The trope of the opposite sex being alien is so old that’s it’s already so far gone that it’s on another planet all of its own. Nevertheless that’s the premise of this book. Men are from Mars and women are from Venus. Or rather, Enn is from Earth and all the girls at the party are from…somewhere? Spacy-thing. Doesn’t matter. His friend Vic drags him to a party with the advice “You just gotta talk to them.” It’s an old joke and it really is […]
It’s a Cannonball, Bitch!
I reviewed Bitch Planet Book 1 for CBR8, right before the 2016 election, and at the time, I wondered how a dystopia such as DeConnick imagines could come about — a patriarchy where submissive women are placed on a pedestal and “non-compliance” makes one a criminal. A year later it is easier to see how that might happen. On a daily basis we bear witness to the many ways women and minorities can so easily be stripped of their rights and criminalized. In Book 2, […]
Lunella! No!
My comic book reading is pretty scattershot. I have read zero of the Secret War series. I heard about it when Captain America was revealed to be a Hydra agent. I have no idea what’s going on in the main series. I did stumble across Secret Warriors, and thought I’d read it since it has a couple of my favorites, Ms. Marvel and Lunella and Devil Dinosaur. Joining them are other Inhumans – Daisy, also known as Quake, Inferno, and Karnak. Secret Empire bounces around in […]
Is Poison Ivy a Good Guy or a Bad Guy? Yes.
I’m such a big, dumb Batman fan that I subscribe to several Bats-related subreddits and Pinterest boards. After playing Batman: Arkham Knight and enjoying its Poison Ivy storyline, I hit the internet boards to find recommendations for Poison Ivy-centric books. One recommendation was this short trade paperback from 1997. It is out of print, although I believe at least a portion of it is in the recently released Batman Arkham: Poison Ivy. Additionally, you can still find used copies of the book on Amazon. That’s […]