Masculinity Archives

REVIEW: “To Strip the Flesh” Cuts to the Bone

August 15, 2022

To Strip the Flesh is an anthology by author Oto Toda collecting several of her short works together. It includes several stories of varying length about love and being yourself and features a wonderful headlining story about a transgender character titled “To Strip the Flesh”.

Manga, Reviews

REVIEW: Boys Run The Riot Runs The Manga Section

May 18, 2022

Boys Run the Riot is an LGBT manga series with a transmasculine lead written and drawn by Keito Gaku (and team). This introductory volume to the series is a poignant and hilarious romp through gender discrimination, high school, punk philosophy, following your dreams, and how fashion is often a ...

Comics

Incognegro: Renaissance #1 Is A Timely Prequel

January 29, 2018

Incognegro: Renaissance #1 Mat Johnson (Writer), Warren Pleece (Artist), Clem Robins (Letterer) Dark Horse Comics 7 February, 2018 2018 celebrates the 10th anniversary of the original Incognegro graphic novel, the hard-hitting story about an African-American journalist who uses his light ...

Comics, Manga, Uncategorized

Hipster Manga: Angel Heart

January 20, 2018

Although it’s only half the name of the series, “heart” is literally at the center of the long-running manga Angel Heart by Tsukasa Hojo. (Literally-literally, not figuratively-literally.) It’s both a story of a transplanted heart and the code name of a young assassin aptly named Glass Heart. ...

Comics, Reviews

Sisters of Sorrow: A Rushed Yet Poignant Mini Series

November 17, 2017

Kurt Sutter’s Sisters of Sorrow Kurt Sutter, Courtney Alameda (Writers), Hyeonjin Kim (Artist), Jean-Paul Csuka (Colours), Jim Campbell (Letters) July 1, 2017 Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter’s comic book miniseries, Sisters of Sorrow, has come to a close with a quiet, yet powerful message. ...

Bande Dessinée, Comics, Essays, Opinion

Lea & Julius Antoine: A 1980s French Comic About Ephebophilia

October 13, 2017

Lea: The Confessions of Julius Antoine Serge Le Tendre (writer), Christian Rossi (artist) Fantagraphics, 1989 First published in French by Albin Michel, 1985 This article contains discussions of ephebophilia and paedophilia.

Comics, Cosplay

Previously on Comics: Living in a Hellscape

October 9, 2017

Seems like every time I sit down to write one of these, I gotta lead with people in positions of power in the comics industry using that power to punch down. We start the week off with Action Lab. Sorry, Action Lab Danger Zone, because the first thing that both bearers of the Action Lab name ...

Comics, Interviews, Opinion

From Sexy to Sexual: Witchblade’s Return & Top Cow’s Maturing Eroticism

September 19, 2017

Back when I spoke to Matt Hawkins in March, we spent a little time talking about the sexual legacy of the first ten years or so of Top Cow. We also spoke a little about Witchblade–a title about a woman who carries a living weapon disguised as a bracelet–which is being resurrected in ...

Uncategorized

Get Your Game On Wednesday: Women, Wheels, And Consentacle

September 13, 2017

Howdy, gaming lovelies! Yesterday was some incarnation of #NationalVideoGameDay, possibly a real holiday, but more possibly a social media consumerism ploy. In any case, I say any reason to celebrate! Hopefully, you treated yourself to a nice round of special game time. If not, just make up ...

Comics, Interviews, Profiles & Primers

Image 25: Top Cow’s Matt Hawkins’ Full Trajectory

August 18, 2017

From some guy in a line to COO of a 25-year-old publishing imprint, Matt Hawkins saw the glory days of Image, and stayed around for the aftermath. There are plenty of interviews covering the Founding Fathers of Image’s early days as masters of their new domain. The twentieth anniversary ...

Masculinity

REVIEW: “To Strip the Flesh” Cuts to the Bone

REVIEW: Boys Run The Riot Runs The Manga Section

Incognegro: Renaissance #1 Is A Timely Prequel

Hipster Manga: Angel Heart

Sisters of Sorrow: A Rushed Yet Poignant Mini Series

Lea & Julius Antoine: A 1980s French Comic About Ephebophilia

From Sexy to Sexual: Witchblade’s Return & Top Cow’s Maturing Eroticism

Get Your Game On Wednesday: Women, Wheels, And Consentacle

Image 25: Top Cow’s Matt Hawkins’ Full Trajectory

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