Content Warnings: Transphobia, Trans-Medicalism, Dysphoria, intracommunity discourse
Comics Academe: 7th Anniversary Retrospective
The first Comics Academe was published 7 years ago yesterday, on January 28th, 2014. Francesca Lyn was at the time a second-year doctoral student in the Media, Art, and Text program at Virginia Commonwealth University, and has since then graduated and become a well-known figure in comics studies and a mentor to other graduate students…
Beyond the Metaphor: Marvel’s Long Forgotten Trans Mutant
Content Warnings: Transphobia, Trans slurs, Trans Panic, Houselessness, Violence Against Trans Children
Welcome to the Church of DC’s FanDome
On August 22 and September 12 we experienced the majesty of DC FanDome, an event billed as a ‘first-of-its-kind virtual experience for DC superfans’. Sorry, no regular fans allowed! This is for the true believers. This is all about the power of the fan, or is it just a way to invoke a false sense…
When Fandom & Canon Collide: Revisiting Supernatural’s Destiel Scene
Fans of Supernatural had more than just the USA election to think about last week. In a year full of surprises, one of the show’s biggest ships, “Destiel,” was made canon and it took over the internet.
We Don’t Need No Re-Education: Race and Healing in The New Mutants
In the mainstream, Native Americans are often subjected to certain tropes or stereotypes.
Cover Girl: Marauders #12
Welcome to Cover Girls. Each month, we gather a team of WWAC contributors to analyze a new and notable comic book cover featuring one or more women. This month, Rachel, Cori, Dani, Wendy, and Zoe share their thoughts on the cover of Marauders #12 by Russell Dauterman for Marvel Comics.
Marauders #11 Buries Kate Pryde’s Jewish Legacy
Kitty Pryde has been a favorite character for Jewish superhero fans since her inception, but Marauders #11 insults everything about her identity. Created by John Byrne and Chris Claremont in 1980, Kitty is notably one of the few Marvel characters who has been depicted as Jewish since her creation. By comparison, Ben Grimm, who was…
Green Lantern in 2020: Is There a Future Beyond the Thin Green Line?
Green Lantern has had a strange time in the first 20 years of the century. The ongoing comic series rose from a perennial B-list entry to DC’s pantheon of heroes to become the biggest franchise in their stable, thanks to a wildly popular and commercially successful decade-long run from writer Geoff Johns. This revamp, during…
Celebrating Vivica A. Fox and David DeCoteau’s B-Movie Empire
In honor of Vivica A. Fox‘s birthday, I wanted to take a deep dive into her Lifetime movie catalogue with director David DeCoteau — because why not?
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…
Leaning on the Closet Door: X-Men+Fantastic Four and Trans Allegory
Content Warnings: Suicide, Depression, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Anti-Trans Legislation, Murder