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 inform me of plans for tonight’s virtual Eisner Awards ceremony, culminating in…
ComicCon@Home: Lights, Camera, LGBTQI-Identity! Never Alone
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.
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…
ComicCon@Home Teaching With Comics Panels Roundup
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.
Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed Provides Choppy Representation
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 would-be Wonder Woman brings her out of Themyscira and…
ComicCon@Home Day Two: Seeking Truth, X-Men, and the Afrofuturism Way
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 livelier for day two of ComicCon@Home. Here are…
2020 Hugo Awards Reviews: Novellas – Part 3
Welcome to the third and final part in a series of articles looking at the works in competition for the Best Novella category at the Hugo Awards.
ComicCon@Home: Disney’s New Mutants Panel Sent Us to Limbo
In the face of the global pandemic, Comic-Con International has put together what seems to be a near-overwhelming selection of panels and programming that anyone with an Internet connection can enjoy. Alas, the reality of the virtual con has been a strange, sometimes surreal selection of what feels like Zoom work meetings, with some not…
The Boys ComicCon@Home Panel Reveals Season 2 Details
It feels like we’re in the golden age of superhero shows right now, and Amazon’s The Boys continues to distinguish itself as one of the most politically relevant comic book offerings out there. During The Boys ComicCon@Home panel hosted by Aisha Tyler, the cast and crew discussed what we can expect in The Boys Season 2…
Last Week’s Episode: Back to Production, Pandemic Be Damned?
Hardly anyone in power can make up their mind about anything these days. Release the movie? Delay the movie? Start school? Delay school? Anybody else experiencing news whiplash? Kayne West is running for president? I somehow did not have that on my 2020 Bingo card. Only five more months to get through y’all. Thanks for…
His Dark Materials at ComicCon@Home: Trust Issues and a Hot Priest
Are you ready to go back to the Magisterium? The HBO/BBC adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials returns for a second season later this year. On the His Dark Materials ComicCon@Home panel, cast members Dafne Keen (Lyra), Ruth Wilson (Mrs. Coulter), Ariyon Bakare (Lord Boreal), Amir Wilson (Will Parry), Andrew Scott (John Parry), and Lin-Manuel…
Cook Your Comics: Have Tea & Cake, Will Time Travel in Ash & Thorn #3
To fend off an imminent apocalypse the world needs a champion, and every good champion needs a wise mentor. But tensions are rising between saviour-of-the-world Lottie Thorn and under-appreciated guardian Lady Peruvia Ashlington-Voss, in Ash & Thorn #3. In previous installments of Cook Your Comics, Melissa Brinks whipped up some apocalyptic gingerbread and Wendy Browne…
