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Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History
Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen: Awesome Female Characters from Comic Book History | Hope Nicholson
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A woman's place is saving the universe. Think comic books can't feature strong female protagonists? Think again! In The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen you'll meet the most fascinating exemplars of the powerful, compelling, entertaining, and heroic female characters who've populated comic books from the very beginning. This spectacular sisterhood includes costumed crimebusters like Miss Fury, super-spies like Tiffany Sinn, sci-fi pioneers like Gale Allen, and even kid troublemakers like Little Lulu. With vintage art, publication details, a decade-by-decade survey of industry trends and women's roles in comics, and spotlights on iconic favorites like Wonder Woman and Ms. Marvel, The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen proves that not only do strong female protagonists belong in comics, they've always been there.
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tournevis
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1️⃣ Just read.
2️⃣ Nah. Just try to make it special. This year we went to sushi.
3️⃣ Wonder Woman, though there are so many great forgotten super heroines as well. Fantomah, Nelvana, Lady Satan and Spider Queen.
4️⃣ June.
5️⃣ 🖖🖖🖖🖖
#friyayintro @howjessreads

Chelleo #1 same...aside from finishing up reading challenge from 2018 I‘m opting not to do any reading challenges this year. 6y
tournevis @Chelleo It's unecessary pressure, imo. 6y
Chelleo @tournevis I enjoy them for getting me out of my comfort zone but I‘ve been doing them consistently for several years and just want the freedom to bounce around. 6y
tournevis @Chelleo I get that! 6y
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HeathersReadingHideaway
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[#BookReview] The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson! I picked this up kind of on a whim on International Women‘s Day and I‘m so glad I did! It was a lot of fun to read and now I have a few superhero women comics I want to get into.
⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

My review:
http://heathersreadinghideaway.blogspot.com/2018/03/book-review-spectacular-sist...

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shendrix413
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Yay! I've received my #GeekyGraphicNovelSwap package from @Betty and it's so stinkin amazing! The socks made me totally giggle and I can't wait to read these awesome books! Thanks to @JenlovesJT47 for putting this together and to @Betty for covering when my original match flaked. You ladies are so awesome and a part of what makes Litsy so great! And so crazy, my Alma mater is U of TN, so I spent about 4 years in east TN and miss it so much!

JenlovesJT47 Yay!! 🤓🙌🏻🤗 7y
Betty Big Orange country!!!! Our blood runs orange. 7y
shendrix413 @Betty Me too! It's awful in Texas where they wear the wrong shade of orange! 7y
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TNbookworm Go Vols!! 7y
shendrix413 @Betty @TNbookworm GO BIG ORANGE! I'm actually considering applying for PhD back at University of TN just to get back to Knoxville! I miss it so much! Especially the seasons! We have 11 months of summer at maybe 1 month of fallish weather here, ugh 7y
Betty @shendrix413 come back here! You won't be the only Litten to move from Texas back to K'vegas @Soubhiville 7y
Betty @TNbookworm Rocky Top 7y
shendrix413 @Betty I'm going to apply for a couple of different PhD programs to start Fall 2019 and Rocky Top will definitely be one of them! Now to talk my husband into moving with me 😂 7y
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Bookrarian
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This entire book is delightful. I‘m only sad now I don‘t have the comics that feature such gems as “Maureen Marine”, “Tomboy”, “Mystra”, and “Sindhi Shade” (who is part of a dystopian society based on... libraries...). Luckily, this book also tells where to find these amazing heroines.

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Downtonabbeyroad394
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kaykay521
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Pickpick

A fun and entertaining tale of interesting, quirky, heroic and evil female comic book characters throughout the decades. Also touches on women's roles in comic book publishing and fandom.

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TheSloanRanger
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Super excited about today's bookmail! Can't believe I finally got my grubby hands on this book 😁

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DeborahSmall
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#bookmail from @ScorpioBookDreams an amazing history of female comic book characters from the 1930's! Love it 😍 and a gorgeous book mark from one of my favourite fantasy series 💜😘 xxx

ScorpioBookDreams Glad you like them. The other bookmarks still haven't arrived! Xx 7y
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Carol
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When your book matches your hair 💙💙💙

MarriedtoMrT Love it! 7y
Reviewsbylola 😍😍😍 7y
Soubhiville Yay! 💙💙💙 7y
TrishB Lovely 💙 7y
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BrainyHeroine
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I am so excited about this book! The book jacket is clear plastic with cartoon photos being the cover. I'm so ecstatic that I won this!!

