Caged and Enraged: Bitch Planet Comics Studies Round Table (part one)
Part One 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.
“I Didn’t Mean to Turn You Kong” – Seeking out #MeToo in Pop Music
Listening to Cherrelle’s “I Didn’t Mean to Turn You On” in the #MeToo moment.
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.
The (re)Collection Agency #6: A Conversation with Aaron Kashtan
The sixth in our conversations with comics scholars. This time with Dr. Aaron Kashtan, discussing the backlash against diversity, fun comics as worthy of study, and how you shouldn’t be ashamed to love My Little Pony.
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
The (re)Collection Agency #5: A Conversation with Andréa Gilroy
The fifth in our conversations with comics scholars. This time with Dr. Andrea Gilroy, discussing how the tensions between image and text in comics reflect the messiness of identity, and how Ninja Turles and picture bibles might lead to being a comics scholar.
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.
The (re)Collection Agency #4: A Conversation with Brian Cremins
The latest in our conversations with comics scholars: this time Dr. Brian Cremins talks comics and nostalgia as pitfall and strategy in (re)constructing personal and historical narratives.
Re-Reading Girl Comics
A 2010 series by women, but for who?
The Middle Spaces 