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Alan Moore's Essay: Sexism in Comics

I "borrowed" the following scans and text from mechanicaljewel at Live Journal.com. I fondly recall the comic, "The Daredevils" from which they are lifted, it featured reprint comics and new editorial and comic-strip material, notably "Captain Britain". I thought it deserved to go 'viral'. To read the text click on each scan for the larger version. Invisible Girls and Phantom Ladies: How far have we come? Back in 1983, Alan Moore wrote a 10-page article on the portrayal of women in comics and the presence/lack thereof of female creators. It was serialized in Marvel UK's The Daredevils #4-6. It's really interesting to see things like this, written 25 years ago, and to address the question 'how far have we really come?'
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The Country Roads of Chris (Dog Oil) Raddings

(Photo by Jane Gregory, Pets Ink) Biography- Chris Raddings: Musician Born in: Leeds, West Yorkshire, U.K. Date of Birth: 21/11/63 Schools: Scholes Infants School, Mirfield, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K. / Whitechapel Middle School, Cleckheaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K. / Whitcliffe Mount Secondary School Cleckheaton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, U.K. Chris is the youngest of three children, he has a sister, Elaine and a brother, Andrew. He left school in 1980 and continued his studies at Batley College of Art & Design, specialist subject: Interior Design. The college catered for a wide range of diciplines from Fine Art to Fashion Design and consequently included an eclectic mix of characters amongst it's scholars and lecturers providing the perfect environment to broaden the mind! However by 1982 Chris left the school having decided to follow an alternative and more satisfying career path working with disadvantaged children. He soon discovered he could incorpora
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Playwrite Aleksei/Aleksej Arbuzov (1908-1986)

Biography of the playwright Aleksei /Aleksej Arbuzov (May 26, 1908) Born in Moscow to a Russian father and Greek mother. (1918) At 10 years of age he loses his parents and is cared for by his aunt. (1922) First contact with the theatre world when hired as an extra at the Marinski (Kirov?) Theatre of St. Petersburg. (1924) He goes on to develop his skills in a theatre studio. (1925) Enters a drama school. (1927) Graduates drama school. For some time he directs a touring troupe and puts on plays in Leningrad. Also he takes on the literature department of the first sovkhoz theatre in the capital area of Russia. (1930) Goes to Moscow and writes in the magazine "Stage Club". In the same year writes his first play, "Rank" (the first of the 30 he would complete). (1934) Writes his first comedy, "Six Lovers" (inspired by his experience in sovkhoz). (1936) Writes the play, "Long Way". (1938) Writes "Tania" . ("Long Way" and &
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