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Comics, Opinion, Profiles & Primers, Reviews

Dump DC, Move Past Marvel… Viva Valiant? Yes! A Primer

August 24, 2018

Howdy, pals, it’s your trusty ex-Ed Claire here. What have I been doing since I left the hallowed halls of authority? Well, I’ve watched a LOT of Criminal Minds. And guess what? I also went bonkers for Valiant. Yeah! Valiant! Let’s talk about that, as my powerful heiress Nola ...

Events, News, Opinion

Queer Folks Write About Comics

August 23, 2018

At FlameCon this year, the Women Write About Comics cadre was well represented on the panel, “Queer Folks Write About Comics.” Scheduled in the final panel slot of the convention, QFWAC was like the dessert of the con. The panelists presented thoughtful and diverse commentary on the state of ...

Art & Design, Comics, Essays, Opinion

About Those J. Scott Campbell X-Men Black Covers – Social Media Discourse in the “Blue Age” of Comics

August 17, 2018

A week ago, I was presenting original research at the first annual Comics Studies Society Conference. My paper, “The Blue Age of Comic Books,” was about the digitization of comic books and comic book culture (you can read an early version here). [Update: you can read the full, peer-reviewed ...

Comics, Essays, Opinion

Great Power Verbs Great Responsibility

August 13, 2018

It is common knowledge that Spider-Man’s heroism is driven by the realization that “with great power comes great responsibility,” but that tagline hasn’t always existed in that form. In the first appearance of Spider-Man in 1962’s Amazing Fantasy #15, the final panel of the story introducing ...

Comics, Essays, Opinion

Marvel Rising: Why Does Marvel Hate New Readers #0

August 1, 2018

Back in April, or March, or some time long past, Marvel announced a new series. Marvel Rising is a new “multi-platform franchise,” aimed at young girls, a long-neglected audience, especially in the wake of DC’s smash success with DC Superhero Girls. The project includes a comic series that is ...

Comics, Opinion, Reviews

Of Window Washers and Walkovers: Bella at the Bar

July 17, 2018

Bella at the Bar Jenny McDade & Primrose Cumming (Writers), John Armstrong (Artist) Rebellion July 2018 In 1971, Fleetway began publishing Tammy, a weekly comic for girls. One of its long-running stars was the newly-collected Bella at the Bar. However, what new readers might not realize ...

Comics, Essays, Opinion

My First Comic: Snikt, Bub

July 13, 2018

Honestly, comics have been a part of my life for so long that the details on where and when they first came in are fuzzy. They were one of the tools my cousin used to help encourage me to read, so I’m sure that I have a different, literal first, but the first one I remember, the first one I ...

Comics, Essays, Opinion

We Attract Our Mirror Image – An Exploration of the Law of Attraction in Anya’s Ghost

July 13, 2018

Ghosted Friendships soured. Familial ties broken. Lovers lost. Over and over, people would either slowly fade away or they’d ghost completely. People have walked into my life, stayed for a short while, then vanish just as quickly as they had arrived. He or she ghosted. Why? This was something I ...

Comics, Opinion, Reviews

Marvel’s Witches: A Charmless Comic That Is Criminally Vulgar

July 3, 2018

I built the foundations of an ongoing essay feature on my belief in the viability of knockoffs as a creative beginning. It’s not a conviction I’ve lost, but I never said that all knockoffs are good to have around or that they must be more interesting than not. The knockoff, like the fanfiction, ...

Comics, Lists, Opinion, Profiles & Primers

Tips for Reading Comics Aloud

June 28, 2018

My home is filled with comics, graphic novels, and books about comics and graphic novels. My kid has thus been surrounded by comics her whole life, though it was only last year, when she was three, that I started reading them aloud to her. Though comics are often referred to as “kids’ stuff,” ...

Opinion

Dump DC, Move Past Marvel… Viva Valiant? Yes! A Primer

Queer Folks Write About Comics

About Those J. Scott Campbell X-Men Black Covers – Social Media Discourse in the “Blue Age” of Comics

Great Power Verbs Great Responsibility

Marvel Rising: Why Does Marvel Hate New Readers #0

Of Window Washers and Walkovers: Bella at the Bar

My First Comic: Snikt, Bub

We Attract Our Mirror Image – An Exploration of the Law of Attraction in Anya’s Ghost

Marvel’s Witches: A Charmless Comic That Is Criminally Vulgar

Tips for Reading Comics Aloud

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