Category Archives: Comics

What the hell are you knitting? A rifle cozy?

Posted on Monday 23 April 2007 by Hazel

Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra I’ve read up to #35 (the last part of Girl on Girl) and I admit it’s been a fascinating if uneven ride. It almost lost me in #3 when … Continue reading →

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“It gets exponentially prefixy”

Posted on Tuesday 17 April 2007 by Hazel

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home #2 I’m sure the title is also a reference to how long it’ll take to get through the comics. The dialogue is fab but the artwork is variable: giant Dawn is superbly … Continue reading →

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“Suck it up, Summers”

Posted on Saturday 17 March 2007 by Hazel

Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Long Way Home #1 I was lucky that I could go along to Forbidden Planet in central London and get a copy of the Buffy Comic on Thursday. I walked in and there was a … Continue reading →

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Planet Karen

Posted on Wednesday 7 March 2007 by Hazel

I suspect other than Buffy, Karen and I have very little in common but I do enjoy her work.

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More sequential art

Posted on Saturday 3 March 2007 by Hazel

In the outer world of the Internet there are two major discussions concerning the depiction of women in comics and getting women to read comics. These two topics are often not mutually exclusive because I guess there aren’t a huge … Continue reading →

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Seriously?

Posted on Thursday 1 March 2007 by Hazel

Type pop culture heroines into Google and it asks you if you meant pop culture heroes. Which is obviously why a blog called Pop Culture Heroines is needed. It uses the lovely Joshua Middleton cover of River from the Serenity … Continue reading →

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Gosh, look at those

Posted on Sunday 14 January 2007 by Hazel

Jo (Runaways) Chen’s version of Willow for Buffy season 8 in comic book form

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A random selection of things which have depressed me lately

Posted on Wednesday 10 January 2007 by Hazel

“Once upon a time women were empowered to vote, empowered to enter the workplace, empowered to stand up to oppression. Now pole dancing is empowering.” Mind Your Language “The gents, meanwhile, are more willing to accommodate each other’s ambitions, or … Continue reading →

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Farewell 2006

Posted on Sunday 31 December 2006 by Hazel

It’s been a good year. Adam continues to be as lovable, funny, smart, sweet and gentle as ever and his achievement in passing his grade 2 piano exam with merit makes me especially proud. Andy and I have now been … Continue reading →

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Comics update

Posted on Tuesday 26 December 2006 by Hazel

I have just finished Strangers in Paradise Pocket Books 2 and 3. They sat on a shelf for several weeks until I was ready to read them and I devoured them in two days. They are utterly compelling if a … Continue reading →

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