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(Click here to download a podcast version of this article in mp3 format.) If you're a fan of San Diego Comic-Con, or if you live in San Diego, you might have heard about the convention center brouhaha...

Click below to listen to an audio version of this post, or download the mp3 here.   I've been trying to figure out why I like My So-Called Secret Identity so much. I think the reasons are...

Click below to listen to an audio version of this post, or download the mp3 here .   Last time I talked about The Bechdel Test, a test that began as a joke and has evolved into a widely-used...

Click below to listen to an audio version of this post, or download the mp3 here .  The Bechdel Test started off as a joke. No, really. It was a throw-away bit in a comic strip in 1985. A character in...

Last month I wrote a column for Comics Bulletin.  I do this occasionally.  It takes me an average of maybe five hours to create and publish an article, since I choose to do all the writing, editing, layout,...

Click below to listen to an audio version of this post, or download the mp3 here. My daughter is awesome. I don't write about her much in this column for reasons mainly relating to her safety and...

Click below to listen to an audio version of this post, or download the mp3 here .  Those of you following along at home know that, ever since I first donned the cape and cowl, I've been hoping...

Click below to listen to an audio version of this post, or download the mp3 here . I love statistics. So when Tim Hanley started posting his "Women in Comics" statistical analyses of DC and...

Click below to listen to an audio version of this post, or download the mp3 here . For the past several days, I've been caught up in the whirl of San Diego Comic-Con.  Going from panel to panel,...

Click below to listen to an audio version of this post, or download the mp3 here . I've been trying to think of a way to describe how it feels to be a woman and watch a female character you love and...