Minnipeg Part 15
Happy Friday! Only ONE more Minnipeg comic after this, folks! Thanks for bearing with me through this one. Believe me, if you’re sick of them, I assure you I am ten times more so.
Hey, here are some fun things to check out:
Two terrifying things from the past: True Confessions, the 1920s equivalent to, uh, Post-Secret? And Ilsa, She wolf of the SS, the 1974 equivalent to Inglourious Basterds (Which was awesome, by the way. Too awesome for me to bother talking about on the internet.).
Something equally terrifying, but unfortunately not from the distant past, is this Michele Bachmann clip reel.
And now some feminism, to counter the Bachmann: A friend of mine (and the former leader/founder of Fire & Ice, the burlesque troupe I was in) is doing a project called “I Paid for College,” about student sex workers. If you know anyone who fits the bill, you might want to get them involved. In addition, one of her short films is going to be shown in a Good Vibrations film festival in Boston this September. I intend to be there; anyone else in the Boston area should make it their business to be there as well.
As long as I’m talking feminism, I might as well throw out one of my favorite Cat and Girl comics, in which Dorothy Gambrell takes on Achewood. (I love Achewood. For serious. For very serious. I just also love Gambrell’s critique.)
Hey, how about this AWESOME Joss Whedon speech? In which he responds to the question so often asked of him: “Why the heck do you write strong female characters?”
And finally: some pictures from the Big Funny opening, by Danno Klonowski. I’m in one!
August 29th, 2009 at 7:25 am
Thanks again for the link, Athena. The MINNIPEG series is great!
August 29th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
Whew! I am so relieved to learn that we don’t have to worry about Global Warming. To think…carbon dioxide is a natural gas and is a natural product of nature. I can sleep easily. Thanks for the Bachman link.
August 30th, 2009 at 10:07 pm
A) I love the Minnipeg series.
2) The Good Vibrations film festival is 2 blocks away from my apartment at the theater I’m a member of. I’ll be there.
August 31st, 2009 at 7:53 pm
Tickets for the IFXX film festival are $10! I just learned this. Let’s still go though. And check out Good Vibes. When you’re hear. TOMORROW!!
September 2nd, 2009 at 11:17 pm
Danno: thanks for taking awesome pictures! And being such an integral part of Big Funny! And congrats on your feature position in the next Lutefisk Sushi!
Mom: as natural as farts!
Doyle: Yay, I’m glad you like the series! And I will see you at the festival, then! A shot from Hannah Schaeffer’s video is even featured on the flyer!
Chris: I’M WRITING THIS FROM THE FUTURE. We checked out Good Vibes TODAY, and it was awesome! Then we went to a comic book shop, and that was awesome too! You have much to look forward to, Past Chris.