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Comics and Human rights Week: Wonder Woman and The Trickiness of Superheroines

May 30, 2017

Comics, Comics Human Rights and Representation, Featured

Carolyn Cocca is Associate Professor in the Department of Politics, Economics, and Law at the State University of New York, College at Old Westbury. She is the author of Jailbait: The Politics of Statutory Rape... Read More...

Why We Still Need Wonder Woman

Carolyn Cocca

May 28, 2017

Comics, Comics Human Rights and Representation, DC Comics, Featured, Gender Issues, Women in Comics, Wonder Woman

We still need Wonder Woman. The 75th anniversary of her first appearance coincides with intense, public, necessary conversations about gender and power. She may be a decades-old fictional character, but she can... Read More...

Marvel So White: What’s the Deal with Iron Fist and Other Heroes?

Justin Carter

March 3, 2016

Comics Human Rights and Representation, Featured, Features, TV

Being a fan of Marvel and anything related to it is a recurring roller coaster of excitement, dread, and then resignation. That isn't to say that the House of Ideas doesn't make hits or that they're bad, but th... Read More...

To: Feminism, Love: Fat Me

Melissa Megan

January 18, 2016

Columns, Comics Human Rights and Representation, Gender Issues, The Vocal Minority

To: Feminism, Love: Fat Me By Melissa Megan I've never been a member of Fat Club, until now. Ok, until about 2 years ago. At first, I wasn't happy about my new club status. I've spent my whole life avoidi... Read More...

Diversity and Its Costs in Comics

Darnell Savant Lee

January 15, 2016

Columns, Comics Human Rights and Representation, Featured, Features

Diversity. If I were to ask you what this work means, I could easily get enough answers that it would by synonymous with the words actual definition. Diversity.com defines the word as follows: The inclusion of... Read More...

Comic Book Awards, We Have A Problem

Stephanie Cooke

January 11, 2016

Comics, Comics Human Rights and Representation, Featured

In the wake of the Angoulême Grand Prix debacle, I started the painful process of looking over the numbers over the years… the numbers being the ratio of men to women winners for various comic book awards. It i... Read More...

Diversity Spotlight: Iron Fist

Joe DellaPenna

January 4, 2016

Comics, Comics Human Rights and Representation, Marvel, TV

Diversity Spotlight: Iron Fist By Joe DellaPenna There has been a recent call for diversity in the Marvel cinematic universe and a push to cast an Asian-American as the lead in Iron Fist. In comics, Dann... Read More...

Taking the Long Way: The Super-Heroine’s Struggle for Respect

Bob Reyer

December 14, 2015

Comics, Comics Human Rights and Representation, DC Comics, Featured, Features, Marvel, Tales From the Archives

Taking the Long Way: The Super-Heroine's Struggle for Respect An essay by Bob Reyer Click here for the introduction to Comics, Human Rights and Representation Week. As in the real world struggle for wo... Read More...

“We’re Gonna March!” A Nine-Year Old’s Review of March, Books One and Two

Carolyn Cocca

November 19, 2015

Comics, Comics Human Rights and Representation, Featured, Features, Reviews, The Vocal Minority, Top Shelf

By Carolyn Cocca and Anna Cocca Goodman From the time Anna was born, I’ve wanted to share my pop culture loves with her, but many of the current comics I read or tv shows I watch just aren’t appropriate for ... Read More...

Comics and Human Rights: The Forgotten Women of Comics

Maria Norris

February 8, 2015

Comics, Comics Human Rights and Representation

Laura Sneddon is a comics journalist, writing for the mainstream UK press with a particular focus on women and feminism in comics. With an MLitt in Comic Studies, do not offend her chair leg of truth; it is wis... Read More...

Batwoman #25 Review

X-Men Legends #1 Review

The Expanse #3 or 4

Talking Comics Podcast: Issue #482: We Live in a Society

Talking Games #125: Overwatch Update and Listener Questions

Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 – Review

James Gunn Getting Fired Is Gamergate | Talking Games Episode 203

I Am The Night: An Interview With Kevin Conroy

Talking Movies Episode 113: The Long Goodbye

“…and now, another exciting episode in The Adventures of Superman!”

Special Edition: An Interview with SKYWARD’s Joe Henderson & Lee Garbett

Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack!

Issue #106: The Sandman Overture Discussion

Issue #484: To Infinity Frontiers and Beyond

Talking Comics Podcast: Issue #483: Dan Cortese V. Squatasha Romanoff

Talking Comics Podcast: Issue #482: We Live in a Society

Melissa Benoist Cast as Lead In CBS' Supergirl TV Show

BELZEBUBS sign with Century Media Records; release first single and video “Blackened Call”

John Verzyl: A Remembrance

Five Books Brian Michael Bendis Could Write for DC

Meanwhile… Comic Con

Beloved Princess Passes Away; Galaxy Mourns

The First Trailer for Spider-Man Homecoming!!!