editor Ben Applegate on Giants & Metaphors in ATTACK ON TITAN ANTHOLOGY - Freaksugar

Editor Ben Applegate on Giants & Metaphors in ATTACK ON TITAN ANTHOLOGY - Freaksugar:

therunningdude:

Over at FreakSugar, editor Ben Applegate spoke with me about the recent ATTACK ON TITAN ANTHOLOGY, on sale now from Kodansha Comics!

Hahahahaha, good lord.

Hahahahaha, good lord.

Hello! Is Starblossom in any way based on "starlily" from "Wonder Woman and the Star Riders"? She's an amazing character regardless but I just hoped she was a deep cut from forgotten DC mythos. I appreciate stuff like that and I know you are very good a

Several people have asked this, and I’m afraid the answer is no. I am a huge Wonder Woman fan, but in the comics, primarily, he I don’t know anything about this iteration of her character. Sorry!

People keep asking for more info about Star-Blossom.I am so...

wonder woman 75th anniversary special (2016)

People keep asking for more info about Star-Blossom.

I am so happy people love her. She’s been in my mind for a while.

The great Colleen Doran designed, she took my notes and made her way better.

This excerpt appears in Wonder Woman 75th Anniversay Special.

Penny’s powers are similar perhaps to Iceman, at Marvel. With flowers instead of ice. She keeps a little satchel of seeds, and when she touches them, they grow into flowers in the shape and size she wants, including as a means of locomotion.

She has more, but we haven’t seen it all yet. It is not yet known if the flowers are a choice, or a limitation.

I have her backstory and origin, hopefully we will see more of her!

Do you think Batman still hates boats?

Even MORE.

"I had this silly little dream. I thought that we might be part of something better. Where people..."

“I had this silly little dream. I thought that we might be part of something better.

Where people cared about each other.

Where compassion wasn’t seen as weakness.

Where those in power helped people, without judgement.

I thought maybe we could remind people, you know?

That it’s okay to care.

”

- Virtue, The Movement #12 (via g00kie-m0nster)

"Here is the thing. The old guard in comics are comfortable with feminism mostly under very strict..."

“Here is the thing. The old guard in comics are comfortable with feminism mostly under very strict guidelines. It has to be palatable to them. They are VERY comfortable with characters who spout faux female empowerment slogans while wearing skin-tight rubber bands or whatever. They are comfortable with characters who say GIRL POWER loudly, as long as they don’t actually accomplish anything or overshadow the hero. And now they are comfortable with super adorable little pixie heroines, because they wrongly believe they pose no threat to the status quo. But when female characters actually act with agency and are immune to being tut-tutted, there is still a lot of pushback. HOWEVER! I think the audience has moved past this, mostly. I think the audience is ahead of the industry.”

- Gail Simone, in an excellent series of tweets (via superdames)

what would you like for Christmas, Mrs. Suspicious? :)

Oh, I want that Monkees Blu-ray boxed set, I want the Miyazaki Amazon Blu-ray set, I want a mandolin, I want…hmm.

Mostly I want some peaceful time with my family. :)

I miss these two together. So much fun to write.

I miss these two together.  So much fun to write.

custersjesse:Scandal Savage in Secret Six vol.3 #29

custersjesse:

Scandal Savage in Secret Six vol.3 #29