Monday, July 2, 2012

Monday Runaround ' The Changing Face Of Catwoman

PromoWatch: Stay in school, kids.

LGBTWatch: Andrew Wheeler gives us the 50 Most Important LGBT Characters, and contributor Dale Lazarov writes in its defense.

SanDiegoWatch: The weekend before the show' Unmasked! Comic Art in San Diego Revealed, curated by Batton Lash.

 Cartoonists include long-time veterans of the comics field such as Eric Shanower (creator of the award-winning Age of Bronze series) and underground comix artist Mary Fleener, as well as rising stars such as Rebecca Hicks (Little Vampires) and Tyler Crook (Petrograd graphic novel). Other artists include Dan Bois, Chynna Clugston Flores, Paul Horn, Mark Irwin, Dean LeCrone, Billy Martinez, and Jorge Pacheco.

The show opens Saturday, July 7, with an opening reception that evening at 6:00 pm, with live music. The show will run until July 31. Information on Artlab and a full list of the comics artists participating in Unmasked! can be found at www.artlabsd.com.

GameWatch: DC Comics register the trademark for a computer game, Wolf Among Us.

Spider-Watch: Spider-Man vs The Lizard or' Spider-Lizard!

ThanksWatch: Image Comics thanks DC Comics.

TweetWatch: What is it with PR people doing odd things online and getting themselves fired in the gaming industry?

This is Computo the Comic Link Conqueror speaking. I come for your women. But for now I merely collate comic-related bits and pieces online. One day I will rule. Until that day, read on.

They say I am a work in progress. The fools.

Spider-Man got his start as a fly on the wall of Marvel's Stan Lee  ' NY Daily News

Lee's boss, Martin Goodman, wanted more. But what comes next after a rock-man hybrid, a human torch, a giant green giant and teenage mutants?

DC Women Kicking Ass ' Catwoman and Huntress covers by Guillem March that have been changed

As the article I linked to shows, DC has a history of changing covers. But more importantly, DC has recent history of changing March's work. I've examined some of the original covers that March has posted on his web site and what ultimately ended up in stores and there are have been changes.


Hour 25 ' Jack Kirby interview, 13 April 1990 ' YouTube

Jack Kirby radio appearance on Hour 25 with J. Michael Straczynski and Larry DiTillio from April 1990.

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Breaking News in the World of Women's Comics' ' Ladies Making Comics

What started out as an offhand Google search in the midst of combing through the 1940 Census turned into a series of e-mails between myself and quintessential comics 'herstorian' Trina Robbins and has concluded with a victory in the race against time in preserving women's place in Golden Age comics history.

 



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