Loki, the variant God of Mischief (Tom Hiddleston), needs to save the Time Variance Authority, the multiverse, his one true love (debatable), and hopefully himself in Loki Season 2. That’s a lot, even for an Asgardian-Jotun god who gets by with a little (okay, a lot of) help from his friends. And these are just…
Blame Marvel Execs, Not Creators, For Lack Of Representation
It was an unprecedented move by Marvel Studios. In the third episode of the Disney+ show Loki, the titular character was asked if he had been with any princesses or “perhaps, another prince.” He responded with “a bit of both.” It appeared he was openly confirming his comic counterpart’s bisexual identity — a first for…
REVIEW: Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #4 Is a Perfect Conclusion to a Great Series
Mariko Tamaki and Gurihiru’s Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #4 is a perfect conclusion to a series that has been consistently great. Following up on the ending of the previous issue, #4 wraps up the miniseries with a journey through an alternate universe in search of a magical orb. Following Thor and Loki’s encounter with Jane Foster…
Leveraging D.B. Cooper in Loki
When the Loki trailer was released earlier this year, the scene with Loki as D.B. Cooper immediately caught my attention. I have been enthralled by the story of D.B. Cooper since I was a kid growing up in the Pacific Northwest, where D.B. Cooper is a legendary figure. I don’t know how well-known he is…
Thor & Loki: Double Trouble #1 is a Comic Fit for an Asgardian King
Sometimes it’s hard to remember just how fun comics can be. Whether you’re lost in the struggle of following an ongoing that’s been derailed by events and crossovers or you’re just drowning in grim dark takes on your fave heroes, superheroes can definitely lose their shine. But Thor & Loki: Double Trouble is here to…
Hire This Hero: Why Loki Could Take Over for John Constantine
Life is weird, right? Sometimes you’re just going about your business, trying to imbibe enough caffeine to drag through the last endless hour of a Friday afternoon at the widget company when out of nowhere, a demon wielding dark magic comes crashing through the cubicle occupied by Donna in accounting. This beast from Hell eats…
Comics Academe: Levi-Strauss and Loki
Happy Summer, Sports Fans! My first leg of grad school is over! More importantly, final papers have been turned in, and a degree is in my hand! Fun Fact #1: One of my term papers was about reading American superhero comics as myth defined by Claude Levi-Strauss. Fun Fact #2: That’s our subject today. The…
Avengers Academy: Queer Rep Done Well in Capes
Avengers Academy is a free-to-play mobile game, though it’s more of a waiting-for-timers game in my experience. Unlike a lot of my friends on here I don’t like Avengers Academy, well, as a game. The business model is just too awful, and I can’t find myself invested in real time-based gameplay loops that cause me…
London Super Comic Con Interview: Al Ewing and Lee Garbett
As readers of my convention diaries may recall, at this year’s LSCC I had the chance to interview Al Ewing and Lee Garbett, the writer and artist on the new Marvel Comics series Loki: Agent of Asgard. We started out talking about Loki, but by the time we were done we’d touched on almost anything…
Short & Sweet: Wolf Spider Bikini Bingo
Wolves, spiders, wolf-spiders, and more! This week we review Batwoman, Red Sonja, Adventure Time, Loki: Ragnarok and Roll and SPOOKS.
News & Things: Mad Science Throwdown
Welcome back to News & Things! Tonight we have the Young Avengers season finale, Rachel Maddow on March, Princess Bubblegum vs. Frankenstein, and more! Read of the Week The Dissolve talks about what Marvel’s shared universe means for movies: “But the longer the MCU continues, the more I’m struck by the sameness of all the…
News & Things: MARVELous Edition
Welcome back to News & Things! We have a new Ms. Marvel! Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, and the Defenders are getting new live action shows! Thor and Loki’s bromance! And more! Read of the Week So what does a gal have to do to get into The Comics Journal anyway? Heidi MacDonald breaks it down….