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Comics Academe: Christianity, Comics, and the Classroom

April 7, 2014

Comics! Academics! The Bible?! When I tell people I study the Bible and comics, I never quite know how they’re going to take it. Will they be more offended by the Bible part or the comics part? In my North American context, many people conflate the Bible and its intense study with ...

Comics, Cosplay

Reading in Downward Dog: The WWAC Help-You-Out Workout Resource

April 1, 2014

Reader, I’m planning something. Something to do with… …Sports and exercise. And comics.

Comics, Reviews

Short & Sweet: Superior X-Men Orphanage!

March 28, 2014

Inhumanity: Superior Spider-Man Christos N. Gage and Richard Elson; cover by Jeff Dekal Marvel Comics I’m a little late to the party on this one, but I picked up the main Inhumanity series and decided I wanted this one shot to go with it. I’m really glad I picked it up. The Superior Spider-Man ...

Comics, Reviews

Short & Sweet

March 20, 2014

Uncanny X-Men #18 Bendis, Lozano, Rudy Marvel Comics What. Was. This? Aside from the cover, which messes with the suspension of disbelief (how in the hell do you get close enough to Cyclops, wonky powers or not, to hold a gun to his head?), this issue is a dramatic shift straight into huh? from ...

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Catwoman: The Loss of a Lady

March 18, 2014

Michelle Pfeiffer’s Catwoman adorned my high school locker, but it wasn’t until recently that I’ve made any real attempt to get to know this character. I’ve always liked Selina Kyle, but I didn’t know why, beyond having an affinity for feline-esque, rule-defying women. Yet she sits among ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

An introduction to comics academia in the form of a letter to my past self

March 7, 2014

Dear Past Amanda (upon your graduation from high school), Hang on to your hat! Setting aside the fact that these are all spoilers, let me tell you what’s going to happen next: You’re going to live in a castle (what?!) and during your extensive trawling of the internet, you’ll find out about ...

Comics, Interviews

Interview: Carson Kreitzer, playwright of Lasso of Truth

March 4, 2014

Did you know Wonder Woman’s creator also invented the lie detector? Knowing that before creating Diana he was building the first polygraph really puts her lasso’s powers in a whole new light. A new play explores the unusual life William Moulton Marston, the man behind Wonder Woman, ...

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News & Things: Hop on the Digital Comics Love Train

March 4, 2014

Marvel to Offer One-Month Free Trial to Read 15,000 Digital Comics Marvel’s planning a new digital giveaway to kick off by offering a month’s free access to its Marvel Unlimited app. You’ll be able to check out 15,000 digital back-issues going back to the ’60s and as ...

Comics

10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

March 3, 2014

Each year, the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA) reviews graphic novels for their inclusion into their Great Graphic Novels for Teens (GGNT) list. The list comprises graphic novels with teen appeal for the middle-school through college ages of 12-18 that also represent quality ...

Comics, Comics Academe, Essays

Comics Academe: Imposter Syndrome! I Have No Idea What I’m Doing

February 28, 2014

I wish I could be the type of brilliant academic that feels motivated by the muse, the type that drinks red wine during the day, writing down all of her inspired thoughts in a leather bound journal. Basically Olivia Pope getting her doctorate. I am sure this brilliant academic superhero exists ...

Comics

Comics Academe: Christianity, Comics, and the Classroom

Reading in Downward Dog: The WWAC Help-You-Out Workout Resource

Short & Sweet: Superior X-Men Orphanage!

Short & Sweet

Catwoman: The Loss of a Lady

An introduction to comics academia in the form of a letter to my past self

Interview: Carson Kreitzer, playwright of Lasso of Truth

News & Things: Hop on the Digital Comics Love Train

10 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

Comics Academe: Imposter Syndrome! I Have No Idea What I’m Doing

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