The Tangled Web of Racial and Gender Progress in Comics
Even comics that are not particularly “important” can tell us a lot about the attitudes acceptable in the editorial environments in which they were developed
2016: Nothing To Be Done (But Pay Writers)
Our annual Meta-Post, overcoming 2016’s malaise by doubling-down on what matters.
The (re)Collection Agency #1: Talking with Christopher Pizzino
The first in our on-going series of interviews with comics scholars.
Brief Reviews (11/16 to 11/30, 2016)
Brief reviews of recent comics released from November 16 to 30, including Wonder Woman #11, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #13, and Monstress #8.
Girl, You’ll Be an Invisible Woman Soon: Defining Serial Characters
Thinking through how readers conceptualize a character and the degree to which such a characterization can be independent of how the character acts in the actual stories she appears in.
“Lo, There Shall Be An Ending:” Meditations on the End of the Fantastic Four
Marvel Comics hasn’t published a Fantastic Four title in over a year, and its absence marks a serious lack of imagination.
Super-Villainous Voting (Redux)
Voting is a right, not a virtue.
