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DFace paints "Is The Answer LOVE", a massive mural in Wynwood, Miami


DFace paints "Is The Answer LOVE", a massive mural in Wynwood, Miami

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First we had Tony Harris. Then we had Denise Dorman. Now, the latest industry voice to come out with a rant against cosplayers is artist Pat Broderick, who just can’t handle this “highest expression of narcissism.”

Broderick worked heavily in the ’70s and ’80s on titles like Batman: Year Three, Captain Atom, Doom 2099, and Micronauts, but left the industry in the mid-’90s when the bottom dropped out (and, according to this interview, because of some negative experiences with both DC and Marvel). Recently returning to the business, it’s clear Broderick doesn’t like what he sees.

In the comments section of the original post, Broderick goes on to say that (all sic) “cosplay are just selfies in costume, and doing multiple selfies is about the highest expression of narcissium,,,,,” and doesn’t undertstand “why the hell anyone pay for an signiture on a photo with a cosplay character…..” Broderick also cites the same reasoning as Dorman did behind her rant; that though con attendance is up, “this has not made its way to both [dealers and artists].” Broderick suggests that cons “completly seperate the media and cospaly guest into their own seperate shows…”

Other industry pros were quick to jump on the anti-cosplay bandwagon. Raymond Lui, owner of the NY-based Muteki Sales (an anime and tokusatsu dealer who, by the way, had their self-proclaimed “best showing” at NYCC in 2012, with tons of cosplayers in attendance) shared a story about a cosplayer in his booth who said they wanted to cosplay Doctor Strange because of excitement over the upcoming film, but didn’t know much about the actual comic book character. Lui kicked the attendee out of his booth. Artist and writer Mike Wolfer (who most recently Kickstarted “a 96-page, black and white, erotic horror graphic novel”) said that he will “ignore con invites that proclaim, ‘HUGE COSPLAY CONTEST (oh, yeah… and Stan Lee).’”

Writer Mark Ellis (who has written many books in the Outlanders series under the name James Axler) added that “[t]urning over these events to people with Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Zombie #4 from a 10 second scene in an episode of The Walking Dead does nothing to support comics,” and also that he hates:

overweight women in Power Girl and Slave Girl Leia costumes posing, posturing and demanding $20 to take a photo of them. A guy I know just said, “You’re standing around in public looking like a fool…shove your $20″ and took pictures anyway.

I feel like we’ve tread over this ground so many times that it’s exhausting to continually have to make the same arguments in defense of cosplay, but I can’t stand whiny, bigoted rants like this, so I’m going to do it anyways. Here’s some advice I have for Broderick, and for anyone else who might decide to write some anti-cosplay nonsense in the near future:

1. At NYCC this year, Alice X. Zhang, Karen Hallion, Babs Tarr, and Katie Cook had huge, inventory-decimating lines at their booths every single time I visited Artist Alley. Perhaps creators like Broderick need to find a way to stay relevant, and to appeal to the current generation of comic book fans and convention goers. I hear Sailor Moon fanart sells particularly well.

2. Making elaborate costumes for cosplay, like official con cosplay guests do, takes an enormous amount of time, talent, and effort. I’m not sure who determined that there would be an artistic hierarchy, and that creating art on paper would trump creating three-dimensional wearable art, but I have a feeling Broderick would find himself out of luck if asked to sit down at a sewing machine and re-create any professional cosplayer’s work.

3. Okay, I lied; I do have one idea about this artistic hierarchy. Cosplay is an industry largely dominated by women; it opens up the world of comics—a world which has overwhelmingly felt exclusionary to girls and women—in a whole new way. It allows not only a small subset of women to make money off of their love of comics (something self-proclaimed comic fan Broderick has been doing for decades), but it also allows a large number of female comic book fans who might otherwise feel shut out of the industry to proudly proclaim their love for certain characters or comics. Strange that so many people have taken issue with something that often involves women taking control of their own image, bodies, and sexuality, and commodifying it without male permission or control. So strange.

4. It is not Broderick’s job, nor is it Lui’s, nor is it anyone’s job to be a gatekeeper and decide who knows enough about comics to be a “true” fan. I’ve said this before, but just because you liked something first doesn’t mean you own the rights to liking it. Dressing up as Captain Marvel doesn’t mean I have to know everything about every Marvel comic ever—I could just like the current run, or I could just dig the outfit. Women don’t have to earn the right to dress up in your presence with an encyclopedic knowledge of comic books. Lui could have used that opportunity in his booth to sell that cosplayer a Doctor Strange comic, or to recommend a book, or to share his love—but instead, he decided to be cruel. This doesn’t help anyone.

5. Cool, stop going to the biggest conventions in the world, then. I bet that’ll really help your bottom line. Good luck with that.

I’m just going to leave this right here.

um Pat I’d say the “highest expression of narcissism” is whining publicly that you don’t get enough attention http://t.co/DSvjeD6Zwz

— BAE AREA (@Leask) December 5, 2014

(via The Telegraph, images via Marvel Wiki, Marvel Swimsuit Special 1995)

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Alanah Pearce, the gaming journalist who took new and exciting steps to combat those sending her rape threats online by telling their mothers what they were up to would like to clear something up: She’s not getting sued by any of the families for defamation.

