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Tag Archives: New York City

“There’d Be a Hanging!” – Spontaneous Authenticity and the Fluctuative Quality of Comic Art in Gilbert Hernandez’s “Human Diastrophism”

Exploring how NYC grafitti and Gilbert Hernandez seek to DESTROY ALL LINES.

13 October 2020 in Art, Comic Studies, Independent Comics.

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.

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).

24 September 2014 in Marvel Comics, Politics, Race.

“Movies, Museums and the Hall of Fame” – Beat Street & the Past Future of Hip Hop

Hip Hop got up big time, and I love that, but its focus on cultural production left its political potential untapped.

25 February 2014 in Authenticity, Film, Music.

Do-Or-Die Hawkeye. . . Erm. . . Bed-Stuy

Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye takes place in Bed-Stuy, but where are the black people?

13 May 2013 in Marvel Comics, Race, Urban Space.
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