Why Comic Books are Important

 

While I wasn't physically abused as a child, I immediately identified with this comic strip. Comics were the first thing I read voraciously when I was young and I still read them now at 40. They helped with my intellectual and emotional growth during my formative years and it was for the reasons described here.

Today's Lesson: Don't Pick on the Fat Girl

 

Found this story whilst StumblingUpon and thought it was creepy, intense, and beautiful all at once. The next time you decide to partake in a little fat shaming, you might want to keep this in mind.

LitStack.com: My Top 5(ish) Comic Books

 

So now that I'm back into the swing of things when it comes to writing, I broke out with five (or so) of my all-time favorite comics for LitStack. They include my very first comic (because everyone remembers their first) as well a couple obvious ones and a few that have special meaning to me. Basically, what I'm saying is, this is my list. Not yours. So I don't want to hear your bitching. Make up your own list. Anycrap, you can read the full list by clicking HERE.

Bleeding Ink Comics Needs YOUR Help

OK, see that bad-ass pic? That's by a guy named Jesse Grillo with Bleeding Ink Comics. I believe in his work so much I "liked" his Facebook page, put a link to it on this blog and chipped in $100 to his Kickstarter so he can continue to put out some of this amazing work.

It's obvious to me that he has talent and he has the drive. This could be the next Jim Lee or Alan Moore or John Byrne, but he needs help. YOUR help. Plus, you seriously need to take a look at some of the stuff he's offering as incentives for donations. You can be a character in his books. Hell, for $3,000 (the amount he's trying to raise) he will tattoo ANYTHING on his body. Your face, your company's logo. ANYTHING. That is dedication to the craft.

Go to his Facebook page, check out his art and then click on the Kickstarter link I highlighted above and see what he's about. The world is a better place when creative people are in it and I believe, as a comics fan, he could be something special.

Check him out. Do it.

Womanthology Is HERE

Kelly Thompson from ComicBookResources.com is one of the many ladies included in Womanthology, a collection of stories from some of the top women in the comics world. Gail Simone and several others are featured in this amazing book. For more information, click HERE. Be sure to follow Kelly on Twitter at @79SemiFinalist and follow ComicBookResources.com at @CBR.

Classic "Good Girl" Comics Covers

(Photo from SamuelsDesign.com)

With all the talk of how females are depicted in comics, I thought it would be timely to post this neat gallery of Golden Age romance comic covers featuring the "good girl." While not particularly controversial now, this and others like it were considered risque back in the day. For the full gallery, click HERE.