YOU GUYS. YOU GUUUUUUUYS. I WOULD BUY THE SH*T OUT OF THIS COMIC.

YOU GUYS. YOU GUUUUUUUYS. I WOULD BUY THE SH*T OUT OF THIS COMIC.

SDCC Showcase: Warrior Wonder Woman!

Had an absolute blast wearing Warrior Wonder Woman at SDCC. Surprisingly, I made it all day hauling around the incredibly heavy shield, proving that the dedicated lifting these past few months has yielded some results!

For anyone who hasn’t seen this costume before, it’s an original collaboration between artist Tess Fowler and I. I’ve always adored Diana’s Amazon roots, and wanted to pay tribute to that aspect of her legacy. Tess helped me flesh out the design, and then I went to work on the costume!

More photos coming soon - Ljinto and I worked some magic together! :D

Photo by Estrada Photography

Photo by Estrada Photography

Photo by White Darryl Photography

Photo by Shutterfoo 

Photo by Shutterfoo 

Phone shapshot!

Photo by Eurobeat Kasumi

Photo by League of Hot Geeks 

Photo by Chris Fink

Photo by Chris Fink

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Great Warrior is pretty much the best.

HYPER AQUA SPHERE

Flow-chart feedback (last one, I promise)

So I'll get back to posting actual art here after one more post.

Amusing responses and reblogs continue to pop up. My favorites so far (I'm not going to quote users, because frankly I don't want to validate these people):

1) Referring to me as "Herr Wundergeek". Yes. I am an evil nazi for pointing out that critics of TVW are all reading from the same script. Making fun of people who hate Anita Sarkeesian is the same as HATING FREEDOM. Or something.

2) ANITA SARKEESIAN IS A FRAUD. ...yeah, okay. Way to completely validate my flow chart, guys. Also, she's actually honoring her end of the deal and making videos. How's that Tropes Versus Men Kickstarter working out? ...yeah. That's what I thought.

3) ANITA IS A STRAW FEMINIST. ...uh, no. I do not think that word means what you think it means.

(image taken from Hark A Vagrant's comic about Straw Feminists)

4) IF U NEED A FLOW CHART TO DISPROVE PEOPLE, YOU ARE WRONG. ...yeah, that would imply that I'm taking your arguments at all seriously. I'm just laughing at you.

Lastly, let it be noted for the record that I'm a woman.

After this we will be returning to more normal updates about art and game design. Thanks, folks. You're beautiful.

(Speaking of art...)

We went to the beach yesterday with my daughter, who is 11 months old. Afterwards we stopped at Crabby Joe's which has brown craft paper on the tables and free crayons, so I drew my daughter in her watermelon swimsuit. Yes, that's as cute as it sounds.

My reaction to the announcement of Peter Capaldi as the new Doctor was mainly one of disappointment. Peter Capaldi is a terrific actor, of course, but he's yet another straight white dude. And, you know, I'm sure he'll do a good job, and I'm sure I will watch and like his tenure as the Doctor. Like I said, he's a great actor.

I just feel like an opportunity has been missed to tell stories about a hero that isn't yet another straight white dude. Because our whole damn culture revolves around telling the stories of straight white dudes. How amazing would it have been to have a character like the Doctor regenerate into a form that isn't straight, white, and male? SO AMAZING.

(And yes I know that Helen Mirren doesn't want to play the Doctor. It doesn't change the fact that she's amazing and would have been amazing. Also, who does sad eyes better than Idris Elba? No one, that's who.)

I love Anita Sarkeesian and Feminist Frequency. LOVE. So I get really upset at the bullshit that gets hurled her way for daring to be a woman with an opinion on the internet. THE HORROR.

So I thought I'd poke fun at the astonishing unoriginality of Anita Sarkeesian' critics with a sarcastic flow chart, because who doesn't love sarcastic flow charts?. (For a full explanation, check out my post here on Gaming as Women.)