Imperfect Storm (Part Three): “Return of the Goddess”

Storm’s return to the site of her X-origin and the awkward undoing of her “goddess” identity.

“The Revolution was Postponed Because of Rain”

A song from ’95 about the state of Black Revolution in America in light of the appeal of consumerism and individual contentment.

“Hip Hop Started Out in the Art” – Tom Brevoort, Post-Racial Hip Hop & Comics

You can’t separate hip hop from race without looking like you’ve separated your head from sense.

Imperfect Storm (Part Two): Exploring “Lifedeath II”

Part Two of Exploring Storm as a postcolonial figure.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #4: That Old Quack Magic

Gerber takes on the critics, while Zdarsky takes on the Marvel Universe.

Reviews in Brief (6/17 to 6/24 – 2015)

Brief reviews of comics released on June 17th and June 24th, 2015 – including Prez #1 and Ms. Marvel #16.

Imperfect Storm (Part One): Exploring “Lifedeath”

Exploring the relationship between seriality, identity and the colonial imagination through X-Men’s Storm.

Why You Should Read the New Spider-Woman

The hope of the new Spider-Woman series.

Reviews in Brief (5/20 to 6/10 – 2015)

Mini-reviews of recent comics including A-Force #1, Spider-Woman #8 and Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars #1.

If it WAUGHs Like a Duck #3: Quack-Phooey

In which my preference switches between the two series. Fast and funny beats turgid “commentary.”

Reviews in Brief (5/6 to 5/13 – 2015)

Short reviews of comics released between May 6th and May 13th, 2015. All Marvel Comics this time around.

“If It WAUGHs Like a Duck” #2: Space Duck, Sex Turnip

Reading these two comics together that stand (let’s call it) 40 years apart, I can’t help but wonder if the versions of Howard I saw in previous issues somehow flipped across time and space to take each other’s place.

Should We Marvel at a Black Captain America?

Sam Wilson’s characterization as the rugged individual and then his ascension to the role of Captain America are political messages that must be addressed beyond the tendency of media to oversimplify the political ramifications of things, or streamline complex histories

Reviews in Brief (4/15 to 4/29 – 2015)

Brief reviews of comic books from 4/15 to 4/29, but a couple go back a few weeks further.

1999: Radical Possibilities of Apocalypse

1999’s appeal emerges from a sense of danger, from the scandalous possibilities of a morality unbound by the coming apocalypse, disguised as synth-heavy dance pop

“If It WAUGHs Like a Duck” #1: Trapped in a World with a New Howard the Duck series

The first in a series of posts about both the new and original Howard the Duck comic book series.

“I Know It When I See It”- Race, Relatability, and Reading Practice

The ways fans of color engage with characters and stories can re-circuit and re-interpret those stories in ways that provide the kind of productive identification that challenges that tired old repetitive and thoughtless representation.

Humanity Not Included: DC’s Cyborg and the Mechanization of the Black Body

Could Cyborg be the comic book superhero representation of white supremacy’s effect on the black body? To have a black person transformed from a metaphorical machine to an actual one?