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Archive for February, 2008

But I do think people should examine their own feelings about the double standard. Gender issues aren’t like racial or religious prejudices. Everyone has a beef against someone of the opposite sex, whether a petty personal rejection or emotional torture or the loss of control in the throes of sexual desire or love. It can be easy to project these into universal statements of human nature. (After reading Sim’s comments on the Tart board, it would seem that most of his views come from his mother issues, but as I said, I don’t want to engage in psychoanalysis here.)

The rest is here. She makes some awesome points, including the one quoted above.

I haven’t read any of Cerebus or anything else by Sim, and I don’t think I’m going to any time soon, but that’s just my personal choice. If someone else wants to give Sim money for his art, that’s his or her personal choice. If people want to support or defend him in whatever way they want, then I have no complaints.

The lovely and talented Rachel Nabors needs $15,000-25,000 of work on her mouth and jaw. She is without health insurance, being a young and struggling artist.

I understand we’re all broke and have our own problems, but I think sending $10 (or more, obviously) isn’t a big deal in the end. I think she’s a delightful artist and I’d like her to be able to get her mouth fixed.

(And as I keep saying, yes, a real update eventually. Oooh, I’ll even have days off next week and it will no longer be February.)

Marjane Satrapi was on the Today Show yesterday morning (this link should take you to the video). And yes, I will review Persepolis as soon as life stops with the crazy.

(She was also on The Colbert Report the other week. I can’t recall if I’ve seen another female comic book creator interviewed on TV before this, although I think it’s possible I’ve seen clips with Trina Robbins.)

There are a bunch of news stories floating around about this (and I think I’m about two months late on it anyway, but news to me), but in the lead up to The Dark Knight, there will be a DVD of six animated shorts from various Japanese animation studios. Satoshi Kon is reportedly directing one which delights me to no end.