Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors the Preview!

My publisher, I.B. Tauris, has posted a preview of Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology at Scribd.

Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology

Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology will be in stores February 2, 2010 and is available for pre-order on Amazon.

Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors (Coming Soon to a Bookstore Near You)

I wanted to let anyone who is interested in know that I made a Facebook Page for my forthcoming book.

The book itself won't available until late Summer/early Fall, but I will be sure to post publishing details, speaking engagements, reviews, and interviews both here on my blog and on Facebook.

In the meantime, here is some advance praise:

“Female heroes abound in literature, film and all walks of life, although most people don’t know that they do. Not surprising given how much they challenge the gender roles in which women and girls have historically been confined. This wonderful book shows female heroes breaking out of gender boxes left and right and illuminates new possibilities for the indomitable hero in all of us.”

Kathleen Noble, Ph.D., author of The Sound of the Silver Horn: Reclaiming the heroism in contemporary women’s lives.

"Once upon a time -- only a few years ago, actually -- women could turn on their TV sets and glory in the adventures of Buffy, Xena, Sydney Bristow, Dana Scully, and many more strong, ass-kicking women. Today there is not one show on the small screen that stars a female action hero. What happened? Comics are not much better. Aside from the occasional exception (for which we are grateful) like Birds of Prey, and women writers like Ivory Madison (The Huntress) and Gail Simone’s newly feminist interpretation of Wonder Woman, most comic book action heroines continue to be male-written and drawn creations whose breasts are bigger then their personalities.

Now along comes Jennifer Stuller, with her very entertaining book, Ink-Stained Amazons, to explore the whys and wherefores of pop culture super women, and perhaps jolt us all into demanding more and stronger women characters. Thank you, Jennifer. We need those role models!"

Trina Robbins, author of The Great American Superheroines (Palace Press, 2009)

Wonder Woman Animated Feature

The trailer for the forthcoming Wonder Woman direct to DVD feature is online.





I'm really excited about this, not just because I'm glad that Wonder Woman is getting attention, or because this trailer looks promising, but also because I was interviewed for the DVD's featurettes!

When I was researching the book we used to joke while watching featurettes that we would see me in one someday and that it would say something like "Jennifer K. Stuller, Modern Mythologist". Well, close. I will be introduced as "Jennifer K. Stuller, Author, Ink-Stained Amazons and Cinematic Warriors: Superwomen in Modern Mythology." Very exciting! And so much fun because it was filmed at Trina's house which made the whole opportunity even more special.

Wonder Woman will be released in February 2009.