So last week’s Mighty Marvel Monday, I wrote about how wonderful it was to see Marvel making actual attempts at diversifying its creative teams and also being recognized for the quality work they do (side note: isn’t it weird how the stories being written by women – that have characters from underrepresented groups being treated as…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Ms. Marvel Wins the 2016 McDuffie Diversity Award
I picked a good week to talk about Marvel Comics. Yesterday, at the Long Beach Comic Expo, Ms. Marvel won the 2016 Dwayne McDuffie Diversity Award. This is the second year of the award, and my second year attending. Both years, tears were shed, and the atmosphere in the room is one of family, community,…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Mini-Deadpool Review and Other Marvel Movie News
This week, as part of playing catch up with all the 2016 Marvel news, and in light of Deadpool being released, I’m focusing on the Marvel movies and TV shows. Next week, I plan on refocusing on the comics. So, like all the best stories, let’s get started with the sad, wind our way towards…
Mighty Marvel Monday: The Deadpool Dilemma and Other Superbowl Goodies
Welcome back to a regularly scheduled Mighty Marvel Monday! It’s been over a month since I’ve done a traditional news round up, so it’s about time, right? Especially since Deadpool comes out this weekend and the Superbowl gave us so many new awesome commercials. And emojis! So let’s get started.
Mighty Marvel Monday: Perlmutter, Trump, and the Boycott Dilemma
I was totally planning to talk about normal Marvel stuff this week, but then Ike Perlmutter donated $1 million to Donald Trump and that became the thing to talk about for people working in comics, people who write about comics, and even people who have never read a comic before. There seems to be a…
Mighty Marvel Monday: The State of Marvel Comics Part Three
It’s the final Mighty Marvel Monday of January, and the one year anniversary of my first Mighty Marvel Monday. It means a lot to me to still be here, being a less British version of John Oliver and also being able to break from the genre of weekly news link roundup and devote full weeks…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Marvel and Diversity
I want to continue this week in looking at the way Marvel has (or hasn’t) made progress in 2015, paying particular attention to diversity and underrepresented groups. I also want to look at characters, creators, and other aspects. In the world of Marvel Comics, the highs this year were pretty high. Ms. Marvel continued to…
Mighty Marvel Monday: The State of Marvel Comics Part One
The State of Marvel Comics (Part One) It’s been almost a year since I took on the mantle of Mighty Marvel Monday, and 2015 can be characterized as a year of growth and change, not just for MMM, but for me, on a personal level. So on the eve of Obama’s final State of the…
Mighty Marvel Monday: New Year, New Stuff
Happy New Year! And welcome back to another Mighty Marvel Monday, the weekly Marvel news column predicated on the belief that in an age of information overload, it’s easy to miss what’s actually going on. Who has time to actually read all of the dozens of links posted each day? And more importantly, why should…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Year In Review
It’s Monday, which means it’s another Mighty Marvel Monday, and it’s actually the LAST Mighty Marvel Monday of 2015, which makes me feel pretty nostalgic. I started writing this column in January of 2015, and while there were definite highs and lows, I feel that by looking at Marvel news on a weekly basis, and synthesizing and…
Mighty Marvel Monday: #AAIronFist, Civil War: The Sequel, and More
Welcome back to another edition of Mighty Marvel Monday! After three weeks of beginning each MMM with links to articles writing about Jessica Jones, I am pleased to not do that in order to bring your attention to the Iron Fist conversation that’s happening right now. So, last week Netflix and Marvel finally revealed Scott…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Not Another MCU Update Post
It’s another Mighty Marvel Monday! Welcome to December! Only three more Mighty Marvel Mondays to go in 2015, so let’s get to it. First, to pick up where we left off, there are still great articles coming out about Jessica Jones, like this article on Bitch Media about Jessica Jones and abuse. There have been a…