On Exoskeletons and Assimilation: Revisiting the Latinidad of Marvel’s Araña
Considering the role of Latinidad in Araña’s comics despite a decreasing representation of of its so-called “authentic” markers.
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
Closing the Comics-Gate: On Recognizing the Politics of Comics
Comicsgaters are wrong because comics have always been political, but those politics weren’t always as great as they are sometimes made out to be by comics’ defenders.
The Tangled Web of Racial and Gender Progress in Comics
Even comics that are not particularly “important” can tell us a lot about the attitudes acceptable in the editorial environments in which they were developed
Brief Reviews (11/16 to 11/30, 2016)
Brief reviews of recent comics released from November 16 to 30, including Wonder Woman #11, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #13, and Monstress #8.
Super-Villainous Voting (Redux)
Voting is a right, not a virtue.
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #15: Dead Duck
Even Steve Gerber can’t live up to the expectations of a Gerber-penned Howard the Duck, how can we expect Chip Zdarsky to?
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.
Reviews in Brief (5/11 to 6/9 – 2016)
Brief reviews of comics that came out from May 11 through June 9th of 2016, including Wonder Woman: Rebirth, The Fix #2 & #3 , and Astonishing Ant-Man #8.
If It WAUGHs Like a Duck #12: Quackosaurus Rex
Everyone loves dinosaurs, just some more than others.
Miles From Representation: On Needing More from Bendis’s Spider-Man
What do we need to do to get a decent Afro-Latinx superhero?
“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.
Forget the Year that Was. . . Imagine the Year that Could Be
Possible topics and flexible goals for 2015.
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).
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.
“Invisible (Watch)Men: The Impossibility of the Black Superhero”
Miles Morales or Trayvon Martin are more likely to be victim of a “heroic” vigilante than to be one.
Groovin’ on a Perfect “10”
Bathroom humor.
Who is Peter Parker?
How do we recognize Peter Parker as Peter Parker?
“All My Pasts Remembered”
There are multiple Mary Jane Watsons.
Spider-Man is Black
Spider-man is Black. Or at least, he could be. . .
