Fuck Yeah, Black Widow: Archive

Fuck Yeah, Black Widow

December 2011

74 posts

Review: Secret Avengers #19-20

Kongo: Ha! Kongo have hand! Kongo fight good! Natasha: Kongo not count past one. I’m going to say it: Secret Avengers #20 was the best Black Widow comic of the year. That’s not such damnation via faint praise as it may seem at first glance. While 2011 saw the cancellation of her ongoing solo title, it also saw quite a few spotlight issues and one-shots, which I enjoyed to...

Accent on De Accent

One of the most frequent critiques I see of Scarlett Johannson’s performance in Iron Man 2 is: but she didn’t do the accent. I’m not sure what the accent is, exactly, but my mind travels to Rocky and Bullwinkle-esque dimensions and I wonder, is that what people think Natasha sounds like? Take it away, Adam Hughes. That is what (some) people think Natasha sounds like. Comic...

“Here Black Widow is a darker incarnation than she was in Iron Man. We hint at a...”

– Joss Whedon I’m really hoping that the whole “orphan raised from birth only to kill!!” thing hinted at in the NYCC footage isn’t ultra-emphasized. That Morgan origin is by far her most trite and boring, and I’m glad it was for the most part swiftly retconned out of...

vejigante asked: Looking at those cards, i think alot of those ladies would have been great as playable characters in MvsC3. Especially, Black Widow, Ms.M and Wanda.

“Also, given that most of the team are men, I like the idea that [Valkyrie] would...”

– Rick Remender

New Layout (sort of)

Today I’ve spent all my internet time making a new layout for this tumblr, which is mostly just the old layout with a different header and tweaked fonts!! Even though the majority of my visitors get the content of this blog via dashboard. Anyway. I’ll probably be revising the sidebar links and miscellaneous content pages soon, so if you have a comicbook tumblr you want me to plug in...

Scarlett Johansson (and Others) on Black Widow...

“I love playing the Widow. I think she’s got a very interesting past, a lot of storylines to explore, and certainly Kevin (Feige) loves that character. I think that Marvel has a very personal relationship with their fans, and I think if the fans want it, and the audience wants it, nothing’s impossible. I would love to explore that option as well. Like I said, I love the...

idratherbeloislane asked: Of the comics you listed that Natasha has headlined, are there any you particularly recommend? I've been looking for some more good comics about her ever since I read Black Widow: The Name of the Rose.

Black Widow Comics

Today in my casual webbrowisng I ran into another instance of the “but she’s only ever used as some hero’s girlfriend” complaint, so I thought I’d slap up a list of all the comics Natasha’s headlined, stuff where she’s either the protagonist or she gets title co-billing. Not all of it’s collected, but a lot of it is. Amazing Adventures #1-8 (1970)...

anotherwordformyth asked: Thanks so much for the Greg Land post. As someone who tends to notice and follow writers over artists, I took a while to piece together the pattern of horrific woman-drawing and come up with Land's name. You put into words all the problems with way more detail and artistic insight than I could hope to, and I was educated, appalled, and entertained. Keep up the good work, continue the...

Anonymous asked: This may sound silly but I find it hard to read the font of the written quotes from comic panels or quotes on the blog page when I go to it and look through your posts.

“For all that she’s a spy and a modern day heroine, Natasha grew up in the...”

– Marjorie Liu

Tom Brevoort and Women in Marvel

marvelwomenkickingass: Tom Brevoort, Marvel’s Senior VP of Publishing had some not awesome things to say today. You can read about them at this address: http://www.themarysue.com/marvel-tom-brevoort-female-characters/. DC Women Kicking Ass also wrote up an article that’s more in depth. You should give it a look. I’ll link these properly when I can. Unfortunately I can’t really format this well...