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The Alchemy of Excalibur: Race, Magic, and the Mutant Metaphor

July 16, 2021

Earlier this year, in a piece for our Breaking In! series, I wrote, “The mutant metaphor means that the X-Men have the potential to represent people of marginalized genders and sexualities and people of color and especially people at the intersection of those identities. They didn’t under ...

Comics, Essays

Welcome Home, Jean: A Trans Reading of House of X

December 4, 2020

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Comics, Essays, Opinion

New Intersections: Queer Futurism and the Krakoan Body Politic

February 10, 2020

With the advent of House of X and Powers of X, both mutants and X-Pedagogy have experienced a paradigm shift. Even the ways in which the mutant-metaphor is discussed and engaged with has shifted as digital spaces such as “ X-Twitter” carve out their own Krakoan Community.

Comics, Reviews

X-Men/Fantastic Four #1 Splits the Difference

February 10, 2020

Team-up titles are a comics staple, so for reviewing this team-up series, Kate Tanski, resident Fantastic Four fan and Johnny Storm stan, has teamed up with Rachel Knight, the world’s foremost Fantastic Four historian. Because Kate has zero knowledge of the X-Men and will go out of her way to ...

Comics, Roundtables, Webcomics

WWACommendations: They Called Us Enemy, Spirit Fingers, Archival Quality, and More

November 18, 2019

Happy November! What comics have you been reading lately? I need to catch up on Marauders and Excalibur, and I’ve subscribed to a few new comics on LINE Webtoon which I’ll report back on soon. Every month, WWAC contributors share some of the comics they’ve especially enjoyed ...

Comics, Opinion, Roundtables

Open House: HoXPoX and a New Era for X-Men

November 8, 2019

It wouldn’t be misspeaking to say that we enjoyed House of X and Powers of X around here, as a bunch of die-hard X-Men fans. Now that the twin series are wrapped up, we sat down to have a chat about the moments that worked for us, the moments that didn’t, and what we hope to see ...

Comics, Reviews

Powers of X #6: See The Cage

October 14, 2019

Powers of X #6 VC’s Clayton Cowles (letterer), Marte Gracia & David Curiel (colorists), Jonathan Hickman (writer), Tom Muller (design), R. B. Silva & Pepe Larraz (artists) Marvel Comics October 9, 2019 This review contains spoilers for Powers of X #6.

Comics, Reviews

House of X #6: Just Look at What We Have Made

October 7, 2019

House of X #6 VC’s Clayton Cowles (letterer), Marte Gracia & David Curiel (colorists), Jonathan Hickman (writer), Pepe Larraz (artist), Tom Muller (design) Marvel Comics October 2, 2019 This review contains spoilers for House of X #6. From the very first pages of House of X #1, that ...

Comics, Reviews

Powers of X #5: The Winged Victory of Krakoa

September 30, 2019

Powers of X #5 VC’s Clayton Cowles (letterer), Marte Gracia (colorist), Jonathan Hickman (writer), Tom Muller (design), R. B. Silva (artist) September 25, 2019 Marvel Comics House of X and Powers of X are experiences that intensify as we experience them. It is an act of trust for Jonathan ...

Comics

House of X #5: Oh, The Humanities

September 23, 2019

House of X #5 VC’s Clayton Cowles (letterer), Marte Gracia (colorist), Jonathan Hickman (writer), Pepe Larraz (artist), Tom Muller (design) Marvel Comics September 18, 2019 I’ve developed a preferred method of reading these series; I read each issue three times or so, with a day at least in ...

House of X

The Alchemy of Excalibur: Race, Magic, and the Mutant Metaphor

Welcome Home, Jean: A Trans Reading of House of X

New Intersections: Queer Futurism and the Krakoan Body Politic

X-Men/Fantastic Four #1 Splits the Difference

WWACommendations: They Called Us Enemy, Spirit Fingers, Archival Quality, and More

Open House: HoXPoX and a New Era for X-Men

Powers of X #6: See The Cage

House of X #6: Just Look at What We Have Made

Powers of X #5: The Winged Victory of Krakoa

House of X #5: Oh, The Humanities

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