Satire website Video Games Made Me Do It posted an article titled “Alanah Pearce To Appear In Court After Outing Harassers To Their Mothers.”

The boys who sent the threats, and don’t want their names posted due to privacy concerns, are going to take Ms. Pearce to court on grounds of defamation, along with being a tattle tale and a goody two shoes.

It also read:

A publishing company is currently working with the boys to tell their side of the story. The book will focus on how these death threats should not be taken seriously and maybe people need to just lighten up. The book is currently titled “Sticks and Stones.”

Which all seems to have an appropriate level of snark if you’re in the know, but considering the climate of the video game world these days, I don’t blame anyone for taking that tone seriously.

It should also be noted the first question on the site’s FAQ is “Is this a video game satire/humor website?” The second is “What is satire?” Ahh, life.

When other outlets picked up the story as fact, Pearce took to twitter to refute the whole thing.

Side note: anything regarding me going to court over this is false. It was originally posted on a satirical website & others ran with it.

— Alanah Pearce (@Charalanahzard) December 3, 2014

Again, nobody is suing me. That ‘story’ was posted on a joke website and others assumed it was true. It’s not! — Alanah Pearce (@Charalanahzard) December 4, 2014

However, Pearce has been incredibly busy lately, as explained in her latest video (which happens to be about that GTA V removal from certain stores in Australia), being interviewed by several major outlets, including the BBC.

She told them “It just got to a point where I was sick of ignoring this stuff and letting these people win.”

The BBC also got an upate form Pearce on the other mother who actually got her messages and responded.

“She has gotten him to handwrite me a letter and she’s also spoken to other parents in the community.”

If that’s not embarrassing enough, the boy’s mum has got his school involved.

“She is going to the school to talk about online harassment and bullying and trying to make other parents more aware of what their kids are saying online.”

Justice, when served, sure is sweet.

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I AM BIG BIRD is a wonderful documentary that tells the incredible story of Caroll Spinney, the man who has portrayed the legendary Sesame Street characters of Big Bird and the ever-irascible Oscar the Grouch since the show’s 1969 inaugural season. Now 45 years later, at the age of 80, Mr. Spinney continues on with no intention of stopping.

Think you know everything there is to know about Sesame Street? You don’t. You might know that Frank Oz turned down an offer to play Big Bird, but you probably don’t know that until a last minute change of heart by NASA, Big Bird was supposed to go to space aboard the Challenger. Or you may know that Oscar the Grouch got his voice from a cantankerous cabbie, but you’d be surprised to learn that a fire in his trash can almost led to Caroll’s untimely demise. Caroll’s stories are the stuff of legend. He has been a constant presence in our lives for over 40 years, his path weaving through American history like that of Forrest Gump. His time inside the Bird has taught him about the world and about himself. I AM BIG BIRD will peel away the instances in Caroll’s life that inspired his creation of characters that influenced generations of children. And, as the yellow feathers give way to grey hair, it is the man, not the puppet, who will steal your heart.

images via I AM BIG BIRD

via Josh Ellingson

The Meow Parlour is opening December 15th—but you probably want to get in on that sweet kitty action sooner rather than later, because reservations opened up today at noon. Cat! Cafe! New York! Yes!

If you’ve never heard of this wonderful innovation from (obv) Japan, then take a quick peek at Canadian YouTuber Sharla in Japan’s video diary of her experience at several different Japanese Cat Cafes:

Meow Parlour allows you to reserve 30-minute slots at $4 each, for up to a total of five hours. Walk-ins will also be accepted, but why risk it? All the cats are adoptable, and the cafe will also have free wifi, so all The Mary Sue writers will be doing their jobs from the Meow Parlour from here on out.

(via Gothamist, image via Patty)

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Hebocon is a Japanese robot fighting tournament in which contestants pit terribly built robots against one another. The 31 robots are poorly designed, the stakes are extremely low, and the results are pretty hilarious.

The robots in this tournament are nothing like what their builders initially imagined them to be, robots are forgotten on the train, the strategies made with careful planning only result in failure, and the entrants who enter the ring brag about their robot’s secret moves that don’t really exist.
This is the heated battle between crappy, but lovable robots.

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It looks like Voldemort with a slug in his mouth.

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This is what I’m going to imagine from now on whenever writing informs me that two characters’ tongues “wrestled for dominance.”

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ANNOUNCEMENT: We will cease taking Augie preorders on December 15.

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NASA and its commercial partners are designing Orion to take astronauts to a near-Earth asteroid in the 2020s, and to Mars and its moons in the 2030s. For that reason, NASA portrayed Friday's test flight as a first step toward deep-space exploration. The mission is known as Exploration Flight Test 1, or EFT-1. Although there are no people aboard Orion, NASA packed a few personages in the payload — including Sesame Street characters and a Captain Kirk action figure. Other mementos flown on the capsule include a Tyrannosaurus rex fossil, an oxygen hose from an Apollo spacesuit and a wide variety of recordings, photos, patches, pins and poems.

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He added that the rib injury occurred earlier this season either in a game against the Rams (Sept. 21) or the Saints (Sept. 28), per ESPN.com.

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WASHINGTON—In an effort to restore the public’s faith in law enforcement, President Obama made an impassioned appeal this week, calling for the installation of turret-mounted video cameras on all police tanks.