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Inspired Personal Stories in Graphic Novels at ComicCon@Home

July 25, 2020

Content warning: sexual abuse, eating disorders, gun violence, suicide. Creating a memoir isn’t an easy task—the writer is expected to bare their soul about a troubled or anxious time in their lives. But these personal stories can transform the reader and give them the kinship or answers ...

After Dark, Comics, Opinion, Roundtables

The Bat-Missile: A Round Robin Discourse [NSFW — sort of]

September 21, 2018

One of the perks of comics journalism is that we often get to see things early, so that we know enough to write about them accurately. That’s not really a surprise in itself, but it does lead to the occasional perk–such as when we discovered that DC Comics, through, Batman: Damned #1, the ...

Bookmarked, Reviews

2018 Splatterpunk Awards: Novels

August 8, 2018

With the short stories, novellas, collections, and anthologies dealt with in the first and second parts of this series, all that is left are the novels. So, join me as I take one last trip through the inaugural Splatterpunk Awards’ list of the most depraved horror fiction of 2017. ...

Bookmarked, Reviews

2018 Splatterpunk Awards: Collections and Anthologies

July 24, 2018

Welcome back to Bookmarked’s series reviewing every single finalist for the inaugural Splatterpunk Awards, to be presented next month at KillerCon Austin! The previous installment took a scalpel to the short stories and novellas. Now, let us move on to the categories covering books of ...

Bookmarked, Reviews

2018 Splatterpunk Awards: Short Stories and Novellas

July 11, 2018

Next month will herald the inaugural Splatterpunk Awards at Killercon Austin, a new book award ceremony that will celebrate the point in horror literature where the greatest achievements meet the lowest of taste. Lucky for you, Bookmarked is here to get its hands dirty with a three-part ...

Comics, Opinion, Reviews

The Metabarons: A Rape Comic

December 1, 2017

Content warning: you don’t want to know any of this. A rapist’s comic, about rape, is discussed and pictured herein. If you visit the Wikipedia page of Alejandro Jodorowsky, you will be able to see that he has claimed himself a rapist. Here’s a section of the quotation with this ...

Comics, Profiles & Primers

14 Times Steve Rogers Turned Evil (You Won’t Believe #5!)

June 23, 2016

Content Warning: this article contains Nazi imagery and images of Adolph Hitler, though it is in the context of an anti-Nazi story. So, we learned that not only is Captain America a Hydra Agent now, but that Evil Steve Rogers apparently makes for excellent clickbait! In case you haven’t heard, ...

Comics, Opinion

With Great Popularity Comes Great Eroticism – The Conversion of Pixie

June 9, 2016

Warning: This article contains images depicting violent acts against women. It’s incredibly common that once a female comic book character gains popularity, she is drawn to be more sexually appealing. This is done by dressing her in more revealing clothing, making her thinner and/or bustier, ...

Essays, Opinion

Mental Health and Superheroes: The Problem with Labeling Sacrifice as Suicide

May 11, 2016

Content warning: This article discusses mental health, suicide, and depression. We, the fans, love our fandoms, so much that it’s possible for us to lose sight of the societal and personal impacts of our critical analyses. The past year has been a Thunderdome of fans who like or dislike the ...

Comic Strips, Comics, Opinion, Webcomics

Let Me Desire Myself: Sexy Drawings That Don’t Hurt [NSFW]

May 10, 2016

Erotica, one might hope, is intended to make people feel good. Erotica, as has been discussed at length on this site, can cause people to feel bad. All art containing bodies has the potential to push the viewer into a state of comparison. Desiring to encourage reflection upon the differences ...

Content Warning

Inspired Personal Stories in Graphic Novels at ComicCon@Home

The Bat-Missile: A Round Robin Discourse [NSFW — sort of]

2018 Splatterpunk Awards: Novels

2018 Splatterpunk Awards: Collections and Anthologies

2018 Splatterpunk Awards: Short Stories and Novellas

The Metabarons: A Rape Comic

14 Times Steve Rogers Turned Evil (You Won’t Believe #5!)

With Great Popularity Comes Great Eroticism – The Conversion of Pixie

Mental Health and Superheroes: The Problem with Labeling Sacrifice as Suicide

Let Me Desire Myself: Sexy Drawings That Don’t Hurt [NSFW]

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