Like a Phoenix: On Selective Completion & Re-Collecting X-Men

Taking the occasion of our 5th anniversary to explore the re-acquiring of X-Men comics in that same time period.

Hard Women, Hard Time: Bitch Planet Comics Studies Round Table (part three)

Part Three in a scholarly round table examining Kelly Sue DeConnik and Valentine De Landro’s Bitch Planet.

Alpha & Omega #6: Pulling Back the Curtain

In the sixth installment of Alpha & Omega things take a turn for the charming and the meta.

The (re)Collection Agency #7: A Conversation with Brannon Costello

The seventh in our series of conversations with comics scholars. Dr. Brannon Costello discusses his new book on Howard Chaykin, serial monomania, and how relatively radical stuff can happen in a What If? comic.

Alpha & Omega #5: You Can’t Go Home Again

The fifth installment of our exploration of both Omega the Unknown series.

Mo’ Meta News: How Collecting Shapes The Middle Spaces

As the year ends, let’s look to 2018 and beyond by considering how comic book collecting and critical nostalgia shape The Middle Spaces blog.

“Professor X is a(n Abusive) Jerk!”

Putting Professor X into the context of the powerful men who turn out to be serial abusers.

Brief Comics Reviews (11/1-22, 2017)

Brief reviews of comics books released between November 1st and the 22nd, including Astonisher #2, Power Pack #63, and Runaways #3.

“Be Glad of Your Many Sisters” – The Insular and the Exceptional in Wonder Woman: The Circle

In this guest post, Bruno Savill de Jong explores Simone and the Dodsons re-imagining of Wonder Woman’s origin and its connection to Amazonian notions of womanhood.

Alpha & Omega #4: El Gato Mató La Curiosidad

The fourth installment of our Omega the Unknown double-read through features cats, bullies and nano-bots.

The International Comics Art Forum 2017

An overview of the 2017 International Comics Art Forum conference in Seattle, WA.

Alpha & Omega #3: School of Hard Knocks

The third installment of our Omega the Unknown double-read through, as our protagonist tries to figure out the complexities of school hierarchies.

Jack-in-the-Box: Race & Legacy Superheroes

Exploring the intersection of legacy and race in superhero comics through Kurt Busiek’s Astro City

Alpha & Omega #2: If You Can’t Stand the Heat

The second installment of our Omega the Unknown double-read through, as our protagonist is introduced to New York City.

Striking Back: Black Lightning and Reading Race (part two)

When Black Lightning rejects the Justice League he is rejecting white supremacy.

Striking Back: Black Lightning and Reading Race (part one)

The clumsy way superhero comic books of the post-Civil Rights 1970s explicitly address race can provide a site for imagining productive racial consciousness for black characters, while also highlighting the limits of that kind of resistant reading.

Alpha & Omega #1: Into the Unknown

The first installment in a new series of posts comparing the 1970s Omega the Unknown comic book and the 2000s re-imagining.

Re-Reading Girl Comics

A 2010 series by women, but for who?

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.