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xicanti
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Beginning in the 1930s, Nicholson takes the reader on a journey through the history of comics via profiles of female characters. She focuses on folks who fit their eras, not necessarily those who're the BEST, so there are some surprising omissions, but I'm glad I got the chance to hear about so many new-to-me comics heroines.

The book left me rabid to read even more comics than I usually do, too. I'll start with Nicholson's essential picks.

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balletbookworm
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A very beautifully designed overview of the history of female characters in (mostly American) comics, starting in the 1930s, 12 ladies a decade. This isn't comprehensive, but Nicholson has tried for a cross-section of ALL female characters not just the "best", including some that are problematic. A fun read and Nicholson tries to point out where one can track down the original adventures.

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balletbookworm
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Inspired by @rincey's fancy lunch the other day, I decided to make poached eggs and avocado on toast. And as you can see, those aren't poached eggs. Alice Waters wasn't kidding when she said you needed very fresh eggs so the whites don't meander around the pan (the egg poaching attempt turned out like very terrible egg drop soup). So the eggs are fried 🍳 😜still tastes good though. (PS: TSSoS by Hope Nicholson is a delightful romp)

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tjwill
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Reading this has put me in the mood for my Marvel Jamberry nails!

PurpleyPumpkin I want!😍 7y
EllieDottie Wow! Those nails are so cool! 7y
tjwill @PurpleyPumpkin @EllieDottie Thanks! I love them! I wish they had DC Comics ones too! 7y
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xicanti
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I've been working through this book at a rate of a decade per day, and it's made me want to read ALL the comics. Like, even more than I usually do.

tjwill Same here! 7y
xicanti @tjwill soon as I've finished, I plan to go through and make a big list of all the relevant titles I can get from my library! 7y
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tjwill
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Angel O'Day is a #blondebombshell detective featured in the 1960s section of this book about women characters in comics. She is a D.C. Comics character, but her original series has never been reprinted. #characters2017

LibrarianRyan 👍🏻❤️🤓. Loved this book. They did a really good job on it I was impressed. 7y
tjwill @LibrarianRyan Yes, I like how it is organized by decades with a featured icon at the end of each section. I'm up to the 70s now. 7y
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tjwill
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Under the book jacket! 😍😍

Reviewsbylola Oh wow!! 7y
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tjwill
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Fun books about comic books. These are both visually engaging and interesting!

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xicanti
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Nicholson mentions Canada far more often than your average comics historian, so I investigated and learned she's both a Canadian and a local! I love surprises like that.

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CiViiLy
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Hope Nicholson takes you through decades of US and Canadian comics history, showcasing many different types of females characters and their creators, as well a look into the comics industry during those periods. This isn't an in-depth & expansive look at female characters, some notable characters didn't make the cut, but is is a really good one. I discovered a lot of characters that I had never heard of before. Good read!

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CiViiLy
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Continuing my comics-related reading this month with this book! I got to listen to Hope Nicholson's panel at the Calgary Comic Expo which covered feminist comic history and it definitely got me interested in picking up this book.

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queerbookreader
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Okay. Here's the bad part about today. I went to the library to drop off a bunch of books!!! And then promptly checked out more books than I brought back. Thus breaking my "cut down on library books so I'll actually read the books I own" goal. Bad Claire. Here's the two book books I picked up (Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen!!!!!!!!!!!! Eeeeeek!). Comics I picked up in next post because I really checked out that many ?

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balletbookworm
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While I was picking up the @penguinclassics Nick Joaquin collection, my merch manager handed me the Hope Nicholson book about comic book ladies 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻 #newbooks

WanderingBookaneer We saw this yesterday at the comic book store. Let me know what you think. 8y
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InLibrisVeritas
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Second book of the day completed and it was so good!! I really enjoyed getting to see female comic characters from each decade, and found a ton I was never even aware of! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️✨ #readathon

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InLibrisVeritas
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I finished Shadow Born by Jasmine Walt (⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️) and now it's on to The Spectacular Sisterhood of Superwomen by Hope Nicholson.
#deweys24hourreadathon #readathon

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InLibrisVeritas
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My #tbr for #deweys24hourreadathon! If I can get up and out of bed at 8am I can probably get through a few of these, but I almost always oversleep on readathon days.

