Louis Skye

1 month ago | flicksided.com | Louis Skye

Boxed in as a sex symbol, Welch shaped the landscape for women’s rights in cinema and successfully fought against ageism. Not many readers are going to know the name Raquel Welch. But for anyone who watched films between the 1960s and the 1990s, Welch was an instant draw. I have enduring memories of watching Welch as Constance de Bonacieux in the 1973 film The Three Musketeers. She is still the template for Constance for me—hilarious, goofy, and a complete scene-stealer.

Dec 16, 2024 | womenwriteaboutcomics.com | Louis Skye

Hello from your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously editor! It’s a short round-up this week because December is busy, busy, busy. First up, comics artist Matthew Clark is recovering from a triple bypass surgery and has started a GoFundMe to help with hospital bills. Please do consider donating, if you can. Here is the link to his GFM page. Godzilla has been tearing up the big screen off late and now he’s coming to a comic book near you.

Nov 4, 2024 | womenwriteaboutcomics.com | Louis Skye

Good morning from your Friendly Neighbourhood Previously Editor. I’ll keep it short because this week, nobody’s going to be concentrating on anything but the US elections. I’m not even in the US and I’m feeling the tension. In comics news, Metal Hurlant, a French science-fiction anthology is being relaunched, 50 years after it debuted. The new anthology will feature a host of popular names from comics including Brian Michael Bendis, Matt Fraction, James Stokoe, and Mark Waid.

Oct 25, 2024 | womenwriteaboutcomics.com | Louis Skye

Harbin, set in 1909 Korea, then a protectorate of Japan, follows a group of resistance fighters trying to gain independence from Japan by assassinating the Prime Minister. For the freedom fighters, the fight for Korean independence has been long and arduous with countless lives lost, and this one last mission could end the Japanese occupation once and for all.

Oct 25, 2024 | womenwriteaboutcomics.com | Louis Skye

In The Assessment, a couple living in a post-apocalyptic future try to pass a series of tests to determine whether they can qualify to have a child. But as the tests become increasingly dangerous and abstract, the couple begins to question their relationship and what they want from their world. The AssessmentFleur Fortuné (director), Mrs.