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Tag Archives: Marvel Comics

Reading Comics at the Threshold: A Round Table on Letter Columns & Other Comics Paratexts (Part 1)

Part One in our three part roundtable on comics paratexts focuses on letter columns.

15 September 2020 in Comic Studies, Guest Post, Round Table.

All-Female Fanfare: Examining Marvel Fanfare #38

When it is a surprise to the editor that both stories in a comic are written and drawn by women, it takes an engaged reader to consider the actual significance.

7 April 2020 in Comics, Gender, Music.

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.

Unstable Masks; Or, The Whiteness of the Superhero (a preview)

A guest post in the form of a preview of the forthcoming anthology, Unstable Masks: Whiteness and American Superhero Comics.

17 December 2019 in Comics, Guest Post, Race.

Brief Comic Book Reviews (September 6 through September 25, 2019)

Brief reviews of comics that were released in September 2019, including Agents of Atlas #2, Wonder Twins #7, and Power Pack: Grow Up! #1

29 October 2019 in Comics, Review.

Seeing Sounds / Hearing Pictures – A Round Table on Sound & Comics (part three)

Part Three in a four-part scholarly round table examining the intersections of sound and comics.

16 April 2019 in Comic Studies, Guest Post, Round Table, Sound Studies.

Alpha & Omega #8: Fixing a Hole. .

Both versions of Omega the Unknown #8 seem to be “nowhere plans for nobody.”

24 April 2018 in Marvel Comics, Review.

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.

3 October 2017 in Comics, Marvel Comics.

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.

15 August 2017 in Comics, Review.

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.

11 July 2017 in Comics, Marvel Comics, Reading Series, Review.

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.

6 June 2017 in Comic Studies, Interview.

Re-Reading Girl Comics

A 2010 series by women, but for who?

16 May 2017 in Gender, Marvel Comics.

The Pleasure of the Serial Comic Book

Thinking about the bliss of the incomplete comic book serial.

7 March 2017 in Comics.

Brief Comics Reviews (12/21/2016 to 1/11/2017)

Brief reviews of recent comics including Wonder Woman #14, U.S. Avengers #1, and The Flintstones #7.

24 January 2017 in Comics, Review.

Super-Villainous Voting (Redux)

Voting is a right, not a virtue.

8 November 2016 in Comics, Politics.

Brief Reviews (8/24 to 9/7 – 2016)

Brief reviews of comics released (mostly) August 24 through September 7th, including Wonder Woman #5, Ms. Marvel #10, and Sixpack And Dogwelder: Hard-Travelin’ Heroz #1.

13 September 2016 in Comics, Review.

Reviews in Brief (7/13 to 7/27 – 2016)

Brief reviews of comics released on July 13th, 20th and 27th, 2016 (w/ some exceptions), including Nighthawk #3, Wonder Woman #2 and several Civil War II tie-in issues.

2 August 2016 in Comics, Review.

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.

“Yo Soy Yancy Street!” El Thing About Place & Identity

A recent Marvel story connecting Groot to Puerto Rican culture via a visit with the Thing to Marvel’s Lower East Side analog, Yancy Street got me thinking about place and identity.

15 March 2016 in Authenticity, Comics, Urban Space.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #9: Flying North for the Winter

Canada: As cold as space, and home to nearly as many anthropomorphic animals.

23 February 2016 in Marvel Comics, Review.

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