Re-Reading Girl Comics

A 2010 series by women, but for who?

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Gender / Music / Queer

Imagining What Silence Looks Like: Prince & Queering of the Popular Love Song

The dark sound and minimalist instrumentation on “If I Was Your Girlfriend” demonstrates Prince’s willingness to bend and distort expectations with a lyrical and sonic playfulness that challenges the listener to think beyond the obvious gender stereotypes inherent in most popular love songs.

Comic Studies / Comics / Interview

The (re)Collection Agency #3: A Conversation with Leah Misemer

The third in our series of talks with comics scholars; this time we talk letters columns, graphic medicine, and keeping comics studies fun with Dr. Leah Misemer.

Comics / Race

The Private “I”: Identity in the Post-Internet Age

The social nature of personal identity in Brian K. Vaughn and Marcos Martin’s The Private Eye.

Gender / Independent Comics / Queer / Sexuality

La Lucha Femenina: Women Wrestlers in Jaime Hernandez’s Locas

Luchadoras and the elasticity of gender in queered spaces.

Brief Comics Reviews (3/15 to 3/29 – 2017)

Brief reviews of recent comics, including Booster Gold/The Flintstones Special #1, Sam Wilson: Captain America #20, and Hulk #4.

“Guns in the Valley” – a Review of Logan

Logan, the best there is at what he does, and what he does is care.

Brief Reviews (2/8 to 2/22 – 2017)

Brief reviews of comics released February 8th, 15th and 22nd, including Occupy Avengers #4 and Hulk #3.

The Pleasure of the Serial Comic Book

Thinking about the bliss of the incomplete comic book serial.

The (re)Collection Agency #2: A Conversation with Qiana Whitted

The second in our on-going series of interviews with comics scholars.

Brief Comics Reviews (12/21/2016 to 1/11/2017)

Brief reviews of recent comics including Wonder Woman #14, U.S. Avengers #1, and The Flintstones #7.

“Nobody Speak” – Pulling Back the Curtain on Trumpist Politics

You wanna hear a good joke? Nobody speak, nobody get choked.