Comics Academe: How Do You Teach Comics?
- Comics, Comics Academe, Essays
- September 12, 2014
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Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed Provides Choppy Representation
- Essays
- July 24, 2020
Wonder Woman: Tempest Tossed by writer Laurie Halse Anderson, artist Leila del Duca, colorist Kelly Fitzpatrick, and letterer Saida Temofonte is a new but not entirely different telling of the story of Diana, Princess of the Amazons, and it is ambitious. This coming-of-age story for the would-be Wonder Woman brings her out of Themyscira and
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ComicCon@Home Day Two: Seeking Truth, X-Men, and the Afrofuturism Way
- Events
- July 24, 2020
A virtual comic convention is convenient for many reasons, including the opportunity to plan other things around your convention day, instead of having it consume your day completely. Too bad I forgot about that timezone difference, which messed up all my careful organization! Things got a bit livelier for day two of ComicCon@Home. Here are
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2020 Hugo Awards Reviews: Novellas – Part 3
- Bookmarked
- July 24, 2020
Welcome to the third and final part in a series of articles looking at the works in competition for the Best Novella category at the Hugo Awards.
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ComicCon@Home: Disney’s New Mutants Panel Sent Us to Limbo
- Opinion
- July 23, 2020
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
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The Boys ComicCon@Home Panel Reveals Season 2 Details
- Television and Film
- July 23, 2020
It feels like we’re in the golden age of superhero shows right now, and Amazon’s The Boys continues to distinguish itself as one of the most politically relevant comic book offerings out there. During The Boys ComicCon@Home panel hosted by Aisha Tyler, the cast and crew discussed what we can expect in The Boys Season 2
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Last Week’s Episode: Back to Production, Pandemic Be Damned?
- News, Television and Film
- July 23, 2020
Hardly anyone in power can make up their mind about anything these days. Release the movie? Delay the movie? Start school? Delay school? Anybody else experiencing news whiplash? Kayne West is running for president? I somehow did not have that on my 2020 Bingo card. Only five more months to get through y’all. Thanks for
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His Dark Materials at ComicCon@Home: Trust Issues and a Hot Priest
- Television and Film
- July 23, 2020
Are you ready to go back to the Magisterium? The HBO/BBC adaptation of Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials returns for a second season later this year. On the His Dark Materials ComicCon@Home panel, cast members Dafne Keen (Lyra), Ruth Wilson (Mrs. Coulter), Ariyon Bakare (Lord Boreal), Amir Wilson (Will Parry), Andrew Scott (John Parry), and Lin-Manuel
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Cook Your Comics: Have Tea & Cake, Will Time Travel in Ash & Thorn #3
- Comics
- July 23, 2020
To fend off an imminent apocalypse the world needs a champion, and every good champion needs a wise mentor. But tensions are rising between saviour-of-the-world Lottie Thorn and under-appreciated guardian Lady Peruvia Ashlington-Voss, in Ash & Thorn #3. In previous installments of Cook Your Comics, Melissa Brinks whipped up some apocalyptic gingerbread and Wendy Browne
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ComicCon@Home Day One: Conduits and Conspiracies
- Events
- July 23, 2020
When the dominoes began to fall with the cancellation of Emerald City Comic Con back in March, it began to feel like convention season was over before it had begun. And while many conventions did their best to cling to the hope that this pandemic would blow over in time to keep their scheduled plans,
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REVIEW: X-Men: Free Comic Book Day Special Draws the First Sword
- Reviews
- July 22, 2020
“Some forgotten place. Some forsaken time.” Quick! To what are the opening words of the X-Men Free Comic Book Day special referring: A.) The dying star where, a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a Minotaur and a fish woman performed an arcane ritual to appease the Omniversal Majestrix Saturnyne… B.) My
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REVIEW: Batgirl #47 Revisits “The Killing Joke” AGAIN
- Reviews
- July 22, 2020
If there’s one constant over the last ten years of Batgirl stories, it’s DC revisiting the time that Joker paralyzed Barbara Gordon. In 2011, when the New 52 launched, it did so with Barbara back behind the cowl as Batgirl, something that hadn’t been seen since 1988 in Batgirl Special #1. The Killing Joke hit
READ MORE2020 Hugo Awards Reviews: Novellas – Part 2
- Bookmarked
- July 22, 2020
Continuing our reviews of the 2020 Hugo Awards finalists in the Best Novella category, we move on to To Be Taught, if Fortunate by Becky Chambers and Anxiety is the Dizziness of Freedom by Ted Chiang.
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WWACommendations: Jane Mai, Hot Comb, Beyond II, and More
- Indie & Small Press
- July 21, 2020
What comics are you reading lately? Every month, WWAC contributors highlight a few comics we think you’ll love. This month’s picks span the gamut of themes and styles, from a wildly popular Webtoon to indie diary comics. Let us know on Twitter about your current favorite comics!
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REVIEW: The Art of the Darkness: I Have No Mouth and I Must Screw
- Art & Design
- July 21, 2020
2007’s The Art of the Darkness (I’m looking at the 2017 ten year reissue) is one of the coffee table burlesque publications you’re likely familiar with—most local comic shops, or comics sections of chain bookshops, will have at least one Frank Cho Heteronomicon on offer and/or display, for example. Many superhero artists who gain acclaim
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[Exclusive] Get Ready for the KUTE Crew!
- Webcomics
- July 21, 2020
Launching August 4th from the creators of The Evil Life come the cutest underwater marsupial badasses: the KUTE Crew. The “Koala Underwater Tactical Elite are a bunch of outrageous marsupials that scoot around the ocean in their sub, the Tangerine Marine, as they go up against their weird foes in the Squid Squad.”
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Leaning on the Closet Door: X-Men+Fantastic Four and Trans Allegory
- Essays
- July 20, 2020
Content Warnings: Suicide, Depression, Dysphoria, Transphobia, Gaslighting, Anti-Trans Legislation, Murder
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