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

Possible topics and flexible goals for 2015.

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.

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.

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

Endings shouldn’t get more weight than middles.

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

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.

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.

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).

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

Reviews in Brief (9/3 to 9/10 – 2014)

Reviews in Brief (8/6 to 8/27 – 2014)

Turn Down For the White Gaze? Fuck That Noise!

Lil John’s question, “Turn Down For What?” is a challenge to the white gaze and respectability politics.

#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?

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.

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

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

On Collecting Comics & Critical Nostalgia

Identity is a constant retcon.

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.

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

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

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

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.

The Middle Spaces

Comics. Music. Culture.

Yearly Archives: 2014