Idle Worship Archive

  • You Can't Print That: My Weird Week and Web Comics

    You Can't Print That: My Weird Week and Web Comics

    Willow turns to the world of web comics in this week's instalment of Idle Worship.

    Written by willow on Nov 16, 2009

  • Slouching Toward Bethlehem

    Slouching Toward Bethlehem

    Willow examines the cathartic effect of re-imagining war through fiction with special reference to Vertigo's Unknown Soldier and DMZ.

    Written by willow on Nov 9, 2009

  • The Crumb Controversy, or Why I am an Iconoclast

    The Crumb Controversy, or Why I am an Iconoclast

    Willow takes a look at the controversy surrounding Robert Crumb's adaptation of the Biblical Book of Genesis.

    Written by willow on Oct 26, 2009

  • In Which Willow Reads Shojo Manga

    In Which Willow Reads Shojo Manga

    Willow's taste for artsy anime was developed at a young age, but only because I was a total poser.

    Written by willow on Oct 19, 2009

  • Comfort Trades

    Comfort Trades

    Recently on Twitter, Neil Gaiman inadvertently started a meme: comfort books. We’ve all got them—those novels, anthologies and books of poetry we reach for when we just want to curl up with something cozily escapist.

    Written by willow on Oct 12, 2009

  • A Very Modern Misogynist

    A Very Modern Misogynist

    Oh dear. G. Willow Wilson swore she’d stay away from the Irene Adler scandal, but she haven’t had this much schadenfreudian fun in ages.

    Written by willow on Oct 5, 2009

  • Fight, Woman, Fight

    Fight, Woman, Fight

    A week before testing for her orange belt in kajukenbo, G. Willow Wilson has been thinking a lot about female costumed heroes.

    Written by willow on Sep 28, 2009

  • Our Lord of the Quarter Bin

    Our Lord of the Quarter Bin

    There is only Islam, and 1.3 billion idiots doing their best to follow it. G. Willow Wilson is one of them.

    Written by willow on Sep 21, 2009

  • Earhart Mania

    Earhart Mania

    G. Willow Wilson allows herself a moment of zeitgeistly pride for calling the Amelia Earhart fever that is sweeping the globe.

    Written by willow on Sep 14, 2009

  • Print Idols and Digital Icons

    Print Idols and Digital Icons

    Everyone not living in a remote mountain monastery knows that print news is in trouble. Luckily, the comics industry started looking ahead ten years ago.

    Written by willow on Sep 7, 2009

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