July 24, 2020

So About That Eisner Award

July 24, 2020

A moment after closing Graeme McMillan’s article in The Hollywood Reporter detailing the shadow cast by irregularities in this year’s Eisner Awards voting process, I received a notification that a new email had arrived. “Hi Wendy and gang,” it began, and proceeded to ...

Comics, Events

ComicCon@Home: Lights, Camera, LGBTQI-Identity! Never Alone

July 24, 2020

Looks like I’ve found myself drawn to the LGBTQIA+ panels at ComicCon@Home. I covered one on Thursday, and here I am reporting on another on Friday.

Television and Film

LGBTQ Characters on Television – What’s Next? ComicCon@Home Panel

July 24, 2020

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 ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Con Diaries

ComicCon@Home Teaching With Comics Panels Roundup

July 24, 2020

Hello! You may have noticed that there was not a Comics Academe this month, and that was because we elected to save this spot to review the Comics Studies and comics education panels at SDCC’s Comic Con @ Home. Well…some of them.

Comics, Essays

Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed Provides Choppy Representation

July 24, 2020

Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by writer Laurie Halse Anderson, artist Leila del Duca, colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick, and letterer Saida Temofonte is a new but not entirely different telling of the story of Diana, Princess of the Amazons, and it is ambitious. This coming-of-age story for the ...

Comics, Events

ComicCon@Home Day Two: Seeking Truth, X-Men, and the Afrofuturism Way

July 24, 2020

A virtual comic convention is convenient for many reasons, including the opportunity to plan other things around your convention day, instead of having it consume your day completely. Too bad I forgot about that timezone difference, which messed up all my careful organization! Things got a bit ...