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He-Man, Hugos, and Who Benefits From Fandom0
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- August 20, 2019
Last night I learned about two things in quick succession.
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Stranger Things Season 3 and How It Failed Romantic Banter0
- Television and Film, Essays
- August 6, 2019
At the forefront of the Stranger Things season 3 discussion is the reaction to Jim Hopper’s characterization this season. A fan-favorite played by the incredibly talented David Harbour, the Hawkins Chief of Police is undergoing a lot of criticism for this season. The A.V. Club went out of their way to write an article entitled “Strangers
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House of X: A Question of the Damage Done0
I’m trying to think about how to tackle this. House of X is X-Men, right? It’s…different. There’s that idea that after a definitive run on a book, usually by that book’s creators, everything else is just well-financed fan fiction. I have…some issues with that concept, but it’s hard to deny the idea that a lot
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The Vampyre’s Legacy, Part 6: An Occult Dawn0
- Bookmarked, Essays, Profiles & Primers
- June 25, 2019
In 1897, Dracula had successfully transported the vampire from a hazy Gothic past to turn-of-the-century London – and it is quite possible that the Count would have found himself at home. After all, he arrived just in time to see a rising interest in occultism that occurred during the late Victorian and Edwardian eras.
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MoCCA Fest Through the Years2
The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art Festival (MoCCA Fest) has been an annual New York City event since 2002. I have been attending it on and off for well over a decade. My time at the MoCCA Fest this year was dripping with nostalgia. Since that weekend this Spring, I have looked back at
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Who Gets To Be A Sacrifice? On Black Widow in Avengers: Endgame0
- Essays, Opinion, Television and Film
- May 31, 2019
I don’t know how to feel about Black Widow.
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"Bismuth" and Steven Universe's Racial Coding Problem
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- August 30, 2016
