Welcome, Tracy!
I want to welcome our newest writer, Tracy Mania! For now she’ll be alternating Fridays with Kari so look for her first article in the next week or so!
Understanding Japanese Culture, Humor, and Gender Through Love Hina Part 6
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…
Batman is a Hoarder
I came across this awesome parody strip which Kerry Callen even took the time to make look as though they were from an old Batman comic about how Batman is…
Understanding Japanese Culture, Humor, and Gender Through Love Hina Part 5
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…
Man of Steel Review Up on my Personal Blog
Rather than just copy it, I’ll provide a link. Enjoy.
Is Violence the Only Way?
When my wife and I were thinking about daycare for our daughter we visited a lot of centers and got their welcome packets. One of them mentioned that kids were…
Multiple Warheads: A Crazy Soviet Alternate History, Pun-Filled World
When I first heard about Multiple Warheads: Alphabet to Infinity I had no idea who Brandon Graham was and the solicit didn’t particularly sound exciting: Sexica and her Werewolf boyfriend…
Understanding Japanese Culture, Humor, and Gender Through Love Hina Part 4
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…
Not the Best time to be a Sidekick
Super hero sidekicks almost have the same joke status nowadays as Star Trek’s Red Shirts. In a lot of ways they’re a relic from an old era before people asked…
Understanding Japanese Culture, Humor, and Gender Through Love Hina Part 3
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…
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…
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.…