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Yearly Archives: 2014

Forget the Year that Was. . . Imagine the Year that Could Be

Possible topics and flexible goals for 2015.

30 December 2014 in Meta, Review.

OMG! OMAC 4 PREZ: Future-Past-Prolepsis

An examination of a vision of a future from the past is not about its predictive powers, but what that vision tells us about the fears of that era.

23 December 2014 in DC Comics, Literary Theory, Politics.

Reviews in Brief (11/19 to 12/17 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comics released from November 19 to December 17, 2014; including Captain Marvel #10 and Mind MGMT #29.

17 December 2014 in Comics, Review.

“We have to go back!” Getting Lost in the Serial Podcast

Endings shouldn’t get more weight than middles.

9 December 2014 in Radio, TV.

Reviews in Brief (10/22 to 11/12 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comic books released from October 22 to November 12, 2014; including Captain America & The Mighty Avengers #1

12 November 2014 in Comics, Review.

Reviews in Brief (10/1 to 10/15 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comic books released from October 1 to 15, 2014; including Death of Wolverine #3 and #4.

15 October 2014 in Comics, Review.

Songs In Conversation: I Can Go For Dialogics

Dialogics represent the rejection of a finality of meaning. It moves back and forth like a crossfade.

14 October 2014 in Music, Songs in Conversation.

Super Hegemonic Team-up! Spider-Man, Daredevil & “The Death of Jean DeWolfe”

In this story, Spider-Man and Daredevil demonstrate a hegemonic framework for understanding urban crime (part of SUPER BLOG TEAM-UP #4).

24 September 2014 in Marvel Comics, Politics, Race.

Reviews in Brief (9/17 to 9/24 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comic books released from September 17 to 24, 2014; including All-New Ghost Rider #7 and The Wicked + The Divine #4

24 September 2014 in Comics, Review.

Reviews in Brief (9/3 to 9/10 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comic books: Captain Marvel #7 | Death of Wolverine #1 & #2 | Hawkeye #20 | Ms. Marvel #8 | She-Hulk #8 | Superior Foes of Spider-Man #15 | Weird Love #3

10 September 2014 in Comics, Review.

Reviews in Brief (8/6 to 8/27 – 2014)

Brief reviews of: All-New Ghost Rider #6 | Captain Marvel #6 | Ms. Marvel #7 | The Multiversity #1| She-Hulk #7 | Silver Surfer #5 | Storm #2 | Superior Foes of Spider-Man #14

27 August 2014 in Comics, Review.

#FireRickRemender?: Thinking Through Gender, Disproportionate Aging & Sexual Consent in Superhero Comics

Do alternate dimensions and the flow of time in superhero comics confuse and complicate issues of sex and consent?

12 August 2014 in Comics, Gender, Marvel Comics.

Superior Responsibility: Spider-Man & the Thread of Identity

If there is one thing we can count on in mainstream superhero comics it is the strange tension between the accretion of change and the status quo.

5 August 2014 in Marvel Comics.

Reviews in Brief (7/16 to 7/30 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comics, including Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 | All-New Ghost Rider #5 | Hawkeye #19 and Ms. Marvel #6

30 July 2014 in Comics, Review.

Reviews in Brief (6/18 to 7/09 – 2014)

Brief reviews of: Captain Marvel #5 | All-New Ghost Rider #4 | Rocket Raccoon #1 | Amazing Spider-Man #1.3 | Thor, God of Thunder #23 & #24 | The Wicked & The Divine #1

9 July 2014 in Comics, Review.

On Collecting Comics & Critical Nostalgia

Identity is a constant retcon.

8 July 2014 in Authenticity, Comics, Meta.

Cracking the Prototype: Serial Monogamy and the Pop Love Song

Songs that explore the more complex reality inherent in the tension between the intensity of romantic feelings and the experience of serialized monogamy.

24 June 2014 in Music, Songs in Conversation.

“The More Things Change. . .” Golden Legacy, Affirmative Action & Black Comics

This Golden Legacy comic on the life of MLK is notable for three reasons.

17 June 2014 in Comics, History, Politics, Race.

Reviews in Brief (5/21 to 6/11 – 2014)

Brief reviews of: Amazing Spider-Man #1.2 | Captain Marvel #4 | Mind MGMT #22 | Ms. Marvel #4 She-Hulk #5 | Superior Foes of Spider-Man #12 | Thor, God of Thunder #22

11 June 2014 in Comics, Review.

So, You Say You Want a Revolution? It’s Gonna Be Alright, Just Buy Something.

The Nike commercial is simply a recapitulation of the song’s co-opting of revolutionary affect to sell popular music itself as a commodity and line the Beatles’ pockets.

3 June 2014 in Music, Politics.

Days of Future Now: Reflections on X-Men Comics & “Days of Future Past” (Part Two of Two)

This is Part Two of a two-part series of posts on the classic X-Men comics arc, “Days of Future Past.”

27 May 2014 in Marvel Comics, Politics, Race, Urban Space.

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