Mattel, Seeking a New Superpower, Gets Women to Design Action Figures for Girls – Bloomberg Business

Inside Mattel’s headquarters just south of Los Angeles International Airport, Christine Kim grabs a shield and fires a plastic disc from it across a conference room. “I’m going to be playing with all my boys, deflecting their bullets and then be like, ‘I’m going to shoot you,’” says Kim, one of Mattel’s top toy designers and a…

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“It’s not ‘gay’ marriage”—why Wonder Woman and other comics tell strong political stories – Quartz

In the latest Wonder Woman comic (released in digital format on Aug. 20), the feminist icon becomes the first DC hero to officiate a marriage between characters of the same gender. After performing the ceremony, Wonder Woman schools Clark Kent on his provincial view of marriage. “I… didn’t know you’re a proponent of gay marriage?”…

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DC Tells Editors, Stop Batgirling, Go Back To Meat And Potatoes – Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movie, TV News

Go to www.addthis.com/dashboard to customize your tools This morning we mentioned that DC Comics was down over $2 million on planned revenue/expenditure for 2014/2015. Here’s where the other shoe gets dropped. I understand from a number of senior sources that DC editorial have been told to “stop Batgirling” and go back to “meat and potatoes”….

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The Mission: The Power of the Black Female Teenage Superhero – Comic Book Resources

INFOLINKS_ON Last week Marvel announced “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur,” starring a Black, teen female On August 13, Entertainment Weekly and various other media outlets announced a new monthly series from Marvel Comics titled “Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur.” Written by Any Reeder and Brandon Montclare, the main creators of the critically-acclaimed Image Comics series…

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​Gotham Got So Stupid It Actually Became Kind Of Awesome

‘; if (google_ads[0].bidtype == ‘CPC’) { /* insert this snippet for each ad call */ google_adnum = google_adnum + google_ads.length; } document.write(s); } } google_ad_client = ‘ca-pub-0457527031304647’; google_ad_output = ‘js’; google_max_num_ads = ‘1’; google_ad_type = ‘text’; google_feedback = ‘on’; google_skip = google_adnum; google_ad_channel = ‘1102379497’; Gotham has had many problems during its inaugural season, most…

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Batman has straight-up murdered dozens of people—here’s the video proof · Great Job, Internet! · The A.V. Club

  Protecting the innocent doesn’t necessarily have to overlap with the execution of bad guys, but don’t tell that to Batman. As the following supercut from YouTuber Mr Sunday Movies shows, the Caped Crusader doesn’t just occasionally end the life of a supervillain after extended fights and with great regret. No, he brings death and…

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