http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress Have a beverage and stay a while, won't you? Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:33:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/10/22/batwoman-1-2/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/10/22/batwoman-1-2/#comments Sat, 22 Oct 2011 18:42:55 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4397 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } J H Williams III and W Haden Blackman Dave Stewart Todd Klein DC $2.99 Review by Joe Palmer The new Batwoman series picks up nearly where it left off at the conclusion of the Detective run. Kate has struck out on her own after being led to believe that the twisted Black Alice is her [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/10/22/batwoman-1-2/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/08/04/batman-now-i-know-im-home-again/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/08/04/batman-now-i-know-im-home-again/#comments Thu, 04 Aug 2011 20:31:06 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4134 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } In this Silver Age story titled “The Batman Nobody Remembered” from World’s Finest #163 (Sept 1963) Batman is piloting the Bat-plane back through a terrible storm and is inexplicably tranported to a parallel Earth (and not Earth 2). Remember, even when there were explanations in Silver Age stories they rarely made sense. On this familiar [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/08/04/batman-now-i-know-im-home-again/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/07/24/let-me-soothe-you-batman/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/07/24/let-me-soothe-you-batman/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 05:37:42 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4119 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } The closing panel to the adventure of the double dynamic duos of Batman and Robin and Batwoman and Bat-Girl from Batman #159′s Clayface Joker feud story.]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/07/24/let-me-soothe-you-batman/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/07/21/hold-me-batman/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/07/21/hold-me-batman/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:55:15 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=4110 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Here’s a panel from a Silver Age Batwoman appearance. The story in question is “The great Clayface-Joker Fued” from Batman #159 Nov 1963. Kate Kane has come a long way, baby!]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/07/21/hold-me-batman/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/03/18/hello-from-the-batman-family/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/03/18/hello-from-the-batman-family/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:57:49 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=3649 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Are you feeling a little verklempt about the second delay with the ongoing Batwoman title as I am? Here’s a charming (and that can be taken in a couple senses) little gem showing Batwoman, Bat-Girl, and the other important Batman family members from the summer of 1964.  Please forgive the scan quality.]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2011/03/18/hello-from-the-batman-family/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/12/01/batwoman-the-zero-issue/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/12/01/batwoman-the-zero-issue/#comments Wed, 01 Dec 2010 16:37:45 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=3266 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Review by Joe Palmer J H Williams III artist & writer W Haden Blackman co-writer Amy Reeder artist Richard Friend inker on Reeder’s sequence Last Wednesday (thank you, holidays and recovery from same for the delay!) saw the release of this special issue, a primer of sorts for anyone who’d not read any of the [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/12/01/batwoman-the-zero-issue/feed/ 2 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/08/14/batwoman-2/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/08/14/batwoman-2/#comments Sat, 14 Aug 2010 13:41:33 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=2844 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Over at The Source, Alex Segura breaks some exciting news about the upcoming Batwoman series. Enjoy the alternate cover image drawn by Amy Reeder Hadley (whose last project was Madame Xanadu) to November’s Batwoman #0 and read the rest of the news here.]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/08/14/batwoman-2/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/04/04/rucka-departs-batwoman/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/04/04/rucka-departs-batwoman/#comments Sun, 04 Apr 2010 15:55:43 +0000 Joe http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=2208 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Update Rucka has commented on his site that his motivation for departure is simply to concentrate on his other, creator-owned projects. Good enough for me. His writing on Batwoman will still be missed, but such is life. A writer can’t be happy if he or she feels a stronger compulsion to write another story while [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2010/04/04/rucka-departs-batwoman/feed/ 2 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/10/02/maggie-sawyer/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/10/02/maggie-sawyer/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:20:28 +0000 Joe http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=1249 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Maggie began her career in Star City, and was married to Captain Jim Sawyer (Superman #15). After their marriage dissolved, Maggie moved east to Metropolis’ Police Department. Because of her performance in helping stop an Apokolips agent named Kalibak rampaging in Metropolis, Dan Turpin recommended she lead the S.C.U. She was promoted to Inspector after [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/10/02/maggie-sawyer/feed/ 0 http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/06/25/detective-854/ http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/06/25/detective-854/#comments Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:47:18 +0000 Joe Palmer http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/?p=909 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: absolute; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { height: 30px; width:50%; padding-top:1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; height: 30px; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; } Detective #854 Greg Rucka J H Williams III and Dave Stewart $3.99 DC It’s been quite a while since the first rumor of a revived Batwoman surfaced to this issue of Detective. There wasn’t even a hint that the character would be reconceived with a lesbian orientation in that initial bit of gossip reported by [...]]]> http://www.gayleague.com/wordpress/2009/06/25/detective-854/feed/ 2