On Fear of Music
Frank Zappa may have said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture, but fuck Frank Zappa
Where ‘The Walking Dead’ Fails Viewers When It Comes to Race
Just because the world has gone to hell doesn’t mean that the prejudices and privileges of white people won’t bubble up to betray you.
Misogyny to the Rescue!
If I were Sue Richards I would have divorced Reed’s ass a long time ago. .
Groovin’ on a Perfect “10”
Bathroom humor.
No-Prize Is Its Own Prize
Seriality and Macro-closure
Violence is the Normalizing Force
Subaltern characters must punch their way into the “mainstream.”
Captain Marvel & More Black Iron Man
Rhodey’s armor allows him to literally don the guise of a successful white man, to “pass” in the world of (mostly) white superheroes.
Bring Me Xavier’s Brain!
Superhero comics: insufferably weird as to become predictable
Four-Color Color-Blindness: Black Iron Man
Reed Richards is not so fantastic when it comes to understanding race in America.
Thrills, Chills, and Safe Sexuality: The Sounds of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”
The “scariness” of black sexuality made palatable.
Xaime Draws Maggie in Brooklyn
What the title says.
Gender Policing “This Woman’s Work”
The very act of singing what he is singing is the woman’s work he sings about.
Interpreting Tommy
It’s Oedipal.
Sometimes Samples Just Hypnotize
Hip-Hop does not eschew history, it honors it, it has a historical pluralism encoded and embedded in its foundational tracks.
Who is Peter Parker?
How do we recognize Peter Parker as Peter Parker?
Comic Store Disappointment
It is marginally better than Comic Book Men, that really isn’t saying much.
“We Pledge Allegiance All Our Lives. . .”
Stevie is challenging traditional notions of white-washed American history and what kinds of accomplishments should be included in that narrative.
It’s Superman!
An obscure book worth tracking down.
Hip-Hop History Comic
A hip-hop battle in comic form? Who drew this? I want a whole series!
Reading for the (Hip Hop) Conversation
Hip Hop and homage as critique
Wertham Was Right (Left)
Frederic Wertham: The most important comics critic of all time.
The Middle Spaces 