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The Use Of Color Theory In The Winx Franchise
Unlike the 2004 cartoon on which it’s based, Fate: The Winx Saga fails to use creative character design and color theory to help tell a story — and that’s a shame.
REVIEW: Reptil #1 Is a Roaring Reintroduction
Reptil’s real name is Humberto Lopez. He was a superhero. If the name doesn’t sound familiar, don’t worry. Reptil #1 — the first issue of a four-part, post-Outlawed, post-King in Black miniseries — effectively (re)introduces the character, who first appeared in writer Christos Gage and artist Steve Uy’s Avengers: The Initiative Featuring Reptil #1.
Last Week’s Episode: Monopolies and Movies and Mayhem, Oh MY!
Welcome back to Last Week’s Episode! This week we have more depressing news about a merger that will end one monopoly and create a new one, YAY! But there’s actually a ton of legitimately exciting movies and TV to talk about too, so it’s not all bad. Let’s get to it!
REVIEW: Fate: Winx Saga Fails To Live Up To Its Predecessor
In December 2020, Netflix released the first trailer for Fate: The Winx Saga, a live-action adaptation of the 2004 animated series Winx Club. Upon its release, the trailer was criticized for its darker and edgier tone, as well as the whitewashing of two of the main characters. Upon the show’s release, The Winx Saga was…
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.
Last Week’s Episode: A Global Pandemic By Any Other Name
As we head into the seventh month of the COVID-19 crisis the general vibe (in some countries at least) seems to be, “well this is just how we live now.” Deaths are rising, so are cases, but also in a strange and seemingly bad trend so are movie news, announcements, and film production. All of…
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…
January Marvel Pubwatch
And we’re back! The holidays got the best of me but New Year and New Comics! Let’s get right down into some news and reviews.
Last Week’s Episode: God’s In Good Hands
We’re back! And I say ‘we’ because starting this month this column will be rotating between a few different writers, so you’ll get to sample some new and exciting perspectives into comic book shows, movies, and more.
Excalibur #4 and the Matter of Britain
With every issue of Excalibur, I find myself reevaluating the book as a whole. At the beginning of this arc, this was the Dawn of X title I was most tentative on, loving the concept and liking the first issue, but struggling with the second. Now, as the end of the first arc draws near,…