Captain America
Committed: Regarding Male Superheroes as Sex Objects
As someone who spent her entire youth having inappropriate thoughts about superheroes, I’ve always understood that women aren’t the only ones being physically objectified in comic books, and men are being depicted as basically naked and entirely perfect as well. Finally it seems that the rest of the female population is catching on.
Sunday Brunch: 10/10/10
Sunday? Again? Already? Here we go, then. Links, cartoon review, ruminations on the cud of the industry. CHALLENGE OF THE WEEK: Invent a sidekick for a superhero who has never had a sidekick.
Sunday Brunch: 10/3/10
Finally, it returns…! Beneath the fold, I discuss recent episodes of Batman: The Brave and the Bold, and survey this wretched hive of scum and villainy we call the comics internet. QUESTION OF THE WEEK(S): What would EC Comics look like, feel like, read like today, if the company never closed its doors?
Into the back issue box #54
I bought a bunch of these comics at a sale my comics shoppe was having, so that’s the reason a lot in a row have been standard DC and Marvel superhero books. Sorry about that. On the one hand, a lot of people have already read these, so they can reminisce about them. On the [...]
The political leanings of superhero comics … revealed!
No, this isn’t another post about Captain America #602. It’s partly inspired by that, but it’s much more far-reaching than that. You recall that every once in a while I like to generalize about comics in such a way that it sends people into paroxysms of rage? Well, here’s another one of those posts! They’re [...]
There Was This Other Time That Captain America Was Unstuck In Time
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And it made for a pretty fun story back then. I’ve been reading it in small increments for a week.* It has nothing in common with Captain America: Reborn at all other than Cap time traveling from one era to another, because it’s a ’70s Kirby story. So this isn’t a “Ed Brubaker totally ripped [...]
Did Everyone Else Already Know This?
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Where I talk about digital comics and lipstick lesbian vigilantes. You know, the future of the artform.
