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Universal Drag

By Travis Hedge Coke September 2, 2024 Leave a comment

Dress you will be now. Drag. Ball culture. Promethea. Sylvester. Queer. The Matrix. The Invisibles. Panto. Magick. Buddhism. Grant Morrison. Transgender. Transvestite. Costume. Trans joy. Fiction suit. Wear will you be now. #Invisibles @grantmorrison

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Gander Politics

By Travis Hedge Coke August 26, 2024 Leave a comment

Grant Morrison. Clive Nolan. Julio Caro Baroja. Symbolism. Myth. Jenny Everywhere. Andrew Dice Clay. El Cid. The Invisibles. Yuri Bear Storm. Meditation. King in Yellow. Harlequin. @grantmorrison #Invisibles

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Don’t Make Me Say David Lynch

By Travis Hedge Coke August 19, 2024 Leave a comment

David Lynch. Josephine Baker. Mary Lambert. Nina Simone. Maya Deren. Sexual. Fantasy. Pyknosis. Grant Morrison. The Invisibles. @grantmorrison #Invisibles

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Off Queer

By Travis Hedge Coke August 12, 2024 Leave a comment

Variegated sexuality & gender in & out of The Invisibles. Grant Morrison. Radclyffe Hall. Sapphism. Glass closets. Drag. Passing. Queer. Straight. #LGBTQ #queer @grantmorrison #Invisibles

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The Devil’s Walk

By Travis Hedge Coke August 5, 2024 Leave a comment

Satan is an Abbey Lubber! The Chessman Wears a White Coat! Grant Morrison Wrote The Invisibles! Jill Thompson Drew the Devil’s Face! Phil Jimenez Changed the Devil’s Hair?

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Some Kind of Return

By Travis Hedge Coke July 29, 2024 Leave a comment

An introduction to Section 5 of There is Nothing Left to Say (On The Invisibles). Aliens! Vampires! Aleister Crowley! Majestic-12! Time travel! #Invisibles @grantmorrison

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The Playful, The Daring, The Batman, The Gothic

By Travis Hedge Coke July 22, 2024 Leave a comment

Klaus Janson & Grant Morrison reveal the abusive lies of Batman’s childhood in Gothic, a nightmare of queer repression, furtive analysis, old-fashioned death traps & devils hunting devils. #Batman

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COMMENTARY: Emma Frost, A Note From The White Palace.

By Ross Hutchinson July 19, 2024 1 Comment

Our ongoing reflections on Krakoa series continues as @wmorelkphoenix examines the Krakoan era through the actions of Emma Frost. Frostitutes, this one is most definitely for you #xmen #krakoa #EmmaFrost

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Savage Dragon, Dragon-Slayers and Consequences

By Travis Hedge Coke July 15, 2024 Leave a comment

Erik Larsen swing for the fences & keeps score in Savage Dragon, especially with satire. #SavageDragon

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Queer Disability And My Productivity

By Travis Hedge Coke July 8, 2024 Leave a comment

Non-elective surgery, intersex queerness, disability intersect to enliven life as a comics head, but they can also get in the way.

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COMMENTARY: Gone and Back Again: Betsy Braddock, Reassembled

By Ross Hutchinson July 5, 2024 Leave a comment

As we continue our series looking back on #Krakoa @jk_tidwell takes a look at one of the era’s most prominent characters: Elizabeth Braddock: Captain Britain! #XMen #MarvelComics #BetsyBraddock

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An Intermission Follows

By Travis Hedge Coke July 1, 2024 Leave a comment

A pause in There is Nothing Left to Say & The Invisibles to consider it might all be nonsense, illusion, and a waste of time. Not just the art, the talks. @grantmorrison #Invisibles

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