Marvels and the Limited Imagination of Nostalgia

Sometimes looking back is the way to move forward, but that isn’t the case here.

Power Pack Says Crack is Wack!

Marvel’s kid superheroes in the Crack Era, need to learn to just say “No” to white privilege.

Reviews in Brief (11/25 to 12/02 – 2016)

Brief reviews of comics released November 25 to December 2, 2015; including Totally Awesome Hulk #1 and Prez #6.

Reviews in Brief (11/4 to 11/18 – 2015)

Brief reviews of comics that came out from 11/4 to 11/18, 2015 (plus a few outliers), including: Spider-Woman #1, Mighty Thor #1 and Monstress #1.

If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #5: The Bill’s in the Mail

What do letters published in these books tell us about the difference in these series?

“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.

Imperfect Storm (Part One): Exploring “Lifedeath”

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

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” #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.

The Man Who Lived Twice! (If You Can Call That Living): Marvel’s Brother Voodoo

The fourth in a series of posts about black superheroes. Marvel Comics’ Brother Voodoo—a character to feel really conflicted about.

“I’m Looking for a Weird Love, Baby. . .” – Romance Comics & the Strangeness of the Normative

The heteronormative values these romance comics reinforce are really friggin’ queer.

Reviews in Brief (12/24 to 1/14 – 2014/15)

Brief reviews of comic books from December 24, 2014 to January 14, 2015; including Ant-Man #1 and Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #1.

Reviews in Brief (11/19 to 12/17 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comics released from November 19 to December 17, 2014; including Captain Marvel #10 and Mind MGMT #29.

Reviews in Brief (10/1 to 10/15 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comic books released from October 1 to 15, 2014; including Death of Wolverine #3 and #4.

Super Hegemonic Team-up! Spider-Man, Daredevil & “The Death of Jean DeWolfe”

In this story, Spider-Man and Daredevil demonstrate a hegemonic framework for understanding urban crime (part of SUPER BLOG TEAM-UP #4).

Reviews in Brief (8/6 to 8/27 – 2014)

Brief reviews of: All-New Ghost Rider #6 | Captain Marvel #6 | Ms. Marvel #7 | The Multiversity #1| She-Hulk #7 | Silver Surfer #5 | Storm #2 | Superior Foes of Spider-Man #14

#FireRickRemender?: Thinking Through Gender, Disproportionate Aging & Sexual Consent in Superhero Comics

Do alternate dimensions and the flow of time in superhero comics confuse and complicate issues of sex and consent?

Superior Responsibility: Spider-Man & the Thread of Identity

If there is one thing we can count on in mainstream superhero comics it is the strange tension between the accretion of change and the status quo.

Reviews in Brief (7/16 to 7/30 – 2014)

Brief reviews of comics, including Amazing Spider-Man Annual #1 | All-New Ghost Rider #5 | Hawkeye #19 and Ms. Marvel #6

On Collecting Comics & Critical Nostalgia

Identity is a constant retcon.