The State of Marvel Comics (Part One) It’s been almost a year since I took on the mantle of Mighty Marvel Monday, and 2015 can be characterized as a year of growth and change, not just for MMM, but for me, on a personal level. So on the eve of Obama’s final State of the…
Art History Shipping: Who Should Get It On With Whom
Fandoms love to ship. And by that I mean, they imagine their favorite characters falling in love—whether or not that romance plays out in the story. Which character should be with which other character often leads to fond conglomerated names of the wished-for OTP (One True Pairing). Take “Korrasami” versus “Makorra” from Legend of Korra, for example. Shipping…
Mighty Marvel Monday: New Year, New Stuff
Happy New Year! And welcome back to another Mighty Marvel Monday, the weekly Marvel news column predicated on the belief that in an age of information overload, it’s easy to miss what’s actually going on. Who has time to actually read all of the dozens of links posted each day? And more importantly, why should…
Knit Your Comics: BB-8 Ornament and Chart
On the 12th Day of Christmas my true love gave to me … a BB-8 ornament on a Christmas tree!
Mighty Marvel Monday: Year In Review
It’s Monday, which means it’s another Mighty Marvel Monday, and it’s actually the LAST Mighty Marvel Monday of 2015, which makes me feel pretty nostalgic. I started writing this column in January of 2015, and while there were definite highs and lows, I feel that by looking at Marvel news on a weekly basis, and synthesizing and…
Fat Positivity in Comics: What I Need From Faith
There’s a temptation, when a marginalized group is getting representation for the first time, to say nothing but good things. Those who are critical are accused of not being supportive or overly critical (as we recently saw with Albert Ching’s piece on why he doesn’t want an Asian-American Danny Rand.) But when it comes to…
Drink Your Comics: Marvel Holiday Comics
Drink Your Comics is wrapping up the year with a tribute to Marvel’s Christmas comics which include villains like Venom Claus, and even Hydra Claus amidst stories titled “A Spider-Man Christmas Carol,” “Catastrophe on 34th Street,” and “The Night Before X-mas” and were either written for or collected into a variety of holiday specials. Fortunately, Al and Kate…
Roundtable: That Kate Leth “Amerikate” Comic.
You may have heard about the “Amerikate” comic by Kate Leth or at least seen the pages being circulated. WWAC has brought together five women who love the Amerikate ship to read it and discuss our feelings—positive, negative, and in-between. But before we get to the comic—a little background on Amerikate and the buzz about…
Mighty Marvel Monday: #AAIronFist, Civil War: The Sequel, and More
Welcome back to another edition of Mighty Marvel Monday! After three weeks of beginning each MMM with links to articles writing about Jessica Jones, I am pleased to not do that in order to bring your attention to the Iron Fist conversation that’s happening right now. So, last week Netflix and Marvel finally revealed Scott…
A (Re) Introduction to Comics Academe and Call for Submissions
A little over six months ago, I was approached by the fantastic WWAC editorial team about bringing back Comics Academe. Comics Academe was how I came to be a part of this amazing team of women writing about comics, and I am so appreciative for the opportunity to invite more women who are or have been…
Comics Arts Los Angeles 2015: The Best of Indie Comics in the Worst of Venues
Comic Arts Los Angeles held its second event this past weekend, and the first two-day event. As someone who stays mainly within mainstream comics, I was scared and intimidated about going, but now, having gone, I am very glad I went. I was only able to go out on Saturday due to family commitments, but…
Mighty Marvel Monday: Not Another MCU Update Post
It’s another Mighty Marvel Monday! Welcome to December! Only three more Mighty Marvel Mondays to go in 2015, so let’s get to it. First, to pick up where we left off, there are still great articles coming out about Jessica Jones, like this article on Bitch Media about Jessica Jones and abuse. There have been a…