The batshit racist character find of 1965: Egg Fu!
(This is a repost from my own blog from 2016. I see no need to re-evaluate my 2016 assessment of Egg Fu). So having finished Showcase Presents Wonder Woman Vol. …
Category: Comics
DC’s sensational character finds of 1965!
(Or more precisely the end of 1964 through the beginning of 1966, going, as usual, by cover dates). One of the joys of my Silver Age reread is when I …
The X-Men: too much the model minority?
Chris Claremont’s handling of anti-mutant discrimination was a major part of what elevated the X-Men from second-string to A-liserst. In his hands (and others, of course), bigotry provided a source …
What I bought, read, watched, or otherwise consumed – September/October 2022
Hey, it’s been a while, but here we go!
NYCC 2022: Bigger and Different
I started my reporting from New York Comic Con with good intentions and, yet, sadly, only managed a day one overall NYCC 2022 article. I did write up two panels …
Kids These Days
I’m guessing most of y’all have seen one of those Beloit College lists that go around every year, reminding teachers of what Kids These Days are like. If you were …