While the film industry’s been wrestling with the complete shut-out of any people of color from the Oscars acting nominations, a similar storm has been brewing over comics’ most prestigious award. Unfortunately, #AngoulemesSoMale does not a great hashtag make, so it may have flown under your radar! It all revolves around a lifetime achievement award given to…
Not Your Average Wizard: An Interview with Stella Maeve of The Magicians
Every generation seems to have a wizard story of origin: our grandparents may remember Frodo and The Lord of the Rings, while our parents might have introduced us to The Chronicles of Narnia. As the kids who grew up with Harry Potter have aged, the idea of magic has remained a fascinating escape. It’s this eternal draw to magic…
The Impostor Queen: A Q&A with Sarah Fine
In her new novel, The Impostor Queen, Sarah Fine takes readers on an exciting, emotional and political fantasy adventure. At the heart of this new novel is a young girl named Elli. Ever since she was a child Elli has been in training with the Elders of Kupari and one day she will succeed the Valtia and protect the Kupari…
Comics Academe: Teaching Ms. Marvel – Part One
Last semester I taught the first volume of Ms. Marvel in my honor’s multicultural literature class. Ms. Marvel was perfect for my class, which centered on how minorities used fantastic fiction to show disfranchisement and how old tropes become new when filtered through a different perspective. Superman and Batman are iconic, and that’s a lot…
Lucifer on Fox: Pretty Lukewarm
Lucifer Morningstar got his start in Sandman #4, created by Neil Gaiman and Sam Keith. Based initially in part on David Bowie and John Milton’s Paradise Lost, and fleshed out in a solo series by Mike Carey, Peter Gross, and Ryan Kelly, Lucifer runs the gamut — stories involve angels, demons, ghosts, fighting the armies of Heaven, creating a…
