Associate Professor of English at Howard University, Marc Singer has blazed new paths in comics studies with his many articles, books, and editorships. With a nascent scholarly interest in comics growing already as a teen with Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns, and after pursuing a PhD in literary studies at the University of Maryland, Singer…
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The Comics Classroom: Cathartic Horror, JOOK JOINT, and Mahalia
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Transmyscira: The Very Stable Genius of THE WILD STORM
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KIRBYOLOGY!: The Most Prophetic of Jack Kirby’s Orange Monsters
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Cómix Latinx: Populism and Prestige in Comics Studies with Marc Singer
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Comic Love: Being a New Fan and Reading Kamala Khan
Transmyscira
Transmyscira: The Very Stable Genius of THE WILD STORM
There are two reunions in The Wild Storm #22: the full assembly of the latest iteration of The Authority that the series has been building up to over the last two years and Warren Ellis’ reunion with the team he first brought together out of the ashes of Stormwatch nearly twenty years ago. Reunions are…
The Comics Classroom
The Comics Classroom: Cathartic Horror, JOOK JOINT, and Mahalia
In the previous part of this horror exploration series, I mentioned how art-horror was something different from other kinds of horror, i.e. being scared from a work designed to terrify was different than being scared in the real world by a snake or anything else. While I previously engaged with New Mutants and Demon Bear…
Kirbyology!
KIRBYOLOGY!: The Most Prophetic of Jack Kirby’s Orange Monsters
Jack Kirby’s comics are, often literally, a punch to the face of fascism. Some of those punches, inspired by Kirby’s harrowing experience as an army scout in World War II, flew into the future, catching America’s current top fascist squarely in the jaw. As Elana Levin discussed for The Daily Beast, anti-life evangelist Glorious Godfrey…
Palabra e Imagen
Z: Visions of a Putrefied World
The first encounter with this graphic novel is a violent and disturbing image. A soldier with a skull instead of a face is laughing after cutting off another’s man’s head. The victim looks more as a member of the Hare Krishna movement than a criminal. The man who was executed is falling and his lost…
Health and Inclusivity
Health and Inclusivity: Navigating Generational Trauma with Krosoczka’s HEY, KIDDO
Family legacy and generational issues are major influences on who we are. Especially when things go awry, we end up carrying these things through each new lineage, very often without someone to guide the newer crop as they navigate these waters. And unfortunately, we become the ones with the skills to begin dismantling them, while…
Comic Love
Comic Love: Being a New Fan and Reading Kamala Khan
“Sana [Amanat] and I initially had very modest expectations for this book. Our goal was to get to ten issues. It was going to be a fun side project—a young adult Muslim super hero! At Marvel!—that would have the lifespan of fun side projects. I budgeted a year for it. But by the time the…
Queer Visibility
Baby, Queer Me One More Time: 39 MORE Indie Titles Doing Right by LGBTA Fans
Over the last few years, we’ve highlighted 101 print comics — not published by industry leaders DC or Marvel — and 80 webcomics that give queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, nonbinary, genderqueer, and asexual characters and stories center stage. The list is growing so quickly every day, to be honest, that keeping up with all…
#MakeComics
#MakeComics: Valiant Executive Editor Joseph Illidge
How do the pros #MakeComics? We’re here to tell you. Comicosity is picking the brains of someone who is killing it in the comics industry, and this week I was lucky enough to talk to Valiant’s Executive Editor, Joseph Illidge! Bloodshot: Rising Spirit, Livewire, Faith: Dreamside, Forgotten Queen and many more are titles that should…