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Get your Game On Wednesdays: Sexy Switch

March 8, 2017

I have emerged from the chaos of barista work, queer relationships, and Hyrule to bring this news section to you our dear reader. Yep, just for you. You smart attractive human being, do something nice for yourself today.

Opinion, Reviews

GIFing and Riffing with John Wick: Chapter 2

March 8, 2017

In February, the sequel to the fantastic film, John Wick, was released and John Wick: Chapter 2 was dope. Now before we continue to give praise to this film, I would like to take a moment of silence for Daisy who made an impact in the limited screen time she had in the first film. With that out ...

Comics, Essays, Opinion, Political Comics

Political Issues: The Self Fulfilling Misogyny of “Seminal” Comics

March 7, 2017

Content Warning: Femicide, rape, and the violence of misogyny All art is political. This seems to be a controversial statement, but to me it has always seemed objectively correct. Making art is an inherently political act; you bring your own feelings, lived experiences, and subjective beliefs ...

Comics, Cosplay, Opinion, Profiles & Primers

Put Some Character In Your Wardrobe: Dress Like Your Faves

March 3, 2017

Today a friend of mine told me “I like your boots, they remind me of Sherlock Holmes.” I was properly chuffed. This had been my thought process when I bought them: “It’s a cool look” swiftly followed the Holmes statement. It was rather gratifying to have someone say it out loud though. I mean, ...

Comics, Opinion, Reviews

Crime and Patience: Witchblade Animated

February 24, 2017

Witchblade Animated was never an animated product. It was, as were many things from the Image founders’ personal studios and the American comic book industry of the later ’90s in general, a cypher, a simulacrum of a possibility or alternate reality. “Wouldn’t it be cool ...

Comics, Opinion

Happy Trans Lesbian of Colour: Why Sera Matters

February 22, 2017

It should be easy to imagine how important representation in the media is for trans people. Sadly, in comics, 2016 saw the active removal of a lot of trans representation, and some very poor cash-ins on the community too. One such removal was Sera, a trans woman of color in a lovely, committed ...

Opinion

No Riverdale Rivals: Betty and Veronica Are Friends Not Frenemies

February 19, 2017

Rivalry is one of storytelling’s most popular (and most relied-upon) devices. Need to shake things up? Plot feeling stale? Pit two characters against each other. Rivalries, in general, tend to be widespread–from sports teams to genre franchises–but it’s also very ...

Opinion

Oscars Welcomes Abusers Gibson and Affleck

February 14, 2017

Content Warning: This article discusses sexual assault, racism and antisemitism. In July 2010, two women filed a $2m lawsuit against actor Casey Affleck, alleging repeated instances of sexual harassment from Affleck as they worked together on his directorial debut. The allegations included ...

Comics, Opinion, Profiles & Primers, Roundtables

Pondering Pull Lists, Part One: Why? What? Really?

February 3, 2017

We couldn't have said it any better. pic.twitter.com/faPdRAuRcT — Atlas Comics (@AtlasComics) January 11, 2017 Pull lists. What a notion! A non-binding agreement with a supplier of goods, a supplier of goods whose order from their supplier of goods–when it’s Diamond, which ...

Comics, Opinion, Profiles & Primers

To Be Or Not To Be “Respectable”: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

January 30, 2017

For the first time in several months, I decided to pick up a copy of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur #15, despite my reservations regarding the ongoing series. (See the following excerpt from an open letter I sent to Marvel on 22 August 2016.)

Opinion

Get your Game On Wednesdays: Sexy Switch

GIFing and Riffing with John Wick: Chapter 2

Political Issues: The Self Fulfilling Misogyny of “Seminal” Comics

Put Some Character In Your Wardrobe: Dress Like Your Faves

Crime and Patience: Witchblade Animated

Happy Trans Lesbian of Colour: Why Sera Matters

No Riverdale Rivals: Betty and Veronica Are Friends Not Frenemies

Oscars Welcomes Abusers Gibson and Affleck

Pondering Pull Lists, Part One: Why? What? Really?

To Be Or Not To Be “Respectable”: Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

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