Paging Eddie Berganza, I Have a Clue for Eddie Berganza

As I contemplate giving up comics permanently, from Digital Femme Online by way of Blog@Newsarama:

And so you see the absolute hilarity of comic companies trying to sell to a new diverse audience using the same old tactics and the same old roster of artists, writers, editors, and publicists geared towards selling comics to that dwindling sect of fans desiring the comfort of stagnation. And then you see the absolute bewilderment from employees of those companies when they are bombarded by complaints from that diverse audience because they've presented work that is considered to be at best out of touch or at the very worst sexist and racist. They are stunned that readers haven't warmed to a heroine who routinely has half of her ass hanging out of her costume. [italics mine] They are surprised to find that their new book starring a minority character has low sales. After all, they put an ad in Wizard magazine.

Word.

And here I want to take a moment to remember CrossGen, which in spite of being driven straight into the ground by its publisher, put out a few good titles that successfully broke away from the superhero mold and went back to the fantasy/adventure type stories that drew me to comics in the first place when I would read and reread my dad's omibus copy of Hal Foster's Prince Valiant strips and the Tarzan serial that ran in the local paper.

eta: Because it's on topic, Girls Read Comics (and they're pissed) on the overt sexualization of female superheroes.

In Other News

Robert Frost is still dead.

Staying up until 3 a.m. reading bad fanfic is silly but now I have a jones for Aliens/BSG crossover fic - not that I have time to write that or the six ficlets I owe people, the "Liars, Guns and Money" smut I've owed thassalia going on three years now and the only slightly less overdue Samurai Aeryn story that I promised simplystars sometime in 2004. And did I mention I have grad school applications to write and story to edit?

*headdesk*

Why Did I Not Know This?

Why did no one tell me that Canmore is being overrun by bunnies?!

Bunnies!. LOL!!!!