Ellen DeGeneres Featured In 'Female Force'
Female Force, a series of female-centric biocomics by publisher Bluewater Productions, has revealed in its solicitations that an upcoming issue will feature the talented Ellen DeGeneres, now immortalized alongside such prestigious figures as Sarah Palin and Barbara Walters. I didn't think the series was very reputable at first, putting JK Rowling in the same light as Princess Diana, but I'm still glad that Ellen gets the appreciation she deserves. Whether she's on a prehistoric trip with Bill Nye at Disneyworld or encouraging her talk show visitors to break out and dance, it's good to see her get some recognition beyond her sense of humor.
The issue is scheduled for release in March.
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Posted to Comics on 2 December 2009
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Not sure how much Ellen DeGeneres has done to warrant a comic, guess I'll find out in March.
As for putting JK Rowling in the same light as Princess Diana, at least JK got kids reading...
Finally someone who actually deserves to be recognized as a strong female. STEPHANIE MEYER??????????????? They actually had Stephanie Meyer as focus for one of their Female Force issues. Lady pushed back feminism 30 years.=/ But I will be checking this one out. I love Ellen.
I likewise don't see the problem of Rowling being in the same category as Princess Di. The latter was mostly famous for being famous and dying aside from some charity stuff, while Rowling's pretty much the best example of those rags to riches stories and she also does charity stuff. That being aside from the reading thing as already pointed out.
Plus blah blah blah, diversity of what it means to be a woman... I'm curious if they're at all likely to shy away from the fact she married Portia DeRossi? Somehow the mere idea of lesbians may be okay but once certain people have to then try and imagine the logistics of how sex works then they freak out.
One of the things I find most interesting about the examples of Rowling and Diana is that both people are/were so private. I'm very curious as to what permission process, if any, the creators of these comics go through.
I confess that my reaction to "aside from some charity stuff" is to scoff. Diana focused the world's attention on landmines in a way no one else had been able to do. She was also the first person in her stratum of fame to be photographed touching an AIDS patient, in a decade when plenty of people still thought HIV and AIDS could be transmitted through casual contact or mosquito bites. I'm not saying Rowling hasn't also done good work. I think her support of One Parent Families and her co-founding the Children's High Level Group are both great. I'd say she hasn't had the same impact on charity that Diana did, though.
That said, the jury is obviously still out on which will have made a bigger impact on popular culture. 750 million people watched Diana marry Prince Charles but countless people have read Rowling's books and watched the movies and played the games. Rowling is certainly set up to have a larger sustained impact as an entertainment figure over time.
Oh, but about Stephanie Meyer: what a waste of good paper and ink. She wrote a book about how awesome it is to have a lousy boyfriend. Thanks.
Before I buy the Ellen book I'll have to find out whether she gets anything from it. If she does, great, I'm in.
I personally believe that Diana's charitable work was a side-effect of her own self-publicity, but hey, that's just me. JK Rowling has done a lot of low-key charitable work by contrast.
I don't think the publishers can gloss over her marriage to DeRossi. It is too big a part of her life to become a footnote in the comic.
As for Stephanie Meyer warranting her own bio-comic - I agree with y'all, what has she done apart from Twilight? That in itself does not make her interesting. In the least.
Amazing as always :)