April 24 2012

1. Two more great reviews of Chicks Dig Comics – Here’s one at Fangirl Confessions. And Ruth at CrimeSpree Magazine has some lovely things to say, here. 2. The CONvergence schedule is up! I need to look at that. 3. I’m sending a short story I wrote around to various places for publication. Let me [...]

Chicks Dig Comics discussions and other news

1. In the week since C2E2 the internet has seen a couple mentions of Chicks Dig Comics. ComicBuzz reviewed the C2E2 panel and book. Corrina Lawson wrote up the panel for Wired’s GeekDad feature. Christian Lipski of the Portland Examiner covered the Chicks Dig Comics launch at Bridge City Comics. I, personally, was happy to [...]

C2E2 and Chicks Dig Comics

1. The book launch for Chicks Dig Comics went great. The panel was held on Sunday at noon, before an enthusiastic audience. About that audience, for a moment. About you all. You are the reason for the book. We wanted to make a thing that spoke, in some way, about you. For you, if that’s [...]

Chicks Dig Comics on the internet

People are talking about Chicks Dig Comics, and what they are saying makes me very happy. Gail Simone mentioned it. The Mary Sue liked it. John Scalzi let Lynne talk about the Big Idea of Chicks Dig Comics. Doctor Her interviews Lynne and Deb Stanish about various Mad Norwegian books, including the Hugo-award-winning Chicks Dig [...]

April 9 2012

1. We are trying a new English language curriculum for the kids. Because English is a RIDICULOUS language, full of various abominations against common sense, and it’s hard to remember to teach all of its insanity. We’re using The Logic of English, a title which makes me laaaauuuuuuugh. So far — after merely a couple [...]

That there is my book

Well, it’s not my book. My saying that is more an expression of astonishment, not sole ownership. This book is the work of Lynne, me, all the contributors, the publisher, the assistant editors – But for purposes of pure astonishment, and telling my grandmother, this here is my book. The box arrived, I opened it, [...]

Chicks Dig Comics Table of Contents

The time has come when I can reveal the full splendor of the contributors for the forthcoming Chicks Dig Comics. Introduction by Mark Waid Editors’ Foreword, by Lynne M. Thomas and Sigrid Ellis Mary Batson and the Chimera Society, by Gail Simone Summers and Winters, Frost and Fire, by Seanan McGuire Cosplay, Creation, and Community, [...]

January 11 2012

1. Yesterday the kids started a new ice skating class. We’ve signed them up for skating, or skating lessons, the past couple of years. We live in Minnesota, ice skating is a social and recreational tool! (I do not know how to ice skate, but I moved here from Illinois!) I admire K’s grace and [...]

Chicks Dig Comics available for pre-order!

As followers of this blog may know, I am co-editor of the forthcoming anthology Chicks Dig Comics, from Mad Norwegian Press. A few things of note have occurred in the last month of this project. First, my co-editor Lynne M. Thomas won the Hugo Award for Best Related Work for her anthology Chicks Dig Time [...]

Chicks Dig Comics

As some of you may know, I am co-editing Chicks Dig Comics with Lynne Thomas. (From Mad Norwegian Press in 2012, /plug.) A number of essays for CDC came into my inbox this weekend, and I am pleased, impressed, and somewhat awed. The passion and love these women have for comics is paramount. But the [...]