Writer of the Patricia Highsmash column. Former editor of Along the Chaparral, Future Earth Magazine & Platte Valley Review. Author of Examining New X-Men & Us Living in Fictional Cosmogonies. Guest Presenter at Naropa University, University of California Riverside, and Harbin Institute. Former faculty, Shandong University. New film, low fruit, at https://bit.ly/2zvuzcs
An imperfect 1000 page comic, New X-Men by Grant Morrison, Phil Jimenez, Igor Kordey, HiFi, et al, stretches from the past to future even when read today. Self-referential, perpetually topical, entrenched in a mythic past.
DetailsWhat’s the use looking beyond the fictional narrative at metaphors and artist’s lives, other comics and real life? Can’t have a Grant Morrison New X-Men without Grant Morrison, or their father, or a Marvel Comics, or a comics industry.
DetailsBeast is gay as the next mutant. Rover loves Tom Skylark. EVA & Fantomex are queer. Angel is mixed race & bisexual. Exploring the highs and lows of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men in representing ethnic pride, out queerness, minority existence.
DetailsThe early 2000s! Birthplace of internet porn, another surge for the American empire, the years of Grant Morrison’s New X-Men! How do these come together to illustrate home, community, belonging and welcome?
DetailsExamining New X-Men Pt 10: Billy Joel’s Glass Houses. Grant Morrison’s New X-Men, the art of Phil Jimenez & Igor Kordey, and how seeking comfort, home, clarity and structure can shield us and lead us astray.
DetailsExamining New X-Men Pt 9-2: System Dynamics. Continued look at the systems which govern or manifest in New X-Men by Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, Igor Kordey & more! Class! Nationality! Religion! Politics!
DetailsExamining New X-Men Pt. 2: We Remember the Lies Commentary, NewsBy Travis Hedge CokeMarch 22, 2021Leave a comment Examining New X-Men Pt 9: System Dynamics. Systems fuel, frame, and are supposed in Grant Morrison, Phil Jimenez, Frank Quitely, et al’s New X-Men. Generations, Arts, Nuke, Magneto, Max Ernst!
DetailsHow does Grant Morrison turn the X-Men into an engine fueled by hypocrisy and sensitivity? Examining New X-Men Pt 8 explores the hypocrites of the X-world and the hypocrisies of nerd culture, geek circles, our homes and minds.
DetailsLet’s look at the Xavier Institute & competing schools in New X-Men, before & beyond. Examining New X-Men dives into education, rhetoric, philosophy, practice & training.
DetailsAlisa Kwitney’s lively novel Rogue: Untouched explores the someday-superhero Rogue’s formative years with a careful, fun hand. #XMenMonday @akwitney
DetailsExamining New X-Men continues in pt. 6 with a close look at globalization, the War in Afghanistan, 9/11, minority neighborhoods, and the crisis of an evil Magneto. #XMenMonday
DetailsExamining New X-Men continues exploring Grant Morrison’s run with a look at cooperation and empathy. #XMenMonday
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