“The Champions have always been about standing up against what’s wrong. Standing up for people who can’t always stand up for themselves. And doing the work that the adult super hero community is too busy fighting among themselves to do,” says Ms. Marvel in Champions #1, an issue largely defined by infighting among the team’s…
Outlawed #1: Ballad of a Teenage Superhero
Outlawed #1, by Ewing, Jacinto, and Grundetjern, is an ambitious one-shot, meant to disrupt the status quo of the Marvel Universe. At least, the status quo for teen superheroes: superheroes whose superpowers don’t quite translate to systemic power.
Last Week’s Episode: Congratulations to These Men
This week has felt like a thousand years, but it’s my first iteration of this column so that’s exciting! Let’s get into it.
Race and Gender Roundtable: Part Two
Welcome to Part Two of our race and gender roundtable, where we talk about creators and authenticity, consumer threat levels, and the future of diversity in comics. You can catch up on Part One of the roundtable here.
Marvel Roundtable–part two
Mary Jane, Miles, and the diversity dance in comics. Megan Purdy In part one of WWAC’s Marvel Roundtable, I talked to Skalja of @#$% Yeah, Spider-Wife!, Corrina Lawson of Geek Mom, RonchRonchRonch, and webcomic creator Indigo, about romance, mental health, and motherhood. In part two, we talk about Superior Spider-Man, Ultimate Spider-Man, and more generally,…
News & Things: Too many rappers, not enough MCs
Megan Purdy Despite the shortened timeframe, I managed to find more than enough links to spam you with. My bad. Today we’re talking Hello Kitty, Amy Reeder, and Orson Scott NO. Kickstarter of the Week! NNN, by Dan Kim, is part comic, part puzzle, all awesome. Last year, NNN won an International Manga Awardfrom the…