Cain and Abel
In a boys’ world, Jessica Abel writes comics for girls
The world of comic books and graphic novels has long been dominated by men, who more often than not portray women characters as busty babes in supporting roles. But artists like Jessica Abel hopes to change that by redefining the way women write and appear in comics.
New Movie Releases: ‘Now You See Me’ and ‘After Earth’
In this week’s look at new movies, Rafer Guzman and Kristen Meinzer discuss two highly anticipated wide releases: “After Earth,” a father and son survival movie, starring real father and son Will Smith and Jaden Smith; and “Now You See Me,” starring everyone from Michael Cain and Mark Ruffalo to Jesse Eisenberg and Isla Fisher.
Friday Follow: Cain Train Derails, OWS Goes Mobile, Pizza as Vegetable
Continued gaffes from the Cain campaign, diminishing returns for the GOP from their presidential candidates, Occupy Wall Street moves out of the park, and pizza is now technically a vegetable – for better or worse – these are stories that dominated the headlines for the last week. The Takeaway has assembled a panel of analysts […]
The Country Meets The Woman Behind Herman Cain
The public got its first introduction to Gloria Cain, wife of Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, on Monday night in an exclusive interview with Fox News. The wife of the embattled candidate took to the airwaves to defend her husband against complaints of inappropriate behavior during his time at the National Restaurant Association. Politico senior […]