Pan’s Magical Comedy Show!
Thursday, January 14th, 2010
Our monthly show is back, and our first show of the year is tonight! Come out to the Sentient Bean at 8PM. Here’s the facebook event.
3 Asian Girls who I Stalk
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
If you don’t want to admit that you stalk people, then I will. I have a Facebook account, a Twitter, and I’m subscribed to at least 50 blogs in my Google Reader. Among them are artists, designers, and even old funny men who don’t really know how to use the internet (like comedian Louis C.K.). Many of these blogs I found after reading one article on their site, and they continued to publish more and more valuable articles.
Some blogs I added to my list after their authors let me know they read mine. I like finding out who is viewing my website because usually they have content I’m interested in seeing myself. Here are 3 people who have checked me out, or who I’ve checked out, and now I follow to see what’s new in their worlds. They also happen to be Asian girls.
Female Comics and Females in Comics
Monday, June 7th, 2010
I’ve got my feet in both comics culture and the culture of stand-up comedy, and I’m seeing two similar conversations happening. Female comedians and female comic readers both face similar issues being that stand-up and comic books are largely male dominated.
First off, I am not a woman. I do not claim to be an expert in feminism or femininity. Just check my dating track record with women. (Hint: it’s non-existent.) But my audience is surprisingly mostly women. I’ve received more responses, comments, and e-mails from women than men. Most of the people who have approached me after a stand-up show are women. And the people who most get excited about seeing my work at conventions and end up buying my comic books and prints are women.
THE RESOURCES
- Graphic Novelist Hope Larson took a survey to gauge the thoughts of women who read comics.
- There have been a ton of follow-up thoughts sprouting up in response to her results, and some of them can be read here, and one from Kiel Phegley.
- Hope Larson even responds in an interview here with Kelly Thompson.
- Jessie Geller writes how she feels as a female comic.
- Here’s the article by Kate Hendricks linked to at the bottom of previous source, here. Also, here is the Vanity Fair article, “Who says Women Aren’t Funny?” from 2008.
- A new web documentary series called Welcome to the Stage recently just popped up. It’s about stand-up comedy in San Francisco, and though it hasn’t really brought up the issue of “female comedy”, it follows 4 female stand-up comedians exclusively.
