“But We’re Out of Time”: Queer(ed) Nostalgia and The WB’s Birds of Prey
Thinking through how personal narratives also become mediated narratives that enable queer world-building through the example of The WB’s Birds of Prey.
Brief Comic Book Reviews (January 1 to 15, 2020)
Brief reviews of comics released between January 1st and 15th, 2020 (like Miles Morales: Spider-Man #14 and Second Coming #6), plus a couple of outliers I picked up (like Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #3).
WAUGH and On and On #3: The Dark Side of the Farce
A long time ago in a world he never made. . . STAR WAUGH! Third in an ongoing Howard the Duck reading series.
Days of Future Imperfect Past: The 2019 Year-End Meta Post
A look at the past year, comics collecting present, and a possible future for The Middle Spaces
Unstable Masks; Or, The Whiteness of the Superhero (a preview)
A guest post in the form of a preview of the forthcoming anthology, Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics.
“These Stories Are Out There” – Reclaiming Queer and Trans Histories with Melanie Gillman
Guest contributor, Tiffany Babb, interviews cartoonist Melanie Gillman about their work and the importance of envisioning queer and trans histories.
On Exoskeletons and Assimilation: Revisiting the Latinidad of Marvel’s Araña
Considering the role of Latinidad in Araña’s comics despite a decreasing representation of of its so-called “authentic” markers.
Brief Comic Book Reviews (September 6 through September 25, 2019)
Brief reviews of comics that were released in September 2019, including Agents of Atlas #2, Wonder Twins #7, and Power Pack: Grow Up! #1
