Check out theblerdgurl at NYCC!
I am actually lucky enough to be participating in two panels this year at New York comic Con. In fact, I am actually getting the chance to moderate my first panel at the Con! (And yes, that’s Corey Glover and…
Negan, Elizabeth and Birth of a Nation: The Shawn Martinbrough Interview
Shawn Martinbrough has been a professional comic book artist for quite some time. I actually first heard of his work when checking out Batman: Detective Comics (DC). Along with writer Greg Rucka, Martinbrough created several characters for that series including detective Crispus Allen,…
Why Nilah Magruder Is Actually the First Black Woman to Write for Marvel
Comic book writer, artist and animator Nilah Magruder, and winner of the 2015 Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity just dropped a new comic through Marvel called A Year Of Marvels: September Infinite Comic #1. It’s main characters are Tippy Toe and Rocket…
Elfquest, Chasing Amy and Women in Comics, The Tess Fowler Interview
I’ve been a fan of Tess Fowler’s work for awhile, I really liked her run on Rat Queens, and I’m looking forward to seeing her work on Wonder Woman ’77 but I didn’t realize until a recent conversation twitter, just how…
Review: E.X.O. The Legend of Wale Williams, Vol. 2
The second volume of E.X.O. The Legend of Wale Willams dropped on August 24, 2016. This issue should be called E.X.O. “Revelations” because ALL of the questions from Volume 1 and even how the suit works are all answered in…
Going to DragonCon 2016? So Is Everyone Else
As many of you know, I’m going to be covering DragonCon this year from September 2-6 in Atlanta, Georgia. For those of you unfamiliar, DragonCon is actually one of the largest fan-based comic book conventions in the country, and it is a…
Review: Spirit’s Destiny
Spirit’s Destiny is the origin story of a young, Haitian-American girl who suddenly gets superpowers after an accident. This first issue, set in Miami, 2014, and funded through a Kickstarter in 2015. is really Destiny’s origin story. An original work…
the blerdgurl visits: The Heroes and Comics Podcast
I was lucky enough to be invited by Phoenix da Nerdette to the Heroes and Comics Podcast a few weeks ago along with Regine Sawyer of LockettDown Productions and founder of Women In Comics Collective NYC International and we were joined…