Wolverine's film was preceded by "Watchmen" and the blockbuster "Spider-Man" and "Batman" movies. In the first quarter of this year, comic book and graphic novel sales were down 5 percent from a year ago, which is good considering the recession, according to .Ĭomics and graphic novels are enjoying heightened interest as they become an increasingly common feedstock for film and television. Metro Entertainment will have Bill Morrison, art director for "Futurama" and artist for Bongo's "Simpsons Comics," and Sam Sarkar, creator of "Caliber," signing free comics from their publishers. "It's a big promotional event to let people know about comics and give them a taste of it for free," said Hank Romero, store manager. This year, 2 million comic books will be given away.Īt Metro Entertainment in Santa Barbara, the day should bring in regular customers and others. The promotion for local comic book stores started the day after the first "Spider-Man" movie opened in 2002. Local comic book stores are expecting the crowds to come in the following day, when Free Comic Book Day again offers up a selection of free comics ? including one about Wolverine. I’m sure lots of you have read some of these.On May 1, the claws come out as Wolverine's story hits the big screen in "X-Men Origins: Wolverine." Joss Whedon - Buffy the Vampire Slayer comics and Astonishing X-Men Raina Telgemeier - The Babysitters’ Club Graphic Novels Julie Doucet - My New York Diary, Dirty Plotte, Long Time Relationship and 365 Daysīecky Cloonan - East Coast Rising and American Virgin Marjane Satrapi - Persepolis, Embroideries, and Chicken With Plums Here’s a short and totally not comprehensive list of some great comics you might like to check out:Īriel Schrag - Awkward, Potential, and Definitionīrian K. I’m going to post about some of these amazing books and awesome creators. There is beautiful, hilarious, perfect art that represents all sorts of people and a range of experiences. There are comics with characters who are interesting, complex and completely stereo-type busting. There are comics creators who represent a huge spectrum of gender, race, class, ablity and sexuality. For characters of colour, race tends to be their only defining feature, and they have no story line or personality outside of their race.Īdd to all this the hostile and male-centric atmosphere of many comic shops, on-line forums and conventions, and you’ve got a medium that many women or people of colour, or queer folks, or ability activists, or allies just steer clear of.īUT! There are so many really great comics out there! Really amazingly awesome stuff! The comics industry is getting better, and more diverse all the time. The queer characters usually have a brief, sexy and tragic story line, and then disappear so that the straight characters can take the spotlight again. Often when characters who don’t fit the norm actually show up, they’re tokenized. When you picture a super-heroine, what usually comes to mind is the sexist image of a crazily-proportioned lady, with giant breasts and an impossibly tiny waist. In comics, you don’t always see representations of people who are not white, middle class, able-bodied straight men. But when I read some of them, I’m sometimes forcing myself to look past the sexist, racist, ableist, classist and heteronormative aspects of the writing and art. Comics are totally rad! But the world of comics can be hard to navigate, and a little off-putting for radical minded folks.
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