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January 25, 2012 1:25 pm This is a fascinating article, I didn't know any of this about the science of taste! Question -- if Logan's a super-taster, how does that effect trying things that are spicy? I know there's a comic where he fights Sabretooth in a Japanese restaurant, and Creed incapacitates his supersenses by cramming wasabi up his nose. Would this work? I'm very curious. Also, does the same logic apply to Daredevil? I've always assumed Matt drowns his woes in Irish whiskey, though. . .

January 10, 2012 2:09 pm I'm so glad your featuring Hicks' work, especially 'Friends with Boys'. She's rapidly become one of the most engaging, inventive cartoonists in the business. She also has some great craft talk in the blog posts that go along with her regular webcomic entries.

December 28, 2011 11:45 am I bet Josh would like 'The Good Wife'! It feels more like what I'd traditionally consider an NBC show than CBS, if that kind of branding is important to you. I enjoyed this show a lot -- I always find a lot of things to add to my Netflix queue from your year-end wrapup.

December 16, 2011 5:31 pm I don't see how it's a counter-weight? It would be a counter-weight if 'one female creator in one particular circumstance apparently consented to be photographed in a (completely G-rated) pose that could be interpreted as sexy and to have that used to promote her comic' logically meant, 'It is therefore okay to say anything about the appearance of any female creator regardless of context.' It could be interesting to talk about how these things are related but I don't think there's an either-or going on here. . .

December 5, 2011 2:49 pm Sorry for replying to myself, but I just thought maybe, "Actors who direct" is a better analogy than musician/songwriters.

December 5, 2011 2:29 pm I was reading that 'anonymous' letter going, "Wait, isn't that Erik Larsen? It sounds like Erik Larsen." Sure enough. . . At the risk of being super obvious, whether or not an artist can also write seems mostly to depend on whether or not they can write. Without having access to somebody's entire published and unpublished creative output for their entire life, I have no idea whether a given comic book artist might also have potential as a writer. A lot of people write great lyrics AND play amazing guitar, I'm not sure why writing and art are supposed to be such a different situation. On the other hand, I think we also know that there are people who play amazing guitar and should NOT be allowed to perform their own songs in public (or, okay, they should be ALLOWED but not ENCOURAGED.)

November 16, 2011 2:47 pm There's a little bit of apples and oranges in the 'female creators' comparison you're talking about because, for one thing, when DC announced the new 52 there were ONLY ongoing titles to consider. Marvel has been more miniseries dependent and so, for instance, can point to Jen Van Meter with Avengers Solo. Marvel also has a slightly better record with female artists, including Sara Pichelli and Emma Rios, Emanuela Luppachino (sp?) at X-Factor, etc. And, considering how long Marjorie Liu has been steadily writing for Marvel, I'll be surprised if she doesn't have a new project soon. Marvel also has a recent history of actively promoting female creators with projects like 'Girl Comics.' That isn't to say that the track record is GOOD (and honestly a lot of the DC 'outcry' was based on some seriously flawed numbers that made it appear that female creator participation had gone way down with the new 52, when in fact it more or less kept the status quo). But this is all part of an ongoing conversation and anybody who thinks the dialogue only sprung into existence surrounding the new 52 has, frankly, not been paying attention.

November 14, 2011 12:33 am Yeah, I don't think this episode sold me any comic books but I apparently really want that Cake record now. . .

November 4, 2011 7:44 pm Oh, Ron, "Nana" would totally be up your alley. It's a soap opera about kids in a band. It's gorgeous and stylish with lots of yummy melodrama. " 20th Century Boys is also great (though I haven't found it as compelling as Pluto) bu it's a meatier read, while Nana is the kind of thing to gobble up like candy.

November 3, 2011 3:43 pm I would love to see Social D and I keep missing them! Nighthawk, speaking of folk-punk, have you heard Frank Turner?