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Why The World Needs More Wonder Women

By Matthew Meylikhov | Jun 27, 2017 | Longform

Back when I used to be a regular contributor to the site, one of the things I liked to crusade about was that the world needed more Wonder Woman. Whether this was by making snide remarks about her not having her own secondary ongoing in-continuity solo title, insisting everyone read her existing comics or just […]

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Is This The Marvel Legacy?

By Kevin Gregory | Jun 26, 2017 | Longform

This what we were promised: Every Hero! Every Title! Every Story! Tomorrow, MARVEL LEGACY Changes the Comic Book Industry! Get ready for a new dawn True Believers — one whose rays will touch every corner of the Marvel Universe in the days to come! Tomorrow, get ready for the return of what you’ve been longing […]

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Five Points Festival: Comics, Designer Toys and Missed Cat-opportunities

By Kyle Welch | May 26, 2017 | Longform

If the mess of badges hanging from my bookshelf are to be believed, I have been going to New York Comic Con since 2011. It was a very different set up at that time. I remember Artist Alley being located on the actual show floor, albeit still somewhat in the back. In the following years, […]

Webcomics Worth Your While

By Robbie Pleasant | May 16, 2017 | Longform

If I tried to count the hours I’ve spent reading webcomics, who knows how many days, months, or years it would find I’ve expended? From cats playing video games to the life and struggles of a former magical girl, there are so many comics that people have spent countless time and immeasurable effort working on, […]

Psychiatry, Pathos, and Panels: The Role Mental Illness Plays in Comics

By Jay Barrett | May 2, 2017 | Longform

I worked in a psych ward and didn’t see the Joker anywhere. Granted, I was only there for a little over a month but I didn’t see him, Two Face, Carnage, or even Moon Knight. Harley Quinn was a maybe but I had to stretch and contort my imagination past the limits of rationality. So […]

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C2E2: Jason Aaron and Jason Latour on Making “Southern Bastards”

By Jaina Hill | May 1, 2017 | Longform

Since it began in 2015, “Southern Bastards” have become one of my favorite series. The two creators, Jason Aaron and Jason Latour, are Southerners themselves, with Aaron coming from Alabama (where the comic is set) and Latour growing up in North Carolina. The comic is a love letter to the Deep South, and a critical […]

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C2E2: Timothy Zahn on How Writing for Star Wars Has Changed

By Jaina Hill | Apr 25, 2017 | Longform

Timothy Zahn is probably the most famous Star Wars writer after George Lucas. His 1991 novel Heir to the Empire is seen as the first successful entry in what became the Star Wars Expanded Universe. Then in 2014, Disney acquired the Star Wars license and Zahn’s work, along with the work of hundreds of other […]

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Can Comics Matter to Our Politics?

By Paul Lai | Apr 25, 2017 | Longform

Don’t Miss a Single Issue! In the news today: campuses prepare for pitched battles over “hate”/”free” speech as partisan groups incite debate by booking provocateurs. The US Congress prepares for its own contentious bouts in impending budget battles over border walls, climate change, and life-and-death access to health care. Meanwhile, in other news: yet another […]

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Bryan Lee O’Malley’s “Scott Pilgrim:” Getting It Together

By Chris Neill | Apr 18, 2017 | Longform

At its core, Bryan Lee O’Malley’s “Scott Pilgrim” is a romance comic. For all its video game-fueled fight scenes and manga homages, the foundation of the series is driven by Scott and Ramona’s relationship. As much as Scott is literally fighting for Ramona’s love, his battle is also on a more allegorical and emotional level. […]

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Everyone is Right: Marvel, Diversity, and Fandom

By Kevin Gregory | Apr 10, 2017 | Longform

What a week this has been. Last weekend Marvel hosted their first retailer summit since they went bankrupt in the ’90s and allowed ICv2 to cover some of the events. Then this happened: In an interview with ICv2 about the market and Marvel’s current struggles Senior Vice President: Sales and Marketing David Gabriel let this […]

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Naoki Urasawa’s “Pluto:” Digital Humanity

By Chris Neill | Mar 28, 2017 | Longform

Someone is killing the world’s seven strongest robots, and it’s up to Europol detective Gesicht to find the culprit. But to make matters worse, Gesicht himself is one of the seven robots targeted by this unknown assassin. This murder mystery is how Naoki Urasawa’s “Pluto” starts, but calling it a “murder mystery” direly undersells it. […]

