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Few links about Muslim women in art

muse — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:53:26 +0000

Few links about Muslim women in art. I can’t promise bikini shots in my links, but they’re interesting nonetheless.

Pakistani director Mehreen Jabar’s film Ramchand Pakistani is the only Pakistani movie featured in NY’s Tribeca Film Festival. (I’m excited to see Pakistani movies moving past depictions of rotund women gyrating their hips - not that there’s anything wrong with that…)

Clinton’s library in Arkansas is hosting an art show containing artwork by women from the Muslim world. It is called, what else, Breaking the Veil.

Objectification of Women in Graphic Novels

muse — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 00:01:33 +0000

The Objectification of Women in Graphic Novels. I’d like to hear Willow’s take on this - what considerations went into depicting the characters in Cairo, specifically the women?

Is reciting the Shahadah akin to summoni …

aziz — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:39:17 +0000

Is reciting the Shahadah akin to summoning Beetlejuice? T-rex and Dromo hash out the theological and philosophical implications in today’s Dinosaur Comic. Here’s the first panel as a teaser:

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My new comic book series AIR is previewe …

willow — Tue, 27 May 2008 23:02:09 +0000

My new comic book series AIR is previewed on Vertigo Comics’ MySpace Page. Take a gander.

Superman - salafist. Spiderman - mu’taz …

aziz — Tue, 27 May 2008 04:02:37 +0000

Superman - salafist. Spiderman - mu’tazilite. Captain America - Ithna Asharite. Hulk - Sufi. Discuss.

I love superhero movies, but watching th …

willow — Mon, 19 May 2008 20:10:43 +0000

I love superhero movies, but watching them in today’s political climate is like waiting to get kicked in the gut. Iron Man was no exception. It’s one of the best superhero movies to date, but gets bogged down in the same old tropes when it comes to Islam, the military and the blessed role of a messianic America. Yaman has a very good analysis.

Lawrence of Arabia — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:15:47 +0000

This is not one of my favorites, but it is related to the first, and helps to clarify the story-line of the first, even if you aren’t able to read Farsi.

You are what you wear.

It is the longer, thin noses of the two westernized women that fascinate me about this particular cartoon.

Because these propaganda cartoons from t …

Lawrence of Arabia — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:34:24 +0000

Because these propaganda cartoons from the Iranian Police never fail to crack me up…

Choose the wrong friend, and the next thing you know…SHE’S FIXING YOUR HAIR!!!

Garfield minus Garfield

muse — Sun, 11 May 2008 20:43:32 +0000

Garfield minus Garfield. Why do I find this so amusing?

Comics reporter makes ill advised jihad …

willow — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:13:10 +0000

Comics reporter makes ill advised jihad wisecrack. Happily, the comics community has called him to task about it.

And now for something completely differe …

willow — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:25:40 +0000

And now for something completely different: pop culture juggernaut Newsarama interviews me about my upcoming comics series, AIR.

As odd as it may seem, the more I get in …

willow — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 05:21:15 +0000

As odd as it may seem, the more I get involved with the conversation about religion in comics the more convinced I become that the art form will be a really big part of revitalizing faith across doctrinal boundaries. (I swear I’m not just saying that because I write them.) I was on this panel today at the New York Comicon, and the response was really enthusiastic. People seem really thirsty for new ways to express a healthy religious impulse.