New Image Series and One Awesome Surprise
The AMAZING Matt Fraction (see today’s post in which Kari explores his teamwork with Aja on Hawkeye) will be teaming up with Howard Chaykin for a new black and white…
Art and the Feel of Hawkeye
When I’m reading a story – in comics or otherwise – I do my best to notice and evaluate all of the elements that the creator or creators have included.…
Is the Era of the Short Batman Story Over?
It used to be the case that there were eight page Batman stories and one issue would contain a few stories. Marvel was the pioneer of having long story arcs.…
Demon Knights: Seven Against the Dark (and also against bad representation)
I’m going to admit up front that I’m not reading too many things in the current DC universe. I have tried to get into a lot of things – God,…
Little Girl Cosplaying as Stan Lee
Saw this today in my feed reader and it was so amazing I had to post it right away.
Understanding Japanese Culture, Humor, and Gender Through Love Hina Part 2
note on all the image scans: they are correct manga-style so they are read right to left Spend enough time doing critical readings of media and you come across the…
The Hero Gotham Deserves (and needs)
Hey, Comic POW! readers! I’m Kari, and I’m thrilled to be joining the team here. Check out the “About the Writers” page to get to know me a little better.…
You Will Answer to No One Else…
Image Comics has been releasing a set of teasers with the text “You will Answer to No One Else But Me” with a hashtag, whatsnext. Two of the images look…
Understanding Japanese Culture, Humor, and Gender Through Love Hina Part 1
note on all the image scans: they are correct manga-style so they are read right to left Spend enough time doing critical readings of media and you come across the…
Violence Doesn’t have to be Mindless: Secret Six (2008) Unhinged
I had at least a passing familiarity with nearly all of the stories chosen by Christy Blanch for her Gender in Comic Books SuperMOOC. Gail Simone’s 2008 run on Secret…
A Change in the Content, a Reaffirmation of the Focus
You may have noticed the new site redesign and the new content over the last few weeks. It’s essentially been a quiet relaunch. I just changed the “About this Site”…