Universal Fan Con: Peeling Back the Layers
- Comics, Interviews, News, Profile
- April 25, 2018
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Seattle, Superheroes, and Social Justice – Marvel: Universe of Superheroes at MoPOP
Marvel: Universe of Superheroes opened 21 April 2018 and runs through 6 January 2019 at the Museum of Popular Culture (MoPOP) in Seattle, Washington. This special exhibit takes visitors through the 80 year history of Marvel and their Superheroes, with materials assembled from collections and commissioned specifically for the exhibit. The journey into the Marvel
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Tips for Reading Comics Aloud
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,” they can
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BOOM! Bar: Half-Year Check-In
If you’ve ever been curious about what BOOM! and their imprints KaBOOM!, BOOM! Box and Archaia put out into the world, this overview should give you a snapshot of their range. Ah, BOOM! Bar readers, when last did we speak? January. Forgive me. In apology, I bring you February through June, all at once. We’ll
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How To Start An Indie Comics Publisher, with The Wassel Brothers
- Interviews
- June 27, 2018
Running a business and running a comics business are not often themes that go hand in hand. On rare occasions, the two paths meet and a truly interesting discussion can be had that begs the question: how does one run a comics publisher that isn’t one of the Big Two? Is there room in the
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Praise Carol and Pass the Apocrypha!
The Gospel of Carol: Radical Teen Study Edition John S. Troutman Troutcave Comics The Gospel of Carol traces the life of Carol, the daughter of God, her brothers Thomas and Jesus, and her sister Miriam. She, not Jesus, is the Messiah, but people aren’t as willing to receive the Word of God from a woman
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The Cultural Anthropology of Sarah Rees Brennan’s In Other Lands
- Bookmarked, Essays
- June 27, 2018
Sarah Rees Brennan’s 2017 book In Other Lands is a finalist for the World Science Fiction Society’s Award for “Best Young Adult Book,” which will be awarded during the Hugos Awards ceremony at WorldCon. And it is a finalist for the “Young Adult Book” Locus Award as well! I read the book the moment it
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Round-Table: LGBTQIA+ Comic Influences
- Roundtable
- June 26, 2018
June is National Pride Month, a time for celebrating identity and creating a space where LGBTQIA+ individuals can speak up and have their voices heard. Women Write About Comics has an interest—naturally—in queer comics and how they influenced us for better or worse. We sat down with some of our staff and contributors to talk
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My Boyfriend Is a Bear: The Consequences of Fat-Shaming in Comics
We tend to avoid mirrors after we see that the number on the scale has ticked upward. Even if your body hasn’t visibly changed in shape, numbers seem like an immutable fact. There is a certain pressure surrounding the scale, which breeds an obsession with everyone else’s numbers. Then come the diets, the reluctant exercise,
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Previously On Comics: Fool’s Gold
Hey everybody! Welcome to the latest thrilling chapter of Previously on Comics, where we tell you about some of the big news from the past week. Before we dive in, a warning: One of this week’s stories contains some truly disturbing subject matter involving murder, which we’ve saved for last. Please take care to avoid
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Look Harder: Choosing Comics for the Classroom
Editor’s Note: Comics Academe is back! This month’s Comics Academe is a feature article by guest writer Gina Brandolino, kicking off a summer series on teaching with comics. Check out some of our past articles about teaching with comics! Teaching Bitch Planet Roundtable Teaching Ms. Marvel – Part One Teaching Ms. Marvel – Part Two
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The Pouch: There Can Never Be Enough Pouches
- Roundtable
- June 22, 2018
Pouches are always in fashion. Or rather, if they are not, they damn well should be. Our own Claire Napier is a big pouch advocate and has been a staunch pouch supporter since the ’90s, when Rob Liefeld and his ilk introduced superhero fashion to practicality: “When you’re wearing a pouch (or more), you can
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DC To Release Anthology Comics in Walmart
- Announcements, News
- June 22, 2018
Starting July 1, DC Comics will be partnering with Walmart to sell four monthly anthology comics. Each issue will be priced at $4.99, and will be 100 pages of both new and reprinted material. Each issue will have one new story, and three reprinted issues. Some of comics biggest names are set to contribute, with
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DC Pubwatch June
Oh hey! A new look, a new schedule, and a lot less stress on your DC beat writer! We decided to move to a monthly column rather than weekly, and to only fully review a handful of books a month. The ten books I liked most, as well as the five books I liked least,
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Riding the Waves: Top Cow’s New Aphrodite V
- Interviews
- June 21, 2018
In July of this year, Top Cow will reintroduce us to Aphrodite V, written by Bryan Hill with art by Jeff Spokes. The Aphrodite series of synthetic humanoids has one purpose: assassination. No matter her version number, she is built to infiltrate and kill, and she does her job extremely well. Since 2000, the various
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Book Beat: Kid Lit Says No Kids in Cages, Contributor Bias, and Scholastic’s Trump Book Apology
- News
- June 21, 2018
Hello all! It’s Emily, here for another round of Book Beat. Get ready, ’cause there is a lot to unpack here.
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Authenticity and Happiness Shine Through in The Bride Was A Boy
The Bride Was A Boy Chii (story and art) Seven Seas May 2018 A great example of queer representation in manga, The Bride Was A Boy is an autobiographical story about a Japanese trans woman and her experience falling in love, transitioning, and getting married in Japan. Everything about this book is cute and heartwarming—Chii’s
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