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Tag Archives: comics

“Don’t Call Me Xombi” – Milestone’s Representation of Korean American Characters after the L.A. Uprising

In his fourth guest post for The Middle Spaces in two years, Dr. Vincent Haddad explores a less-examined series where issues of Asian-American representation exist at the margins of the Dakotaverse.

14 June 2022 in Comics, Guest Post, Race.

Year-End Meta 2021: The End Spaces. . .

As 2021 comes to an end and the site’s 10-year anniversary approaches, it is time to think of a closing strategy for The Middle Spaces.

28 December 2021 in Meta.

“I Think They Know Me Too Well:” Growing Against Expectation in Journey into Mystery: The Manchester Gods

In this essay, guest writer, Tiffany Babb uses the changeable figure of Loki in 2011’s Journey into Mystery to consider the liminality of identity and how it is shaped by expectations

10 August 2021 in Guest Post, Marvel Comics.

Brief Comic Book Reviews (January 1 to 15, 2020)

Brief reviews of comics released between January 1st and 15th, 2020 (like Miles Morales: Spider-Man #14 and Second Coming #6), plus a couple of outliers I picked up (like Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #3).

28 January 2020 in Comics, Review.

Mind the Gaps 2018! The First Annual CSS Conference

An overview of Mind the Gaps 2018 – the first annual conference of the Comics Studies Society.

28 August 2018 in Comic Studies, Comics.

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.

28 November 2017 in Comics, Marvel Comics.

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.

14 November 2017 in Comic Studies, Interview.

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.

18 April 2017 in Comic Studies, Comics, Interview.

The Private “I”: Identity in the Post-Internet Age

The social nature of personal identity in Brian K. Vaughn and Marcos Martin’s The Private Eye.

21 March 2017 in Comics, Race.

The Pleasure of the Serial Comic Book

Thinking about the bliss of the incomplete comic book serial.

7 March 2017 in Comics.

The (re)Collection Agency #2: A Conversation with Qiana Whitted

The second in our on-going series of interviews with comics scholars.

21 February 2017 in Comic Studies, Comics, Interview.

“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.

15 November 2016 in Marvel Comics, Queer.

Super-Villainous Voting (Redux)

Voting is a right, not a virtue.

8 November 2016 in Comics, Politics.

Archiving the Fringe: Chinese Indie Comics Collective Special Comix

Exploring the range of style, format, and content in China’s Special Comix 6.

4 October 2016 in Art, Comics, Guest Post, Independent Comics, Review.

Your Favorite Superhero Sucks (Review)

A voice in the wilderness crying out against superheroic hegemony.

27 September 2016 in Books, Comic Studies, Review.

Brief Reviews (8/3 to 8/17 – 2016)

Brief reviews of comics released August 3-17, 2016 – including Sam Wilson: Captain America #12, Wonder Woman #4, and The Flintstones #2.

23 August 2016 in Comics, Review.

The Queer Silence of The Killing Joke

The intimacy between Batman and the Joker calls for imagining a different “last Batman story.”

26 July 2016 in DC Comics, Queer, Sexuality, Sound Studies.

Reviews in Brief (6/15 to 6/22 – 2016)

Brief reviews of comics that came out the weeks of June 15 and 22, 2016, including Wonder Woman #1, Nighthawk #1 & #2, and Bitch Planet #8.

29 June 2016 in Comics, Review.

Marvel Five-in-One: Prominent, Notorious and Invisible Black Lives of the Marvel Universe

Exploring the limits of diversity in a white supremacist framework through a five-in-one look at 1978’s Marvel Two-in-One.

24 May 2016 in Marvel Comics, Race.

Reviews in Brief (4/13 to 5/4 – 2016)

Brief reviews for comics released April 13 to May 4, including Dept. H #1, No Mercy #9 and Spider-Woman #6.

11 May 2016 in Comics, Review.

The International Comics Art Forum 2016

An overview of the 2016 International Comics Art Forum conference in Columbia, SC.

26 April 2016 in Comic Studies, Comics.

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