Lois Lane Verse

Corrina Lawson is a journalist-turned-blogger who’s written extensively about comics and the comics industry. She’s a contributor to GeekDad and Sequential Tart, and a senior editor of GeekMom. Corrina is also a fiction writer, and has just had her first comic book story published by Greyhaven Comics.

We talked about her writing and blogging, women’s spaces in the geekosphere, and about the future of the comics industry.

Here’s an excerpt:

One of the things I’ve noticed on the internet is that while men tend to talk to each other about stuff and keep it there, women build communities. They connect, they react out to each other emotionally, they build friendships and support each other. I was a weird kid in high school. I was a geek before it was cool and I was a girl who was a geek. Doubly problematic. It wasn’t until the internet that I found other groups of women who shared my interests, in writing or in comics or geeky pop culture. The moment when I realized that there were others like me out there and they were as glad to meet me as I was glad to meet them…it was huge for me.

All women may not need this but I think a great number of us feel the need to spend time with people who speak the same language, whatever that may be. I’ve found the best female friends in my life through the internet.

LADIES AND GENTS AND ALL IN BETWEEN OF TUMBLR

DC has opened their survey for this year. I URGE you all to take it and let them know how you feel! If you hate Red Hood and the Outlaws or love Earth 2 or don’t care about any of their new comics, let them know!

Take the survey here.