The next installment in the ongoing Marvel’s Voices series, Identity #1 provides another set of short stories highlighting a specific minoritized community. This time, the vignettes focus on characters and creators of Asian-descent. While I love the amplification of these creators and stories, the issue made me feel lost.
Silk #5: Silk Wins Some, Silk Loses Some
When we last saw Silk, she returned to her and her brother’s apartment to find villainous tech CEO Saya Ishii asking for help to defeat the cat demon Kasha. Although Silk is initially reluctant to team up with Saya, she agrees after realizing that Kasha’s attempts to summon a demon god will become a problem….
REVIEW: Silk #4 Is All About Saya Ishii’s Past and Present
Until now, not much has been known about the current Silk antagonist Saya Ishii. She is Japanese, the current CEO of the tech-based company Fujinet, and she has a brother named Max, who happens to be Cindy Moon’s current therapist. Now, with the reveal that her father is the classic Spider-Man villain Silvermane, Silk#4 finally…
REVIEW: Silk #2 Has Snappy Dialogue and Literal Cat Fights
Silk recently became the most relatable adult superhero I didn’t know I needed. One month ago amid anxiety-fueled insomnia, I bought half a dozen discounted books centered on the misadventures of Silk, Spider-Gwen and Spider-Woman. I ended up devouring them all in one weekend.
A Novel I Never Expected to Find: I Believe In A Thing Called Love
I Believe in a Thing Called Love Maurene Goo Farrar, Straus and Giroux May 30, 2017 Korean dramas were never part of Desi Lee’s life plan. Becoming student council president? Sure. Spending four brilliant years at Stanford University? Definitely. But unlike her beloved Appa (Korean for “father”), Desi has never been interested in watching Korean…