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REVIEW: Women of Marvel #1 is a Joyful Celebration of Badass Ladies

April 28, 2021

In Women of Marvel #1, some of the greatest female characters of the Marvel Universe find themselves battling foes or dealing with everyday nuisances. Whatever they encounter, these ladies know how to come out on top!

Comics, Reviews

Riverdale Season 3 #3: Secret Admirers, Secret Letters

May 22, 2019

Riverdale Season 3 #3 “You’ve Got Mail” Micol Ostow (Writer), Thomas Pitilli (Artist), Andre Skymanowicz (Colours), John Workman (Letters) “Funny Games” Janice Chiang (Letters), Joe Eisma (Artist), Matt Herms (Colours), Micol Ostow (Writer) Archie Comics 22 May, 2019 ...

Comics, Reviews

Livewire #3: Sins of the Father (Figures)

February 13, 2019

Livewire #3 Vita Ayala (Writer), Raúl Allén (Artist), Patricia Martín (Artist), Scott Koblish (Artist), Saida Temofonte (Letters) Valiant Comics 13 February, 2019 Amanda McKee, a.k.a. Livewire, needs a break. She’s been on the run for a while, ever since she used her teletechnopathic powers to ...

Comics, Reviews

Livewire #2: Bold But Overly Violent

January 23, 2019

Livewire #2 Vita Ayala (Writer), Raúl Allén (Artist), Patricia Martín (Artist), Saida Temofonte (Letters) Valiant Comics 23 January, 2019 When we last saw Amanda McKee, aka Livewire, she had been captured by government agents. McKee, on the run after causing a nation-wide blackout, was about to ...

Comics, Reviews

Jem and the Holograms: Dimensions #4: Social Headaches

April 3, 2018

Jem and the Holograms: Dimensions #4 “Tasty” Sina Grace (Writer), Hannah Templer (Artist), Shawn Lee (Letters) “Jemojis” Kevin Panetta (Writer), Abby Boeh (Artist), Heather Danforth (Colours), Shawn Lee (Letters) IDW Publishing 7 March, 2018 In the final issue of Jem and the Holograms: ...

Art & Design, Comics, Essays, Indie & Small Press

Colour in Thi Bui’s “The Best We Could Do”

September 29, 2017

The endpapers of Thi Buy’s The Best We Could Do are coloured in a wash of a sky blue hue, and depict a beach scene: shells of several sizes are scattered about, along with a pair of sandals. The effect of the opening endpapers, to which the reader turns from the cover image of a cable-stayed ...

Reviews

Review–Superman: Lois Lane One Shot

March 17, 2014

Superman: Lois Lane Marguerite Bennet Emanuela Lupachina, Megan Ketrick, Ig Guara, Diogenes Neves The first thing I noticed about this one shot was the majority female storytelling team. The second thing I noticed was the shining filament of connectivity with previous versions of Lois Lane. ...

Roundtables

Roundtable: Race and Gender in Comics

October 16, 2013

The race and gender roundtable is here! Mixing it up were our resident writer Mai Pucik; Arturo Garcia, a writer for Racialicious; writer and comics publisher/editor Talisha Harrison; blogger and webcomic creator Jamie Kingston; and moderator Kelly Kanayama. In part one (of two), we talked ...

Cosplay

Which Comic Are You Wearing?

October 3, 2013

Cosplay is great, but sometimes it’s intimidating. Where will I wear it? How will I make it? Can I afford it, for just one con/just for one Halloween? Will the character suit me? Will people be nasty jerks about my choices? And so on! It’s hard to be a fan. There are ways to cut ...

Characters of Colour

REVIEW: Women of Marvel #1 is a Joyful Celebration of Badass Ladies

Riverdale Season 3 #3: Secret Admirers, Secret Letters

Livewire #3: Sins of the Father (Figures)

Livewire #2: Bold But Overly Violent

Jem and the Holograms: Dimensions #4: Social Headaches

Colour in Thi Bui’s “The Best We Could Do”

Review–Superman: Lois Lane One Shot

Roundtable: Race and Gender in Comics

Which Comic Are You Wearing?

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