Comics Academe: How Do You Teach Comics?
- Comics, Comics Academe, Essays
- September 12, 2014
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Beauty and the Geek: Almost an Avenger with Kate Bishop Make-Up
- Cosplay
- September 16, 2015
Ever since Kate Bishops’ introduction in Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung’s Young Avengers (2005), the character has only gained popularity. She took over the mantle of Hawkeye after Clint Barton’s death in Avengers: Disassembled and kept it after his return while he worked under the name Ronin, Kate Bishop has more earned the title of Hawkeye. In the popular series Hawkeye by
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Books That Shaped Me: His Dark Materials
- Essays
- September 16, 2015
When I was young, my parents would take me to a bookstore at least once, sometimes twice, a month. I lived in a sprawling suburb, so we usually frequented either a Barnes & Noble or Borders or—on the rare occasion—a Media Play. I would not discover the pleasures of an independent bookstore until well after
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Gin & Kate’s 90s Nostalgia Roadtrip Review: The X-Files: Year Zero
- Comics
- September 16, 2015
Karl Kesel (words), Greg Scott & Vic Malhotra (lines), Mat Lopes (colors), Robbie Robbins, Chris Mowry, & Tom B. Long (letters) IDW February 2015 Continuing their coverage of the X-Files canonical comics in preparation for the television revival, Kate and Gin review The X-Files: Year Zero, a five issue series about the very first X-File.
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Scrabble Vs. Family Feuds: Games Are All That Hold Us Together
- Essays
- September 15, 2015
Scrabble is one of the few links between me and my dad’s side of the family. There are other things we share, mainly our last name and genes. But the one hobby that my brothers and I share with them is Scrabble, and this bond is possibly the one thing that could hold us together.
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When Down Is Up: What’s Wrong With Indie Comics?
We’ve already discussed why “mainstream” comics are not that mainstream these days in my last “When Down Is Up” article. Let’s now look at the opposite of the mainstream at the so-called indie or creator-owned comics.
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Zine Review: Hidden Expressions: Volume II
When no one will listen to your voice, you must make them listen. A fundamental part of zine and DIY culture is that it provides a space for marginalized people to meet others like them and be heard. While self-publishing comes with its own hurdles—many of them financial—zines are special because even if the paper
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Mighty Marvel Monday: Stories, Support, and Speaking Louder than Silence
- Comics
- September 14, 2015
It’s Monday, and this is your regularly scheduled Mighty Marvel Monday, although this week’s column is anything but regular. It should have been a good week for Marvel. The Jessica Jones teaser trailer is out. Agent Carter comes out this week on DVD and Blu Ray (although troublingly as an Amazon Exclusive). Best of all,
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Comic Fusion’s Superhero Weekend’s Superheroics
Need something uplifting? Well, if you happen to be near the New Jersey area on the weekend of October 3-4, 2015, then you should drop by Comic Fusion in Flemington, NJ for their annual Superhero Weekend. Formerly known as “Wonder Woman Day,” Superhero Weekend auctions off comic book themed sketches to raise money and awareness
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Getting a Feminist Makeover: Red Sonja, Gail Simone, and Chainmail Bikinis, Pt. 1
- Comics
- September 14, 2015
Gail Simone’s run on Red Sonja has been a huge boon to the character. Simone has changed the character’s origins, tweaked some of her personality (or more accurately, “enhanced”), made her canonically bisexual, and worked with artists who are willing to depict Red Sonja as the powerful warrior woman and complex character that she should be. Issue 18 will
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Only the Broad Brushstrokes: A Review of “The Comic Book History of Comics”
- Comics
- September 14, 2015
The Comic Book History of Comics Fred Van Lente (w), Ryan Dunlavey (a) IDW Publishing June 7, 2012 Histories need narratives. As much as we prize objectivity, in presenting the story of “events that happened” the historian needs a storyline to put those events into a context and keep the reader engaged. In The Comic
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DragonCon 2015: An Endurance Event
- Con Diaries, Cosplay
- September 13, 2015
Labor Day Weekend is a big deal in Atlanta. Dragon Con is the biggest attraction among other things going on, so that’s where this geek girl spends her holiday weekend, for the eleventh year in a row now. The Con organizers have realized that people are so eager to get the festivities started that they’re
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Fan Expo Celebrity Q&A Highlights
- Con Diaries
- September 13, 2015
Labor Day Weekend 2015 marked my fourth year of attending Fan Expo, Canada’s version of Comic-Con. It also happened to be–in my opinion–the most intense year yet, what with several well-known celebrity guests packing the North and South Buildings of the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Over the course of four days, I managed to stop by
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Review: Swords of Sorrow #5
- Comics
- September 12, 2015
Swords of Sorrow #5 Gail Simone (words), Sergio Davila (lines), Jorge Sutil (colors), Erica Schultz (letters) Tula Lotay (cover A), Emanuela Lupacchino & Ivan Nunes (cover B), Robert Hack (cover C), cosplay cover Dynamite September 9, 2015 Disclaimer: This review may contain spoilers and is based on an advanced review copy from Dynamite. It is
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WWAC Reflects On Wes Craven’s Smart Subversive Horror
- Roundtables
- September 12, 2015
Wes Craven died August 30th, at 76. During his long career in film he directed over 20 films and wrote even more, many of them revolutionary. With his first film, The Last House On the Left (1972), he joined the wave of New Horror directors like John Carpenter and Tobe Hooper, finding the monstrous in ordinary
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The Top Ten (Billion) Times Hotel Detective Doll Has A Good Think
- Manga
- September 12, 2015
Takao Saito is most enduringly famous for his Golgo 13 series. Stoic man shooting bullets through endless swathes of human corruption. But what if, in 1984, he started a new series? What if it was about a woman? What if she were a … Hotel Detective? Well, what if? The series is newly translated (and available
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Shinbun Saturday: Famous Mangaka Bids Twitter Farewell
- Manga
- September 12, 2015
Bleach creator leaves social media Fans of the series were caught off-guard by Tite Kubo’s sudden departure from Twitter on September 10, sans a specific explanation from the creator. Kubo’s only message was “[Notice] Tomorrow night, after about 24 hours I will delete my Twitter account. Until that time, please direct message me.” His account
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