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Prime(r): Some Thoughts on Superboy-Prime

By Brian Salvatore, Alice W. Castle, Vince Ostrowski, Walt Richardson and Zach Wilkerson | Mar 15, 2017 | Longform

With “Superman: Reborn” happening over in the pages of “Superman” and “Action Comics” this month, there was a lot of speculation about just who would be revealed to be the Fake Clark Kent. As we’ll touch on shortly, we had our hopes up that it would be Superboy-Prime – those hopes were dashed. But all […]

Panels and Bars: Hip-Hop and Comics

By Chris Neill | Mar 14, 2017 | Longform

The relationship between hip-hop and comics is unfortunately one-sided. Hip-hop loves comics, adores it even. Cannibal Ox constantly reference Caped Crusaders and Web Slingers in their lyrics, MF DOOM’s entire aesthetic is owed to Marvel, Ghostface Killah’s debut solo album is called Ironman and uses Tony Starks as alias. There are rappers named after characters […]

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About Change: A Retrospective on Charles Soule’s “Inhumans”

By Ken Godberson III | Mar 7, 2017 | Longform

For three years, writer Charles Soule has been the head of Marvel’s attempt to bring the weird Royal Family of Attilan into a more prominent role in the universe. But all runs end, and Soule’s run concludes with this week’s “Inhumans vs. X-Men” #6 and an epilogue in “Uncanny Inhumans” #20 next week. In recognition […]

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Vomit, Hatred, and Hope: The Problem with Roman Reigns and the Inhumans

By Jay Barrett | Feb 28, 2017 | Longform

Marvel and pro-wrestling fans have been vomiting since 2013. They’re in your comic shops, arenas, blogs, and living rooms bowled over to relentlessly and desperately evacuate their stomachs. The cause? Roman Reigns and the Inhumans. It started as negligible, suppressible gagging. Reigns would have a good showing in a Royal Rumble, Black Bolt would be […]

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Friends Are Family: What Made The LEGO Batman Movie So Great

By Alice W. Castle | Feb 21, 2017 | Longform

To say that The LEGO Batman Movie is the best Batman movie is something of a common, almost ironic statement these days. It emphasises the disparity between the neon colours and humour of LEGO Batman and, well, nearly every other portrayal of Batman on film. And yet, it’s also one that I can very much […]

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“From Invisible to Inevitable”: A Dwayne McDuffie Primer

By Greg Matiasevich | Feb 21, 2017 | Longform

The article title comes from a Dwayne McDuffie quote, and with any luck, you’ve already read or heard something this week about him. The writer/producer/editor whose work spanned almost every channel of geek expression, from comics to TV to animated films, would have been 55 years old this week had he not passed away six […]

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Multiversity 101: The Life and Times of the Emerald Archer

By Oscar Rodriguez Mangier | Feb 14, 2017 | Longform

There are many interpretations of the World’s Greatest Archer but one can’t start without mentioning his origins. When he was introduced in 1941, Green Arrow was originally quite different from his usual portrayal today. Created by Mortimer Weisinger and George Papp in “More Fun Comics” #73, Green Arrow actually started as an archaeologist who ended […]

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MexiComics: A Survey of Western Comics in México

By Ramon Piña | Feb 7, 2017 | Longform

Right now, the comic industry is very diverse. Neither your gender, your race, nor the country you are from matters. Here, you are welcome, there’s a story for you. Comics are created and enjoyed all around the world; you can find a comic shop in almost every place of the planet with the newest stuff […]

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The Comics Industry Is Dying, And It’s Up To Us To Fix It

By Alice W. Castle | Oct 28, 2016 | Longform

Comics has a problem with harassment and abuse. Well, comics actually has many problems, but one among many is in how a certain sect of comic book fans believe they can treat those that are different from them. This is has been going on from years, but we’ve reached the boiling point of stories like […]

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The Superman is Dead, Long Live the Supergirl

By Matthew Meylikhov | Sep 20, 2016 | 40 Days of Supergirl, Longform

Please note: this article contains some spoilers for Batman v Superman as well as the first season of Supergirl. Some time ago I read an article by Devin Faraci of Birth.Movies.Death., entitled “Superman And The Damage Done”. It had come out after Batman v Superman’s loud, obnoxious drone of an opening weekend, reflecting on what […]

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