Month: February 2021
With Apologies to Blue Oyster Cult, Don’t Fear (The Creeper)
Steve Ditko’s Beware the Creeper was nowhere near as good a series as his Shade, the Changing Man, but it’s been far more successful. It only lasted six issues, but …
Comics You Should Own – ‘The Incredible Hulk’ #331-346
We have a whole lot of Hulk to cover, so we might as well start here!
Remembering Octavia Butler: two podcast recommendations
Two podcast recommendations to mark the 15th anniversary of Octavia Butler’s untimely death.
“Hey, baby, I’m the Man from SADISTO — wait, why do you look uncomfortable?”
I love the Books From the Crypt website which posts old book covers to promote its online used-book store. Earlier this month, they caught my eye with this one:— which …
Strop: a new Croatian comics anthology
A new comics anthology magazine has just been launched in Croatia. I tell you all- well, no, more a like a little something – about it.
‘Soul’ and the Transformation Trope
Pixar’s Soul was the center of a meme that circulated this summer, prior to the release of the film, which suggested that it was racist for the lead character, an African-American, to be transformed into a blue-green blob in the trailer. The author cited several films as examples of the problematic pattern. Taking a look at the trope, the cited films, and the context and messaging of each, might be in order.