Brief Comics Reviews (June 12 through July 3, 2019)
Brief reviews of comics released between June 12 and July 3, 2019, including Monstress #23, Moon Girl & Devil Dinosaur #44, and Wonder Twins #5
WAUGH and On and On #1: Neither Fish Nor Fowl
A return to Howard the Duck after a nearly three-year hiatus from the If It WAUGHs Like a Duck series. . .
The (re)Collection Agency #11: A Conversation with Marc Singer
In the 11th installment of our series of talks with comics scholars and teachers, we talk with Dr. Marc Singer about his new book Breaking the Frames, the state of comics studies, and which is worse, recommending someone watch Aquaman or read Kingdom Come.
Where Everybody Knows You’re Men: NBC’s Cheers & White American Masculinity
When manhood and nation are synonymous women just become a way for men measure patriotism.
Brief Comic Book Reviews (Dec 19, 2018 to Jan 16, 2019)
Brief review of comics released between (mostly) December 19, 2018 to January 16 – including Runaways #16, Bitter Root #3, and Fantastic Four #5.
“I AM (not) FROM BEYOND!” – Situating Scholarship & the Writing “I”
Our 2018 Year-End Meta Post considers the role of the personal – both identificatory perception and the labor of writing itself – in scholarship.
Guess Who’s Coming Home for the Holidays: Intergenerational Conflict in Bitch Planet
Everyone’s Grandma is a Little Bit Feminist” from Bitch Planet: Triple Feature #5 asks us to imagine what makes an older relative inappropriate in a dystopic society.
