The defining image of Inferno #2 comes at its halfway point: the faces of Professor X and Magneto reflected in the hollow gold eyes of Destiny’s mask. Destiny cannot see Xavier and Magneto, but she sees through them. Jonathan Hickman’s scorched script underlines the theme with red ink as Stefano Caselli visualizes it beautifully.
Shang-Chi Isn’t Watershed Representation, It’s a Stepping Stone
It’s becoming a real Hollywood marvel.
Roundtable Review: Black Widow & The Future Of The MCU
After several delays, Black Widow was finally released in July 2021. WWAC’s Louis, Lola, and Gretchen discuss what they enjoyed about the film, where it could have been improved, and how Black Widow impacts the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
REVIEW: Fantastic Four Life Story #2 and Miss Representation
Marvel’s Life Story books re-contextualize Marvel’s most well-known characters as evolving and aging in “real-time” throughout their history. And for the Fantastic Four, this comes as a celebration of their 60th anniversary. A look back at their story throughout the decades seems like an excellent way to celebrate this milestone, but the memory of the…
REVIEW: Women in Marvel Films: They Don’t Know Their Value Yet
Women in Marvel Films answers the question “why aren’t there more superheroines on our screens?” Especially when a comics giant like Marvel has successfully churned out so many films featuring male heroes. And when we do get women characters, what kind of role do they play? What agency do they have? Readers aren’t going to…
Last Week’s Episode: Superheroes, Oscar nods, and James McAvoy Baking
Hello film and tv fans! It’s that time again. This week we’ve got superheroes, superheroes, and sad superheroes, as well as Oscar nominations, a little animation news and more. So strap in and get ready to read some news baby!
REVIEW: WandaVision Has a Wonderfully Weird Start
Wanda Maximoff and Vision are no ordinary couple, so how long can they keep up an act before their neighbors find out? WandaVision is the latest byproduct emerging from the Marvel Cinematic Universe timeline that follows the lives of Wanda Maximoff and Vision living in a suburban American neighborhood after the events of Avengers: Endgame.
Last Week’s Episode: The MCU News is Back Baby
After a year that was, depending on how you looked at, it blissfully or depressingly free of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the all consuming Disney entertainment powerhouse is back. In a week that has felt like a year it might have been easy to miss all the entertainment news. But thanks to the arrival of…
REVIEW: Star Wars: The High Republic #1 Introduces Readers to a New Era
In Star Wars: The High Republic #1, Padawan Keeve Trennis begins her trials to become a Jedi Knight, but on a quiet planet in the Outer Rim, Keeve gets much more than she bargained for. When lives are at stake, a Jedi has only one choice—protect the helpless. But is this the start of something…
REVIEW: X-Factor #5 – For The Children
X-Factor is a hard book for me to talk about. It’s not that it’s bad—quite the opposite—it’s that it quite literally is challenging me on every level when I read it. That’s a factor (heh) I adore.
A Platform for Philippine Komiks: An Interview With Penlab
Filipino komiks (“comics”) have long had a commercial industry that goes far back as the 1920s, but it has been only until recently that interest in these works has grown outside of the Philippines. With social isolation restrictions still in place due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many artists have been turning to ways to expand…
REVIEW: Marvel Zombies #3 Takes a Bite Out of Fear…And Franklin Richards
Marvel Zombies: Resurrection #3 combines fascinating story with just-okay art and uneven character development.