Comics and Queerness
Comics and Queerness Nomenclature around what are essentially “not straight” people varies depending on who you ask and when. It could be LGBT, gay, queer, LGBTQ+, or any other assortment of letters. But for the sake of…
The Gender Politics of Saga
The Gender Politics of Saga Describing the story of Brian K. Vaughan’s Saga is not an easy task. On one hands it’s a sci-fi epic about a war between rival species, one inhabiting a planet called Landfall, the other on the…
Hawkeye #21 Review
When you boil it down to its core, Matt Fraction’s Hawkeye has always been about relationships. Clint and Kate, Clint and Barney, Clint and Pizza Dog, Kate and the middle aged gay couple, the list goes on. Matt Fraction and…
Modern Comics, ‘The Gaze’, and Objectification
Modern Comics, ‘The Gaze’, and Objectification What exactly do I mean when I say ‘The Gaze’? Okay, we’re going to get kind of deep here for a minute, so just bear with me. The gaze refers to part of a psychoanalytic theory by…
How Image is Revolutionizing Comics for Adults
How Image is Revolutionizing Comics for Adults By Tyler Edwards I get asked every now and then “So what kind of comic books do you like?” and I realized recently that I usually take the easy way out of answering that…