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The Comic Watchers Show EP 014 Tom Taylor’s Batman Annual #3, Miles Morales, Into the Spiderverse and more!

By Brian Arbizo December 21, 2018 Leave a comment

Comic Watchers Show EP 014 – Tom Taylor’s Batman Annual #3, Miles Morales, Into the Spiderverse and more!

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Representation and Relevance: An Interview With Mariko Tamaki

By Travis Hedge Coke December 20, 2018 Leave a comment

An interview with X-23, Supergirl: Being Super, and This One Summer writer, Mariko Tamaki.

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It’s About Ethics in Comic Book Journalism: The Politics of X-Men: Red

By Bethany W Pope December 19, 2018 2 Comments

Tom Taylor’s phenomenal run on X-Men: Red was more than a good story paired with wonderful art, it was an allegory for the monsters currently stalking our world — as well the golden thread which will lead us all out of the labyrinth.

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Superhero Emotional Support

By Travis Hedge Coke December 16, 2018 Leave a comment

The hug and cup of coffee ethos and efforts in New Universe books, Squadron Supreme, and other mid-80s comics tested these waters, as well as The Dark Knight Returns and Watchmen, and while this was now over thirty years ago, to be honest, superhero comics have not significantly matured since. The Unstoppable Wasp is out there being a forefront book, right now.

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Our Trip Through Beautiful: A Girl’s Trip Through the Looking Glass

By Travis Hedge Coke December 15, 2018 Leave a comment

Turning on the question of what you can do to be more beautiful, more exciting, alluring, cool or attractive, my favorite thing about Marie D’Abreo’s Beautiful, might be how much it talks up to its audience, be that the child audience or the adult, and how easily you can, then, find reviews from adults, mostly parents, who lament the book was not preachier, did not have the ultimate answers to the ultimate questions, and that it did not dictate a lifestyle to their daughters.?

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