Still dealing with the sudden, horrifying loss of her father as a child, Carmina tries to make the best of her situation despite being stuck in an unhappy relationship and living in a trailer park. But after being riddled by strange nightmares that put her up against monstrous creatures all the way on the Philippine…
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…
LGBTQ Characters on Television – What’s Next? ComicCon@Home Panel
Since I’ve come to Canada, I’ve had time to get more in tune with my queer self, and it’s coincided with finding more positive LGBTQ+ representation in pop culture. There are more LGBTQ characters on our screens now—in film, and in television—but we still have a long way to go. At SDCC’s ComicCon@Home, actors Jamie…
The Performative Horniness of Dawn of X
Adjoining bedrooms. That was all it took for the X-Men’s most infamous love triangle to suddenly become a canon poly triad in the minds of fans everywhere. Elsewhere in the same issue, we bore witness to Corsair’s partner hitting on Rachel Summers, his granddaughter, another character generally accepted as queer despite only the most subtextual…
Greetings of Love, Inclusion and Visibility: Meet J.Caress Studio
How many times were you told as a child to open the greeting card that came with your birthday or holiday present before you could open the present? For me, that greeting card was always a bit boring because sometimes, it just never spoke to me. Greeting cards weren’t always exciting and fun, and certainly…
Star Trek: The Q Conflict #2: Challenge? Accepted!
Star Trek: The Q Conflict #2 Alexandra Alexakis (Colours), Elisabetta D’Amico (Artist), David Messina (Artist), David Tipton (Writer), Scott Tipton (Writer), Neil Uyetake (Letters) IDW Publishing 27 February, 2019 The Q Continuum, Trelane, the Metrons, and the Organians are at war, and it’s spilling out into reality, destroying planetary systems and killing thousands. In an…
Book Beat: Blood Heir Postponed, Canada Reads 2019, and English at Salon Du Livres
Hello again, dear readers! It’s Emily back again on Book Beat to share some literary news. This week, I’m sharing the latest YA book drama, an update on Canada Reads, and some news from across the pond.
African Speculative Fiction, Black Panther, and Venom: An Interview with Nnedi Okorafor
Blazing a trail for imaginative, Africa-based writing is Nnedi Okorafor. With more than 15 novels and novellas already published, including the Binti trilogy, the Akata series, and Who Fears Death, soon to be adapted for HBO by George R. R. Martin, Okorafor has also been branching out into the world of comics. Her most recent…
Women Making Comics: Melina Chavarria and Jean Marie Pilario talk Creating Positive Latinx Representation in Comics
Comics have long been (incorrectly) seen as the realm of homogeneous white male creators. It’s not that marginalized creators haven’t always been making incredible comics, but that they have been exactly that: marginalized. Whether it’s the lack of representation in Big Two comics—Marvel infamously didn’t hire a black woman to write a single comic until…
Being Seen Through Hawkeye’s Ponytail
As you may or may not know, my hair is just past my shoulders, and if it’s down (as in not tied up) there isn’t all that much I can successfully do without it ending up with it either my mouth, my eyes, or caught up in something. The potential for me doing anything particularly…