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Category Archives: Marvel Comics
“What if a white guy played Black Panther?”: The Fake Concern of Fake Geek Guys
Whenever I talk about racebending as a concept when it comes to comics and comics-related properties, smartasses always show up to say something snarky like “what if Black Panther or some other Black hero were a white guy”. They crowd … Continue reading
Posted in Fandom, Marvel Comics
Tagged Black Panther, fandom racism, racebending, whitewashing
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Bendis, Opportunism, and Bad Judgment Calls in a Terrible Time
Note: This post contains spoilers for Invincible Iron Man #1 by Brian Michael Bendis, Stefano Caselli, and Marte Gracia. Earlier today, Marvel Comics’ writer Brian Michael Bendis made a bad judgement call. With people all over the world reeling from … Continue reading
Posted in Marvel Comics, Rants
Tagged brian michael bendis, Marvel, race and representation, racebending, Riri Williams, Spider-Man, us politics
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Whose Luke Cage Reviews Matter To Me
I started watching Luke Cage yesterday morning and immediately I found myself bombarded with the thinkiest of thoughts. I have thoughts on respectability politics in the series, on Luke Cage’s old-fashioned everything, on Black womanhood, on the use of the … Continue reading
A rambling post on race and the X-Men Franchise
The X-Men franchise kind of proves how allegories for oppression often fall flat when it comes to being cognizant of stuff like racism. The in-world oppression that the characters do face is serious and important, but the series itself is … Continue reading
The Reality of Bendis Writing Blackness
In theory, I know I should be happy that we’re getting more diversity in the form of Riri Williams, a young black woman/girl taking over the role of Iron Man from Tony Stark. In reality? I’m getting sick and tired … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Book, Marvel Comics
Tagged brian michael bendis, marvel comics, race and representation, Spider-Man
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#NCBD 9/23/2015 Part One – Marvel Firsts Sale with Thor, Spider-Gwen, and Silk
Comixology currently has a bunch of Marvel Firsts out for series that I’ve been meaning to check out. Out of the eight books offered in the past four weeks (from Black Widow to She-Hulk to Prince Leia), I got three … Continue reading
Posted in #NCBD, Marvel Comics
Tagged #ncbd, comic books, marvel comics, Marvel Firsts, Silk, Spder-Gwen, Thor
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#NCBD 8/19/2015 – Archie #2 and Secret Wars: Secret Love
Spoilers abound. I kept it simple this week when I was on comixology. Mostly, that was because I blanked on what DC books I wanted and I’m on a tight budget until payday. But at the same time, there were … Continue reading
Posted in #NCBD, Marvel Comics
Tagged #ncbd, archie comics, felipe smith, fiona staples, gurihiru, jeremy whitley, kris anka, marguerite bennett, mark waid, michel fiffe, new comic book day, secret wars, secret wars: secret love
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Today In Unnecessary Boob Placement…
I adore the idea of a Gwen Stacy month for variant covers. For years I’ve been peeved that the most common thing she’s been known for as a character is something super sucky.
But I have one question about this variant for the Groot book that I saw on twitter today: why does Groot!Gwen have breasts? Continue reading
Posted in Marvel Comics
Tagged comic books, Gwen Stacy, marvel comics, spider-gwen, variant covers
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