Pollack, who created the first mainstream transgender superhero, Kate Godwin, had been fighting Hodgkin’s lymphomaRachel Pollack, award-winning author, leading authority on tarot and the occult, trans activist and comic-book writer who created the first mainstream transgender superhero, has died aged 77.As an author of speculative fiction, she published seven novels and four collections of short stories, including 1980’s Golden Vanity and Unquenchable Fire, which won the Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction in 1989. Her most recent, The Fissure King, was published in 2017. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2023-04-08 10:45:56 UTC ]
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Netflix recently announced its first-ever acquisition: Millarworld. The company was built by successful comics creator Mark Millar, known for works that easily translate to cinema. The movies Wanted, Kick-Ass and Kingsman are all based on his graphic... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This is a transcript of the Oct. 22 edition of Working. These transcripts are lightly edited and may contain errors. For the definitive record, consult the podcast. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-11-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Netflix acquired Mark Millar's comic book empire in August, many assumed the streaming service would just adapt his various works for the screen. That isn't quite the case: Netflix announced today that it will publish The Magic Order as a comic... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-11-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This is a transcript of the Oct. 15 edition of Working. These transcripts are lightly edited and may contain errors. For the definitive record, consult the podcast. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-11-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Here's what to stream in between seeing 'Thor: Ragnarok' and 'Justice League' at the multiplex. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2017-11-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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“Comics will break your heart,” the artist Jack Kirby once said. That may be true, but sometimes, as we’ve seen over the course of this season of Working, if you love them, the medium will love you back. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Miami Book Fair welcomed an array of voices from the world of graphic books in 2017. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In late September a group of alt right activists stormed the Berkeley-Calif.-based Revolution Books. Since then, owner Reiko Redmonde said the indie has sustained harassment by a group that claims to be an arm of the "right-wing media." Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This is a transcript of the Oct. 1 edition of Working. These transcripts are lightly edited and may contain errors. For the definitive record, consult the podcast. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Over the past six episodes of Working, we’ve been talking with writers and artists about how comics get made. In this episode, which you can listen to via the player above, we’re looking at how they make their way into readers’ hands. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Technology may have changed the book business, but it doesn't offer any magic solution to help booksellers reduce returns. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2017-10-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV creators are raiding the sci-fi section like never before—for some obvious, and not-so-obvious, reasons. Continue reading at Wired
[ Wired | 2017-10-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Madefire's digital comic book platform is a good way to spice up stories that you may have read countless times, but its catalog has always had a conspicuous gap: namely, there were no Marvel comics. That ends today. Madefire has added Marvel to its... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hodder & Stoughton has won rights to publish a new business book "for the digital age" by podcaster Emma Gannon, called The Multi-Hyphen Method. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2017-10-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This is a transcript of the Sept. 24 edition of Working. These transcripts are lightly edited and may contain errors. For the definitive record, consult the podcast. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Australian comic book artist Nicola Scott is hitting back at director James Cameron's recent criticism of the Wonder Woman movie, telling him he needs to "calm down". Continue reading at Stuff
[ Stuff | 2017-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This is a transcript of the Sept. 17 edition of Working. These transcripts are lightly edited and may contain errors. For the definitive record, consult the podcast. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This season on Working, we’re talking to the people who make Batman comics, leading you through the artistic production process. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-10-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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This season on Working, we’re talking to the people who make Batman comics, leading you through the artistic production process. Continue reading at Slate
[ Slate | 2017-09-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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