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Crisis of Epic Proportion: I Got a Bisexual Iron Man

Something’s happening these days in comics. Can you feel it? There’s a real shift in the way audiences react — and how comic creators and companies react to audiences — to the idea of representation. It’s not enough to be able to project our stories onto Superman or Batman and be satisfied that they represent...

Comicosity Book Club: #PlanetaryClub Week 3 Roundup

Hey! It’s time for some more fun action with the Comicosity Book Club and our reading of Ellis and Cassaday’s epic story of Planetary! Each week in these roundups we like to share your favorite panels, pages, thoughts, and extras from the #PlanetaryClub hashtag. In the event that you missed last week’s round up, you...

Where Are They… Now? The FUTURES END Character Guide [UPDATED]

This month, DC Comics is propelling almost every one of its monthly titles five years forward to reveal the fates of all the characters we’ve come to know in the New 52. The continuity rises out of DC’s weekly title The New 52: Futures End, in which a cadre of heroes must fight against the...

Crisis of Epic Proportion: I Want a Gay Iron Man

This time last week, I was still reveling in the miracle that was nearly unanimous praise for my first love, DC Comics, over its new direction for the Batgirl comic book. In a manner of three days, more than 500 pieces of fan art for Barbara Gordon’s new costume were produced and shared online (and...

LGBT Visibility: You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby

As the decades have worn on, the comic book industry has made a conscious effort to focus on diversity by creating, reinventing and promoting characters that defy what is considered normative. Popular fiction often represents the general mind-frame of the time in which it is written and the comic book industry is a prime example...

HOT FIVE: Week of February 6, 2013

Every week, Comicosity brings you our Hot Five, a short list of the top books we think you’ll want to be checking out. Be they new title launches, key issues or just continuing stories from some of the industry’s most acclaimed books, this list is your guaranteed gold for the week in the comic market....

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