Who among us has not been dazzled by the mythology of WONDER WOMAN– that truth-lassoing, cuff-wearing, Amazonian warrior princess and “unlikely brain-child of a Harvard trained pop psychologist?” You’ve gotta see this film. Premiering tonight on PBS: Independent Lens, Wonder Women! is about more than a single comic heroine (great as she is). It’s about … Continue reading
Here’s how it started, March 14 2013: Reblogged fromLadies Making Comics Why is Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis being removed from Chicago Public Schools? Here’s an e-mail from Chris Dignam, principal of Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago, instructing removal of all copies of Persepolis from Chicago Public School libraries, classrooms, and curricula. As it … Continue reading
Like many projects whose time has come, My Ideal Bookshelf, released in November 2012 by publishers Little, Brown, is several things at once. It is a beautifully illustrated collection which celebrates the shelf-lives of books by artfully rendering their collected spines in elegant, joyful color. It is also a wonderful sampling of sentiments about the relationships … Continue reading
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