Friendly reminder that the second season of Daredevil will debut this Friday on Netflix. I am very grateful that it’s this weekend and not next weekend, since next weekend is Wondercon. As with Jessica Jones’ release, I’m anticipating linking the best articles I can find that can be written in 24 hours. Until then, I…
Another Day, Another White Man Appropriating Asian Culture: Finn Jones Cast as Iron Fist
News broke last week that Game of Thrones actor Finn Jones has been officially cast as Danny Rand, a.k.a. Iron Fist, in the upcoming Netflix series of the same name. In a completely unsurprising move that keeps the status quo of most Marvel live action adapted franchises, Iron Fist is going to be portrayed by…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Bad News For Diversity
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: 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: 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: 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: 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…
Mighty Marvel Monday: The Civil War Trailer and More Jessica Jones
It’s time for another Mighty Marvel Monday! Let’s get right to it, shall we? Marvel fandom (and everyone, really) lost their shit last week when Robert Downey Jr and Chris Evans appeared on Jimmy Kimmel to release the first official Captain America: Civil War trailer. In case you need to see it again, but want…
Mighty Marvel Monday: The No-Spoilers Jessica Jones Link Roundup
It’s Monday, which means it’s another Mighty Marvel Monday! This week: the spoiler-free Jessica Jones link roundup. While we all await the WWAC review, here are a few others to mull over. (Disclaimer: Some of these links may contain spoilers.) Edited To Add: At the time of publication I had yet to hear back from the…