Reviewsbylola Good luck! 8y
GemintheRough Ugh. My start time is 5am 😥 8y
InLibrisVeritas @GemintheRough I am so sorry. I wish mine was midnight. I could get so much reading done. 8y
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InLibrisVeritas
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The pub date for this one is coming up (May 2nd!) so I figured it was time to sit down and be schooled in comic book women!

I'm loving the set up for this book. Each woman has a little secret job with a short description, first appearance, creators, & a notable quote. Then we get a full length description of her comic book adventures (misadventures or lack thereof) in full honesty, & even a little note on if you can find reprints to read more!

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OutlandishLit
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Excuse me while I fawn over this beautiful book about the history of women in comic books. It will 100% adorn my coffee table forever. Such a great reference!! Thanks @QuirkBooks for the cool book & the like 100+ comic recs inside it.

#comics #superheroes #girlpower

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DarcysMom
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Mehso-so

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InLibrisVeritas
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@QuirkBooks kindly sent me a copy of this to review!! I can't wait to sit down and read through it!

daena Wow. Can't wait for this! 8y
InLibrisVeritas @daena It comes out May 2nd! 8y
rachelm It's fabbbb! Enjoy! 8y
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QuirkBooks
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Pre-order THE SPECTACULAR SISTERHOOD OF SUPERWOMEN by Hope Nicholson and receive three awesome phone lock screens! Get ready to kick some serious butt, because these superwomen take no prisoners. For more info, click here: bit.ly/2oFozUq

readinginthedark This series is awesome! 7y
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rachelm
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Got this as part of my #cupidgoespostal box from @LibrarianRyan -- good call! Loved this primer to fab ladies in comic history from the 1930's to today. Lots of funny commentary, lots of new comics I need to check out, and even a little feminist theory snuck in there. Nicholson is quick to point out problematic moments in comic history, and also the breakthrough ones, too. This was great!

Reminder: the #drawme giveaway is going on until 3/9!

BookishFeminist This looks amazing 8y
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rachelm
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You guys, I have the best Valentine! @LibrarianRyan wrote individual notes on each book and they are perfect choices! The magnetic book clips are the only type of book mark I use because I lose everything else, and the wacky socks made me LOL for real. Loved this round of #cupidgoespostal and can't wait for next time! What a great surprise! Thanks again, Ryan!!

TirzahPrice When the Moon Was Ours is sooooooo good!!! 8y
cathysaid I have recently become addicted to page clips BUT I HAD NO IDEA SCENTED ONES EXISTED!!! Game changer. 8y
LibrarianRyan I'm happy you enjoyed it. Honestly I was a little worried you would read the squirrel book before you got to open the package. 8y
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rachelm @LibrarianRyan I had eyed it at the library many times but got pulled away by books I had to read for book clubs. It's kismet! 8y
LeahBergen Those socks are amazing, @LibrarianRyan !! 😍 8y
Reviewsbylola Scented bookmarks!!! 8y
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brendanmleonard
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#NYCC haul day three! I finally got a Litsy sticker! And new Hard Case Crime comics! A lot of this was won/or free, but we love our Out of Print socks, Stranger Things art, and the SJW shirt is from Geeks Out (www.geeksout.org), an LGBTQ nonprofit.

pilardib I recognize that red hair and purple glasses from rugrats 😆 8y
LauraBeth Nice swag 😀 8y
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BookishFeminist I want the shirt! I'm going to have to check out that website. Total score today! Also jealous of your Stranger Things art and Litsy sticker. 8y
Gleefulreader Oh gosh, I want a Litsy sticker so badly!! 8y
DebinHawaii Great swag! I want a Litsy sticker! 😀👍 8y
Graciouswarriorprincess Wow, great swag!! 8y
MrBook Awesome!!!! 8y
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