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[watsthename.livejournal.com]

TWO THINGS!

1) Who does Del owe logs to for post-crazy fun times?  I should have done this so much sooner, but school's wrapping up and it's turning my brain into a mush and not the somewhat tasty kind with raisins.

2) Waddya guys know about romance comics?


/goes back to staring at word docs

Comments

[meowminx]

1) Catty?

2) What?

[watsthename.livejournal.com]

1) Yes. <3 I think I was even supposed to use this opportunity to get Logan and Del to meet.

2) School. ; ; I'm writing a paper about the evolution of romance comics and women in the comics industry... which will probably just turn into a paper about women in the comics industry because THAT's always a fun topic...(or: Caitlin just likes having an excuse to dig up terrible terrible 70s comics.)

[meowminx]

1) That might eb a little tricky with Daken coming to town? IDK, you'd have to ask Jams.

2) That's a cool paper topic, though.

[watsthename.livejournal.com]

1) Ahhh, okay! I'll check what plots are going on and ask Jams about it.

2) It is, really. Even if it can turn into a wank fest sometimes, I dunno why I love stuff like that.

[enigmaestro.livejournal.com]

I. Eddie!


II. Like, the sort of stuff Patsy was in before they made her Hellcat?

[watsthename.livejournal.com]

1. \o/ How ya wanna do it?

2. God yes.

[enigmaestro.livejournal.com]

I. Could we wait a bit until Hush fixes his body? 'Cause Eddie is dying ;_;

and

I don't plan logs well, chronologically speaking.


II. Okay, what I know of Patsy Walker is brief, but I always found her interesting. Her title--Patsy and Hedy--was something akin to Archie; very teen-girl-ladeda with romantic rivalries, etc. Her boyfriend was Buzz.

SOME POINT IN TIME Patsy becomes a superhero and goes a little crazy and Buzz is a C-rate villain of her rogues gallery. Frankly, I am fascinated by that evolution, but I don't know much on it. However, it's a start?

[flowersnotboys.livejournal.com]

1. We totally can. I typically never plan anything ever, but there were a couple people who I was supposed to do things with and then I forgot. ;;

2. It is. We learned a bit about her in class actually and yeah it really is weirdly fascinating how she went from mild mannered teenager to HOLYSHITSUPERHERO! :lb I'm starting to wonder if there are any more titles that are like that...

[enigmaestro.livejournal.com]

lsalkdalkjsdalkjdlkasjdlakjdklasda your ivy account get me every time

[enigmaestro.livejournal.com]

I. AWESOME <3

II. None come to mind immediately, but the various facets of Mary Jane might be interesting as well? Especially with the Jackpot thing.

[enigmaestro.livejournal.com]

And then there's the henchgirls that stepped out of their boss' shadow.

And, if you need like a weird tangential perspective, there's the alternate earths that have gender swapped. Earth-11 for example; Wonder Man is horrendously crude. What does that say about how the male writers think females think of men?

[meowminx]

Get better so we can go drinking.

[400yearsold.livejournal.com]

You mentioned Patsy Walker so I am promoting Patsy Walker: Hellcat as the FUNNIEST MINISERIES EVER and everyone should check the back shelves of their comic book store and buy it.

Patsy is the Initiave team for Alaska. That by itself should make you want to buy it.

It also has weird polar bear things with antlers. And avalanches of bunnies.

[supersuitup.livejournal.com]

Err, I wrote this huge ass paper + lecture on women in comics back in college, if you want the names of any resources and stuff?

that is, if I can dig up all that crap

[watsthename.livejournal.com]

Oh God that would be so incredibly amazing... Whatever you can dig up will be totally fine.

[supersuitup.livejournal.com]

If I can locate the document after work (LOLLL swapped computers and actually JUST threw out my notes from that project like three weeks ago), I will TOTALLY C&P the works cited and some random quotes

[watsthename.livejournal.com]

Whenever you have the chance is great. I'm info hunting for now.

[ohexplodable.livejournal.com]

1) Tabby'd love to if you're cool with not starting a log until June (ahaha *failtastic*)

2) Uh..... what do you mean by "romance comic"? Like, shoujo manga?

[watsthename.livejournal.com]

1) I totally am, but smack me again in June in case I forget, because that would be awesome.

2) Sort of? That would be part of it... I dunno, the more I talk about it the more I think this is going to be about women's involvement in comic as both characters and contributors (decisive means what again? *facepalm*), so that would definitely play a role since shoujo is mostly a female dominated genre.

[ohexplodable.livejournal.com]

1) Awesome~!

2) Huh. I'll admit that I've got very little experience, if any at all, but yeah, it does sound like shoujo'd be pretty relevant. I mean, there are even jousei manga about the romantic exploits of shoujo manga artists XD;

[watsthename.livejournal.com]

...THERE TOTALLY ARE! You bring up points I don't think to cover even though I've read this stuff. XD It really is interesting because it's a side of the industry that's not touched like...at all in the West and if it is, it's not the extent that it is in manga. :lb *ponders forever*

[grenadeball.livejournal.com]

2. i know that love and rockets is AWESOME

[watsthename.livejournal.com]

It completely is! I need to finish reading that. I found it at a bookstore once but didn't have the money on me at the time.

[yayashton.livejournal.com]

All you need to know about romance comics ever is that the Harlequin Pink (http://www.amazon.com/Harlequin-Pink-Dreams-Ginger-Blossom/dp/1593074603) line is fucking impossible to read. Harlequin Violet (http://www.amazon.com/Harlequin-Violet-Ginger-Blossom-Mangas/dp/1593075375/ref=pd_sim_b_3) is only slightly less eye-raping.

[watsthename.livejournal.com]

Looking at the covers made my eyes spasm a little... @@