“Remind me again why I said we needed to be in New York?”
The Alchemy of Excalibur: Race, Magic, and the Mutant Metaphor
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 [Chris] Claremont, not fully, and I’m not sure…
REVIEW: Planet-Size X-Men #1 Teleports Us to Mars
Humans of the planet Earth. While you slept, another world changed.
REVIEW: The Morning After for Krakoa Arrives in Way of X #3
Way of X #3 made me angrier than any comic book I’ve ever read in my life. I normally like to start a review with something pithy or a summary of the lead-up to the story, but it is simply hard for me to feel anything other than blood boiling rage at this noxious issue….
REVIEW: Excalibur #21 – Mutant Magic Meets High Society
The Hellfire Gala is in full swing after kicking off at the beginning of June with Marauders, X-Force, and Hellions, and this week we see more of the event play out in X-Men and Excalibur #21.
REVIEW: X-Men #20 – Burning Hearts
The future looms as Nimrod awakens! Unfortunately for Orchis, Mystique has annihilation on her mind in the penultimate issue of Jonathan Hickman’s X-Men.
REVIEW: Hellions #12 Crashes the Hellfire Gala
The Hellfire Gala has begun, and perhaps understandably, the only members of the Hellions that managed to snag an invite are Kwannon and Alex, along with their overseer Sinister. The cover to Hellions #12 gives us a glimpse as to the reason for that decision, as Segovia and Beredo deftly illustrate the chaos that this…
REVIEW: Marauders #21 Kicks off the Hellfire Gala With All Flash, No Substance
The Hellfire Gala is finally here! The stage is set for mutants to take their place as the foremost influences and visionaries on Earth as they show just how far they’ve come in front of the world’s rich and powerful. And also Jimmy Kimmell is here for some reason. Marauders #21 is the official start…
REVIEW: X-Men #19 – Days of Future, Passed
The City inside the Vault is, at its core, a paradox. As the name suggests, its very existence is an enigma: simultaneously infinite and claustrophobic, it appears post-apocalyptically empty but hides a deadly enemy around every corner. The “genesis tomb” of the Children of the Vault, superpowered post-humans genetically designed for world domination, the City…
Sequential Sartorial: Dauterman Dazzles for the Hellfire Gala
In an exclusive preview, Entertainment Weekly released some of the Russell Dauterman costume designs for the long-awaited Hellfire Gala. This is high fashion at its mutant finest, because, as we know, mutants don’t wear human clothes. As is to be expected, we’ve got some thoughts on Dauterman’s designs and his rationale and inspirations.
