I can do a tribute to Steve Ditko just by recycling old stuff!
I wanted to do a small tribute to Steve Ditko, and I thought, I kind of already did one a few years ago, so why don’t I just use some of that work? And away we go!
Category: Comics Culture
‘Women in Refrigerators’: An Oral History
I was reminded of WIR recently and thought it was high time somebody documented the origin of the term and site, at least somewhat beyond the bare-bones detail to be found at Wikipedia. As it happens, I know pretty much all the people who were involved in the site, and was present during some of the early discussion, so I invited them to participate in an online roundtable discussion.
Social Justice Warriors, part 2: Looking at ComicsGate and Feeling the H.E.A.T.
A former member of H.E.A.T. weighs in on ComicsGate, and expresses a few regrets along the way.
Behold the magnificent glory of ‘Reefer Madness’!!!!
Can you handle the truth? Read on … if you dare!
Here’s a Kickstarter you might be interested in!
I’m writing about a new Kickstarter project, because it’s always fun to check in on Kickstarter!
Harley Quinn and “Definitive” Characters
Harley Quinn turns 26 this year. That’s why rebooting characters back to their “definitive” version is usually a bad idea. As probably everyone reading Atomic Junk Shop knows, comics make …
Zagreb’s most excellent geek-friendly weekend
Every year, on the second weekend in May, Croatia’s capital city Zagreb becomes a sort of haven for geeks of all stripes, because that’s when the annual SF convention, better known as Sferakon, and the annual comic convention, now called the Zagreb Comic Con, are held.