Tag Archive | "superheroine"

Superheroes promote breast cancer awareness

Thursday, December 15, 2011

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BoingBoing reports that comics superheroines are being used by the advertising firm DDB for Associação da Luta Contra o Cancer in Mozambique as part of a breast cancer awareness programme, with the well-endowed superwomen administering a self-check for lumps which could indicate possible breast cancer. Obviously anything that encourages more awareness of any form of [...]

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Capes at the Fringe

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

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The planet’s biggest arts festival is kicking off in Edinburgh this month and among the huge array of plays, stand-up performances and shows of just about every conceivable type there is also superhero-themed stage antics; Super Situation starts with preview shows (at a bargain rate) this very day in the Bongo Club and runs throughout [...]

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Dreamstar

Sunday, July 5, 2009

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Yes, its another overly busty sexy superheroine, but its the great Gilbert Hernandez and while we’ve critiqued the OTT physiology of superheroines (and superheroes for that matter) in comics on here a number of times frankly both Los Bros Hernandez have Get Out of Jail Free Cards on that front (and what a front, arf [...]

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Detective Comics 854: Batwoman takes over

Thursday, July 2, 2009

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Batwoman in Detective Comics 854 by Greg Rucka and JH Williams III DC Comics There’s only one reason I picked up this issue of Detective Comics: J H Williams’ artwork. Even just the preview pages were enough to show me this one looked perfectly gorgeous. It’s well worth it just for the art but as [...]

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