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Sweep Me Off My Feet! Next Gen Romance Comics, We Need Better

April 3, 2015

You’ll hear me say it again and again until I feel I’ve reached a comfort zone, but I am very new to the world of comics. I’m still shamefully Wikipedia-ing my way through definitions and origin stories, and I can honestly say after a couple of years of building a relationship with my ...

Comics, Essays, Opinion, Webcomics, Zines

How We Are Sick: Diagnosis

March 31, 2015

Maybe I’m dying.

Opinion

Movies that Shaped Me: Gone With The Wind

March 31, 2015

Gone with the Wind (1939) Based on the novel by: Margaret Mitchell Directed by: Victor Fleming Screen play by: Sidney Howard Written by: George Cukor, Sam Wood, Oliver H.P. Garrett, Ben Hecht, Jo Swerling, and John Van Druten Produced by: David O. Selznick Starring: Clark Gable, Vivien Leigh

Essays, Opinion

The Killing Joke: Starring Barbara Gordon

March 27, 2015

Content warning: You can guess, really. The Killing Joke is considered one of the best comic stories of all time. One of the greatest Batman storylines to ever be printed. It has Joker at his worst, Gordon at his most vulnerable, and Batman at his breaking point. The book is most remembered for ...

Comics, Opinion

The Hidden Message of Saga, or, Why We Can’t Help But Love It

March 20, 2015

During the last few years, I have read tons of books, and just a few of them had what I call a “magic wardrobe” effect. You might have experienced it too: you open the book, time collapses, and you’re suddenly on the last page and the clock displays 4am. There is some distinctive type of story ...

Opinion, Roundtables

March Roundtable: Kids and Games

March 19, 2015

Welcome to the next installment of the Game Section’s monthly roundtable! Growing up is weird. Gaming can be strange. The games children play? Often truly bizarre. This month we talked about games we played as children. Apparently we all know our way around a solo board game or two. What ...

Comics, Opinion

I Like Rafael Albuquerque’s Joker Variant Batgirl Art

March 19, 2015

I really like Rafael Albuquerque’s Joker variant Batgirl art. Albuquerque expertly manages the shadow play in the piece, the casual aggression of the Joker juxtaposed against Batgirl’s terrified stiff body and her eyes, those evocative eyes, that manage to make the viewer an active participant ...

Comics, Opinion

Who Do We Listen To And Why Can We Hear Them? Criticism, Satisfaction, Responsibility, Service

March 18, 2015

It’s strange how so much isn’t surprising. Chris Sims, currently of ComicsAlliance and Marvel’s rose-tinted X-Men ’92–you might know him as @theisb or that guy with the laughing pink guy twitter icon, fan amongst fans– used to be the kind of fanboy who would lock onto ...

Comics, Opinion, Roundtables

Compulsive Reading: Some Notes On How We Read Mental Health

March 17, 2015

Megan Purdy asks the questions in this round table discussion responding to several comics tackling mental illness, and its resultant behaviours. Sara Lautman’s comic Some Notes on Compulsive Hair Pulling is beautiful and affecting. The comic is about Lautman’s struggle with trichotillomania: ...

Essays, Opinion

Pokemon: Past, Present, and Potential

March 16, 2015

I have never caught every single Pokémon in any game throughout the entire series. I sort of feel like I’m coming out of the closet again saying that. I know it’s the case for many people, but it still feels like I’m admitting to some wrongdoing of mine. As if some tribunal will come down on me ...

Opinion

Sweep Me Off My Feet! Next Gen Romance Comics, We Need Better

How We Are Sick: Diagnosis

Movies that Shaped Me: Gone With The Wind

The Killing Joke: Starring Barbara Gordon

The Hidden Message of Saga, or, Why We Can’t Help But Love It

March Roundtable: Kids and Games

I Like Rafael Albuquerque’s Joker Variant Batgirl Art

Who Do We Listen To And Why Can We Hear Them? Criticism, Satisfaction, Responsibility, Service

Compulsive Reading: Some Notes On How We Read Mental Health

Pokemon: Past, Present, and Potential

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